It is richt facil and eith gait, I the tell, Forto discend … - Gavin Douglas

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It is richt facil and eith gait, I the tell,
Forto discend and pas on down to hell:
The blak gettis of Pluto, and that dirk way,
Standis evir oppin and patent nycht and day;
Bot tharfra to return agane on hyght,
And heir abufe recovir this aris licht,
That is difficil wark, thar lawbour lyis.

Gavin Douglas

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Gavin (or Gawin) Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld (c. 1476 – 1522) was a Scottish Chaucerian poet or makar. His Eneados, a translation of Virgil's Aeneid, was the first complete rendering of any major work of classical antiquity into English.

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Alternative Names: Gawin Douglas • Gawain Douglas

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Bot a sentens to follow may suffice me:
Sum tyme I follow the text als neir I may,
Sum tyme I am constrenyt ane other way.

And al smail fowlys syngis on the spray:
Welcum the lord of lycht, and lamp of day.

Fyrst I protest, beaw schirris, by зour leif
Beis weill avisit my wark or зhe reprief;
Consider it warly, reid oftar than anys,
Weill at a blenk sle poetry nocht tayn is.

It is richt facil and eith gait, I the tell, Forto discend and pas on down to hell: The blak gettis of Pluto, and that dirk way, Standis evir oppin a… - Gavin Douglas

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