Had well become a princely court;
To whom, though more than kindred knew,[70]
Young Ellen gave a mother’s due.
Meet welcome to her guest she made,
And every courteous rite was paid
That hospitality could claim,
Though all unask’d his birth and name.
Such then the reverence to a guest,
That fellest[71] foe might join the feast,
And from his deadliest foeman’s door