Against such fearful odds to fight
Will cost us much, I fear.”
“When once they taste my polished steel,
Then thou fell soon shalt see,
Though now they number thirty men,
How many left will be.
“Strike against mine thy sword, my page,
Then march we forward, and engage.”
IV.
“Ha! Chevalier Lez-Breiz: good-day to thee.”
“Ha! Chevalier Lorgnez: the same from me.”
“Is it alone thou comest to the fight?”
“Nay, sooth, I am not come alone, sir knight:
S. Anne herself is with me, lady bright.”
“I from the king come forth to-day:
He bids me take thy life away.”