The conflict takes place, and ends in favour of the Scottish knight; when the following scene occurs:
"As if exhausted in the fight,
Or musing o'er the piteous sight,
The silent victor stands:
His beaver did he not unclasp,
Marked not the shouts, felt not the grasp
Of gratulating hands.
When lo! strange cries of wild surprise,
Mingled with seeming terror rise
Among the Scottish bands,