"Oh, sir, I know this cursed country well.

Entrust yourself and all your host to me;

I'll lead you safely by a secret path

Into the heart of Colonel Jooles' array,

And you can then attack them unprepared,

And slay my fellow-countrymen unarmed."

The thing was done. The Duke of Bedford gave

The order, and two thousand fighting-men

Crept silently into the Gallic camp,

And killed the Frenchmen as they lay asleep;