That urged this wicked act."

(Thus she began with trembling voice.)

"And I to God will pray

That for thy treacherous violence

Thy dastard life shall pay.

And midway, on thy journey down

To fair Sidonia's castled town,

Mayst thou alone, with no retreat,

The valiant Garci-Perez meet;

And mayst thou, startled at the sight,