Quoth he, "Go, Tomalin, with speed,

Provide me arms, provide my steed,

And everything that I shall need;

By thee I will be guided;

To strait account call thou thy wit;

See there be wanting not a whit,

In everything see thou me fit,

Just as my foe's provided."

Soon flew this news through Fairy-land,

Which gave Queen Mab to understand