“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,