“What iust offence,” quoth I, “did cause thee aime
At my deare life? or wherefore didst thou take
Me for thy marke, and in thy aime forsake
Hight Marchades, my friend, that by me stood,
When thou didst shoot thy shaft to shed my blood?”
89.
The man with courage turn’d this stout replie:
“Because,” said he, “thou in thy warres didst kill
My father and my brethren, therefore I
Did vow in my reuenge thy blood to spill: