For, if suspected, they had soon been tried
Where fears are evidence, and doubts decide. 490
But these escaped——Now James companions took,
Sturdy and bold, with terror-stirring look;
He had before, by informations led,
Left the afflicted partner of his bed;
Awaked his men, and through plantations wide,
Deep woods, and trackless ling, had been their guide;
And then return’d to wake the pitying wife,
And hear her tender terrors for his life.