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 Seeking the King. Him from the public view He found secluded with his blameless Queen, And her partaker of the unlawful bed, The lofty-minded Agnes. "Son of Orleans!" So as he enter'd cried the haughty fair, "Thou art well come to witness the disgrace, The weak, unmanly, mean despondency Of this thy Sovereign Liege. He will retreat To distant Dauphine and fly the war! Go then, unworthy of thy rank! retreat To distant Dauphine, and fly the war, Rh