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32<br />

SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT<br />

And <strong>the</strong>reto at <strong>the</strong> end is Hell<br />

Believe! And why believe? Because<br />

It is a thing impossible.”<br />

Sir Palamede his pulses pause.<br />

“It is not possible” (quod he)<br />

“That Palamede is wroth, and draws<br />

His sword, decapitating <strong>the</strong>e.<br />

By parity of argument<br />

This deed of blood must surely be.”<br />

With that he suddenly besprent<br />

All Scythia with <strong>the</strong> sage's blood,<br />

And laughting in his woe he went<br />

Unto a fur<strong>the</strong>r field and flood,<br />

Aye guided by that wizard's head,<br />

That like a windy moon did scud<br />

Before him, winking eyes of red<br />

And snapping jaws of white: but <strong>the</strong>n<br />

What cared for living or for dead<br />

Sir Palamede <strong>the</strong> Saracen?

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