Obscure. And Otho, free to judge of both,

—Ecelin the unready, harsh and loth,

And this more plausible and facile wight

With every point a-sparkle—chose the right,

Admiring how his predecessors harped

On the wrong man: "thus," quoth he, "wits are warped

By outsides!" Carelessly, meanwhile, his life

Suffered its many turns of peace and strife

In many lands—you hardly could surprise

The man; who shamed Sordello (recognize!)