Nor part ye from our monarch's side.”

Canto IX. Vibhishan's Counsel.

A score of warriors[914] forward sprang,

And loud the clashing iron rang

Of mace and axe and spear and sword,

As thus they spake unto their lord:

“Their king Sugríva will we slay,

And Raghu's sons, ere close of day,

And strike the wretch Hanúmán down,