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“He spake and said: ‘Thou oughtst to feel

Much honoured that thy name I seal

For servant to so great a lord.’”

“Hast thou than that no surer word?”

“Nay, for when once his laws were said,

With eagle flight his wings he spread

And vanished, leaving me aghast.”

“Certes! ’twas no great thing that passed

Betwixt ye; well it were to know

More of that master who hath so

Entreated thee that, scarce e’en now

I recognised thy face, I vow.

Surely no creature doth exist,

Whate’er his trouble, who more trist

And doleful looks.

’Twere right ye should

Know well the lord ye serve, then could

Ye find perchance some way from out

Thy prison, walled with fear and doubt.”