Extreme; so we’ll strive not to do her injustice.)

For some reason unknown, then, she followed her nose

To the camp of King Charles, in which Loridon chose

To wear out his exile, and solace his woes,

By assisting that monarch to conquer his foes.

It were long to relate

All the evils that Fate

Seemed resolved to pour down on our heroine’s pate;

How, on reaching the camp,

She was told that a scamp