By narrow drawbridge, outworks strong, It was a wide and stately square : XXXIV. Here did they rest.-The princely care And, first, they heard King James had won But whispered news there came, King James was dallying off the day With Heron's wily dame. Such acts to chronicles I yield; Go seek them there, and see: At length, they heard the Scottish host "A sorry thing to hide my head In castle, like a fearful maid, When such a field is near! No longer in his halls I'll stay."- END OF CANTO FIFTH. |