“And where now shelter can we find?”
Then Charles, hearing all this, said,
With heart full sore he answer made,
“My Lords and Gentlemen (said he),
“Our case is bad, I plainly see;
“But all’s not lost that’s in a peril,
“Kind providence can ease the quarrel.
“Both French and English have betray’d us;
“But I trust a better hand will guide us:
“On Preston field, ye all well ken,