Sq.At the news of thy escape
They gathered on the hills, and wait thee there.
I met a man in the town an hour ago,
Who said he had seen thee riding on the road
To Monreale. All the folk’s astir.
Pal. I cannot come.
Sq.Give me not such a word.
Who would believe I had seen thee, if I said
Palicio lieth safe in Manuel’s house,
And saith he cannot come?