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 And, in his place, among son and sire, Is John de Clapham, that fierce Esquire,— A valiant man, and a name of dread, In the ruthless wars of the White and Red ;— Who dragged Earl Pembroke from Banbury church, And smote off his head on the stones of the porch! Look down among them, if you dare; Oft does the White Doe loiter there, Prying into the darksome rent; Nor can it be with good intent :— So thinks that Dame of haughty air, Who hath a Page her book to hold, And wears a frontlet edged with gold. Well may her thoughts be harsh; for she Numbers among her ancestry Earl Pembroke, slain so impiously!

That slender Youth, a scholar pale, From Oxford come to his native vale,