TITANIA
Oh, if the King came home from the Crusade!
SHADOW-OF-A-LEAF
Why will he fight for graves beyond the sea?
OBERON
Our elfin couriers brought the news at dusk
That Lion-Heart, while wandering home thro' Europe,
In jet-black armour, like an errant knight,
Despite the great red cross upon his shield,
Was captured by some wicked prince and thrust
Into a dungeon. Only a song, they say,
Can break those prison-bars. There is a minstrel That loves his King. If he should roam the world
Singing until from that dark tower he hears
The King reply, the King would be set free.
TITANIA
Only a song, only a minstrel?
OBERON
Ay;
And Blondel is his name.