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"O ze (ye) my feris (companions) and deir freyndis, quod he, / Of bywent perillis not ignorant ben we, / Ze have sustenit gretir dangeris unkend, / Like as hereof God sall make sone ane end: / The rage of Silla, that huge sweste (whirlpool) in the se / Ze have eschapit and passit eik (each) have ze: / The euer (pot) routand (roaring) Caribdis rokkis fell / The craggis quhare monstruous Cyclopes dwell: / Ze are expert: pluk up zour harts, I zou pray, / This dolorous drede expell and do away. / Sum tyme thereon to think may help perchance. " / -- Gawin Douglas.
"Endure and conquer! Jove will soon dispose, / To future good, our past and present woes. / With me, the rocks of Scylla you have tried; / Th' inhuman Cyclops, and his den defied. / What greater ills hereafter can you bear! / Resume your courage, and dismiss your care. / An hour will come, with pleasure to relate / Your sorrows past, as benefits of fate. " / -- Dryden.