Among ye, like a soldier, ... but not thus!

Go join the Asturians; and in after years,

When of your old commander ye shall talk,

How well he loved his followers, what he was

In battle, and how basely he was slain,

Let not the tale its fit completion lack,

But say how bravely was his death revenged.

Vengeance! in that good word doth Julian make

His testament; your faithful swords must give

The will its full performance. Leave me now,