Said I not rightly? Adosinda cried;

The will which goads me on is not mine own,

’Tis from on high, ... yea, verily of Heaven!

But who art thou who hast profess’d with me,

My first sworn brother in the appointed rule?

Tell me thy name.

Ask any thing but that!

The fallen King replied. My name was lost

When from the Goths the sceptre pass’d away.

The nation will arise regenerate;