And leading us makes us to stray,

Long winter's nights, out of the way;

And when we stick in mire and clay,

Hob doth with laughter leave us.

"Dear Puck," quoth he, "my wife is gone:

As e'er thou lov'st King Oberon,

Let everything but this alone,

With vengeance and pursue her;

Bring her to me alive or dead,

Or that vild[[8]] thief Pigwiggen's head;