Bore off his bargains to a gilded boat,
Embarked himself and them, and off they went thence
As fast as oars could pull and water float;
They looked like persons being led to sentence,
Wondering what next, till the caique[280] was brought
Up in a little creek below a wall
O'ertopped with cypresses, dark-green and tall.
XLI.
Here their conductor tapping at the wicket