The other would not agree thereto,
So here they fell to strife;
With one another they did fight,
About the children's life:
And he that was of mildest mood,
Did slaye the other there,
Within an unfrequented wood,
Where babes did quake for feare!
And he that was of mildest mood did slaye the other there
He took the children by the hand,
While teares stood in their eye,
And bade them come and go with him,
And look they did not crye:
And two long miles he ledd them on,
While they for food complaine:
"Stay here," quoth he, "I'll bring ye bread,
When I come back againe."
These prettye babes, with hand in hand,
Went wandering up and downe;
