That ride upon the [violent] speed of fire,

Fly with false aim; [move the still-peering] air,

That [sings] with piercing; do not touch my lord.

Whoever shoots at him, I set him there;

Whoever charges on his forward breast,

I am the caitiff that do hold him [to 't;]

And, though I kill him not, I am the cause

His death was so effected: better 'twere

I met the [ravin] lion when he roar'd

With sharp constraint of hunger; better 'twere