“They set sail, and safely landed in France, and, ere many weeks, Ned Warbeck’s name resounded through all the camps both of friend and foe for deeds of chivalry.
“But how fared Leoline at the castle?
“One night a minstrel sought shelter from the storm in the halls of Warbeck Castle.
“His visit was welcomed by the aged lord, and he repaid the hospitality he had received by the exercise of his art.
“He sung of the chase, and the gaunt hound started from the hearth.
“He sung of love, and Charles, forgetting his restless dreams, approached to Leoline, and laid himself at her feet.
“Louder, then, and louder rose the strain.
“The minstrel sung of her.
“He plunged into the thickest of the battle.