"Ne'er tremble," said he, "for this hour is your last,
Then pull off your clothes, I command you in haste."
The virgin, with tears in her eyes, did reply,
"Oh! what have I done that now I must die?
Oh! let me but know how I did you offend,
I'll study each hour for to make you amends.
"Oh! spare but my life, and I'll wander the earth,
And never come near you while that I have breath."
He hearing this pitiful moan she did make,
Then from his own finger a ring he did take,