His mark he miss'd shooting, and shot down his kinsman,

One brother another with shaft all bebloody'd;

That was fight feeless by fearful crime sinned,

Soul-weary to heart, yet natheless then had

The atheling from life all unwreak'd to be ceasing.

So sad-like it is for a carle that is aged

To be biding the while that his boy shall be riding

Yet young on the gallows; then a lay should he utter,

A sorrowful song whenas hangeth his son

A gain unto ravens, and naught good of avail