“Oh, pardon, my Liege!” quoth Gillian then,

“For my husband, and for me.

By these ten bones, I never thought

The same that now I see!”

“And by my hook,” the Shepherd said,

“An oath both good and true!

Before this time, O noble King,

I ne’er your Highness knew!

“Then pardon me and my old wife,

That we may after say,