Since then much have I learned of thee and thy valiant doings, more especially of Barham Broomhow thou didst slay the vile Sir Gilles 'neath the eyes of Ivo and all his powers and thereby didst snatch from shame and cruel death one that is become the very heart of me, so needs must I love and honour and cherish thee so long as I be Jocelyn and thou thy noble self.

an thou slay my reverent worship then this night shalt thou die and I with theefor mine art thou and shalt be mine forever.

I would rather by far slay my worst enemy with my own hand than consign him to a death of torture.

l. 7. B, C, D, E] two lines, angry, slay.

It gives vivid pictures of certain phases of life among the Anglo-Saxons: "One shall sharp hunger slay; One shall the storms beat down; One be destroyed by darts, One die in war.

They exposed an infant in the Forum with a tablet on which was written, "I refuse to rear thee, lest thou shouldst slay thy mother."

Let then thy beauty, to preserve my life, Temper the source of this supreme delight, Lest joy so poignant slay a soul so weak.

If in my heart I aught disguise, The lurking evil slay; If aught than Thee more highly prize, O take it, Lord, away!