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 Even as He succoured Him who fled to the noble. city.

Fight thou on in all heart, nor fear the sons of the Arabs,,

O thou worthy of praise, for these Agheylat are boasters.

Fight with the whole of Agheyl, O thou redoubtable hero."

And when they heard her words, the horsemen stayed in their running,

And seemed to take new thought in council with their freat ones,

er railings stopped and looked at one another ;

And each to the other said, " She knoweth, then, this champion.

Hers is the fault of the mare, the grey mare of our chieftain,

Hers the treachery is. What further need we trouble,,

Spending ourselves in vain, with treachery behind us

Rather return we straight, and tell the Agheyli Jaber

Of the goings on in the camp, and that which was in his dwelling."

And they turned to the Emir Fadel, the Prince, the Agheyii.

And he asked them, cc Saw ye aught of the enemy of our people ? "

And they said, "Ay, saw we him thine own grey mare bestriding,

And he turned on us as a lion, a lion roused to the seizing,

Dark-hued, beautiful-faced, and noble in his anger.