Ande bente him lower to the grounde.

But ever tho’ he prayed, the more

The voice hys pytie didde implore,

Untyl he raised hys eyes ande there

Behelde a mayden ghostlie faire.

Thus to the holy manne she spoke:

“Within the hollow of this oak,

Enchanted for a hundred yeares,

Have I been bounde—yet vain my teares;

Notte anything can breake the banne