And shall I now my purposes reject,

Because my warnings were of no effect?”

Thus felt Sir Owen as a man whose cause

Is very good—it had his own applause.

Our knight a tenant had in high esteem,

His constant boast, when justice was his theme: 500

He praised the farmer’s sense, his shrewd discourse,

Free without rudeness, manly, and not coarse;

As farmer, tenant, nay, as man, the knight