Whiles Mordred lives, the crown is yet unwon!

Hereat the prince of prowess, much amaz’d,

With thrilling tears and count’nance cast on ground,

Did groaning fetch a deep and earnful sigh.

Anon, they fierce encountering both concurr’d

With grisly looks and faces like their fates;

But dispar minds and inward moods unlike.

The sire with mind to safeguard both, or t’ one;

The son to spoil the t’ one or hazard both.

No fear nor fellness fail’d on either side: