Within your town that traitor lives
Our King who basely slew;—
Who harbour traitors in their midst
Themselves are traitors too.
I’m here in arms against ye all
The combat to maintain;
Or else with five and one by one,
As is the use in Spain!’...
To Gibson’s fine instinct we are also indebted for an English rendering of
En las almenas de Toro, allí estaba una doncella[47]—