Some said this, and some said that,
And thousands told they knew not what.
The governor did him imbrace,
And cried, “Ah my friend, Alas!
“A noble Prince so bound with cord,
“Upon my word, I’m sorry for’t.”
And then in haste with his own hands,
Respectfully unloos’d his bands:
But to a dark apartment led him in,
Was only ten feet square within,