Such condescending gentleness, my lord,

Is worthy of the wisdom and the wit

Which through the world are blazoned and admired.—

But to my tale. Twice came there to Castile

A knight from this thy land, whose name I hide

Till all his frauds are manifest. For thou,

My lord, dost love him in such wise, that, wert

Thou other than thou art, my true complaints

Would fear to seek a justice they in vain

Would strive to find. Each time within our house