True, the hurt man is in a mending way,
But must be crippled to his dying day. 290
Now James had vow’d the law should take its course,
He would not stay it, if he did not force;
He could his witness, if he pleased, withdraw,
Or he could arm with certain death the law.
This he attested to the maid; and true,
If this he could not, yet he much could do.
How suffer’d then that maid—no thought she had,
No view of days to come, that was not sad: