“ Followed Liden close behind.
Sir Pall, and Sir Bear, and Sir Liden, three were,
And they met the boughs beneath:
’Twas sad to view how quick out-flew
Their faulchions from the sheath.
First Pall he slew his brother true,
Then Bear to death he smote;
I tell to ye for verity
His own death wound he got.
They took up with care Sir Pall and Sir Bear,
To the city them they bore;
Beneath the skies in the greenwood lies
Sir Liden amid his gore.
To the earn and the owl and the beasts that prowl
Sir Liden’s corpse they left ”

“ But most of all for Sir Liden’s fall,
For he had no hallowed grave.
p. 23BELARDO’S WEDDING
From the banks, in morning’s beam,
Of Xarama, famous stream;
From the spot, or nigh it, where
It joins the Tagus broad and fair,
Sped Belardo, blithe and gay,
To receive the righteous pay
Of all the years of love he’d spent
In doubts, and fears, and discontent—
But happy the shepherd who finally gains
The beautiful prize of his manifold pains.
p. 24Unto her village now he goes
The handsome Philis to espouse ”

“ Except the young Swayne Trost alone,
He with his lord took on anew.
“O I, my Lord, your clothes have worn,
And ridden have I, my Lord, your steed,
And I will stand by you to-day,
Nor leave you in your greatest need.
p. 17“O I have taken your silver and gold,
And I have eaten of your bread,
And I’ll not budge from you to-day,
Although my life-blood I should shed.”
So they their backs together placed,
Master and man, in the forest green ”