I can't complain, whose ancestors are there,
Erneis, Radulphus—eight-and-forty manors
(If that my memory doth not greatly err)
Were their reward for following Billy's banners:[542]
And though I can't help thinking 't was scarce fair
To strip the Saxons of their hydes[543] like tanners;
Yet as they founded churches with the produce,
You'll deem, no doubt, they put it to a good use.[KC]
XXXVII.
The gentle Juan flourished, though at times