But the eyes of Beltane were sad and his tongue unready, so that he stammered in his speech, looking ever upon the ground; then, suddenly up-starting to his feet, he strode before the hut, while Ambrose the wise looked, and saw, yet spake not.

He quarrels at the time and up-starts, and sighs at the neglect of men of parts, that is, such as himself.

"Thou knowest that new-sprung prince, that proud up-start, Pisa's new tyrant with his armèd thralls, Who bends of late to take the people's part, Yet plays the king among his marble halls, Whose gloomy palace in our city's heart Frowns like a fortress with its loop-holed walls.