Frantic with joy to think her Honour without stain!

IX.

And told young Isabel the debt she owed

To Nial’s care, which soothed the old man much,

And tears for his relief abundant flowed,

Though thought of Isidora made him clutch

His sword again. Oh villains, it might touch

Your stony hearts, e’en your’s that did this wrong,

To see its dire effect. Methinks, not such