she questioned hurriedly, "methought it was no secretI would have told thee ere this had I known.

Quoth he: "Methought thou wert a golden man, yet art silver also, meseemeth.

"Methought I heard voices.

Methought a hawse-pipe rattled ... Gamba (chants to his viol).

"Methought that they were naughty fellows," said the host, when he heard whom the men-at-arms sought.

" "Well, well," quoth the King, "let it pass; only I tell thee this, Allan, thou shouldst turn thy songs to such matters as I spoke of, to wit, love or war; for in sooth thou hast a sweeter voice than Blondell, and methought he was the best minstrel that ever I heard.

" "Methought I saw the spears beat down like grain, And the ranks reel before the press of knights; The level ground ran gory with our wounds; Methought the field was lost, and then I fell.

" "Methought I saw the spears beat down like grain, And the ranks reel before the press of knights; The level ground ran gory with our wounds; Methought the field was lost, and then I fell.

Once through an autumn wood I roamed in tearful mood, By grief dismayed, doubting, and ill at ease; When from a leafless oak, Methought low murmurs broke, Complaining accents, as of words like these: "Incline thy mighty ear Great Mother Earth, and hear How I, thy child, am sorely vexed and tossed; No one to heed my moan, I shudder here, alone With my destroyers, wind and snow, and frost.

"Then methought, A serenade broke silence, breathing hope Through walls of stone.

"Pale she looked, Yet cheerful; though methought, once, if not twice.

" But as I raved, and grew more fierce and wild At every word, Methought I heard one calling "Child!"

An admirable face, and when it sung All the Clouds danc't methought above our heads, Clown.

I was (methought) halfe in hell my selfe whilst I stood to view this peece.

Methought I saw a thousand fearful wrecks, A thousand men that fishes gnawed upon; Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl, Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels, All scattered in the bottom of the sea.

Methought within a desert cave, Cold, dark, and solemn as the grave, I suddenly awoke.

And as I gazed with love and awe Upon that sylph-like thing, Methought that airy form must be The fairy of the spring.

540 "And in my dream, methought, I went To search out what might there be found; And what the sweet bird's trouble meant, That thus lay fluttering on the ground.

I went and peered, and could descry 545 No cause for her distressful cry; But yet for her dear lady's sake I stooped, methought, the dove to take, When lo!

Methought, upstarting from his bath, Old Archimedes cried, "Eureka!"

Methought I heard him say, 'Ay!

Who has not heard the Sailing beyond Seas? "Methought the stars were blinking bright, And the old brig's sails unfurled; I said, 'I will sail to my love this night At the other side of the world.' I stepped aboard,we sailed so fast, The sun shot up from the bourne; But a dove that perched upon the mast Did mourn, and mourn, and mourn.

Methought he said, 'In this fair land, O, is it thus we meet?

Strolling forth early to view the sights of town, I crossed London Bridge, the magnificence of which amazed me; and, proceeding along the Bankside, entered Paris Garden, of which I had heard much, and where I was greatly pleased, both with the mastiffs kept there, and the formidable animals they have to encounter; and, methought, I should like to bait mine enemies with those savage dogs, instead of the bear.

" "Methought you said I had witnessed it, Madam?" cried Lord Roos, almost as much bewildered as Lady Exeter.