II
Now dark D'Aulnay a parley seeks;
Demands surrender of the fort!
But, ha! soon back his herald takes
An answer fearless, prompt, and short:—
"Madame will hold this fort St John,
As she has held it once before,
Despite of every robber loon,
For France and for her lord, La Tour."...
Three days D'Aulnay's beleaguering force