Oh then the Baron forgot his age,

His noble heart swelled high with rage;

He swore by the wounds in Jesu's side,

He would proclaim it far and wide

With trump and solemn heraldry,

That they who thus had wrong'd the dame

Were base as spotted infamy! -.

"And if they dare deny the same,

My herald shall appoint a week,

And let the recreant traitors seek