Dies by this hand—e’en were he Corbitant.

XLIV.

“Do thou, swift Waban, with the Yengee go,

And point the way to Narraganset’s clan;

If thou dar’st walk before the bended bow,

Bring back the talks, that we the words may scan;

In all things else to him obedience show—

He is thy sachem—be thou Winiams’[16] man.

But it were safe that thou the pipe should’st bear

Without that painted face and pluméd hair.”