Ch. With tender wool ta’en from a young ewe-lamb.

Oed. Well, and what follows to complete the rite?

Ch. Next, make libation toward the earliest dawn....

Oed. With what contents

Must this[117] be filled? Instruct me.

Ch. Not with wine,

But water and the treasure of the bee.

Oed. And when leaf-shadowed Earth has drunk of this,

What follows?

Ch. Thou shalt lay upon her then