But, 'spite of me, it stole upon my cheek;—

To speak the honest truth, Sir Knight, said I,

My gallant men are perishing with hunger:—

Therefore I will surrender.

Eust. Surrender!

[The rest look amazed.

De Vienne. But, conceive me,

On this condition;—that I do secure

The lives, and liberties, of those brave fellows,

Who, in this galling and disastrous siege,