Good!—were we only able to discern
"Exactly how to reach and catch and cage
Him only and no innocent beside!
Whereas the folk whereon war wreaks its rage
"—How shared they his ill-doing? Far and wide
The victims of our warfare strew the plain,
Ten thousand dead, whereof not one but died
"In faith that vassals owed their suzerain
Life: therefore each paid tribute—honest soul—
To that same Right and Good ourselves are fain