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CANTO III.] Thy arms, thy liberty, beside All that's on th' outside of thy hide, Are mine by military law, Of which I will not bate one straw; The rest, thy life and limbs, once more, Though doubly forfeit, I restore. Quoth Hudibras, It is too late For me to treat or stipulate; What thou command'st I must obey; Yet those whom I expugn'd to-day, Of thine own party, I let go, And gave them life and freedom too, Both dogs and bear, upon their parol, Whom I took pris'ners in this quarrel. Quoth Trulla, Whether thou or they Let one another run away, Concerns not me; but was't not thou That gave Crowdero quarter too? Crowdero, whom in irons bound, Thou basely threw'st into Lob's pound, Where still he lies, and with regret His generous bowels rage and fret: But now thy carcase shall redeem, And serve to be exchang'd for him. This said, the Knight did straight submit, And laid his weapons at her feet: Next he disrob'd his gaberdine, And with it did himself resign. She took it, and forthwith divesting The mantle that she wore, said, jesting, Take that, and wear it for my sake; Then threw it o'er his sturdy back: