Be lifted; on obedience all depends,

Their march below with noise of horse and foot

And haply with the clang of instruments,

Might drown all other signal, this is sure;

But wait it calmly; it will not be given

Till the whole line hath enter’d in the toils.

Comrades, be patient, so shall none escape

Who once set foot within these straits of death.

Thus had Pelayo on the Mountaineers

With frequent and impressive charge enforced