But little ate, and to his room

Carried his sack behind the host.

’Now rest you well,’ the host he said,

But of his wish the word fell wide;

Nor did he now forget his son

Who fell in fight by Cromwell’s side.

Revenge and poverty have brought

Full gentler heart than his to crime;

And he was one by nature rude,

Born to foul deeds at any time.