And he pass'd between the horns of the Moon, With Antidius on his back; And there was an eclipse that night, The Bishop just as they set out, The Pope fell down upon his knees, And he confess'd the deadly sin, And all the Popes in bliss that be, And all the Popes in bale that be, For they before kept jubilee, Expecting his good company, Down in the Devil's den. But what was this the Pope had done To bind his soul to hell? Ah! that is the mystery of this wonderful history, And I wish that I could tell. But would you know to hell you must go, It is a broad and a well-known road And you must look in the Devil's book; You will find one debt that was never paid yet If you search the leaves throughout; And that is the mystery of this wonderful history, And the way to find it out. 1802. QUEEN ORRACA, AND THE FIVE MARTYRS OF MOROCCO. This Legend is related in the Chronicle of Affonso II., and in the Historia Serafica of Fr. Manoel da Esperança. THE friars five have girt their loins, And taken staff in hand; And never shall those friars again Hear mass in Christian land. They went to Queen Orraca, To thank her and bless her then; And Queen Orraca in tears Knelt to the holy men. "Three things, Queen Orraca, Hear us, in the name of God! "In Morocco we must martyr'd be ; Christ hath vouchsafed it thus: We shall shed our blood for him Who shed his blood for us. "To Coimbra shall our bodies be brought; For such is the will divine; That Christians may behold and feel Blessings at our shrine. "And when unto the place of rest Who sees us first, the King or you, "Fare thee well, Queen Orraca ; For thy soul a mass we will say, Every day while we do live, And on thy dying day.” The friars they blest her, one by onc, Where she knelt on her knee; And they departed to the land Of the Moors beyond the sea "What news, O King Affonso! What news of the friars five? Have they preach'd to the Miramamolin ; And are they still alive ?" "They have fought the fight, O Queen! They have run the race; In robes of white they hold the palm Before the throne of grace. "All naked in the sun and air Their mangled bodies lie; What Christian dared to bury them, |