" As a final illustration on this score may be adduced the report of the conscientious wardens of Kilham, Yorkshire, who certify to the judge of that peculiar, August, 1602, "that there churche walles ar in suche repaire as heretofore they have beyne.

The imagination of the warriors would be roused as similar experiences of their own were suggested by these lines in Widsið's song: "Ful oft of ð=am h=eape hw=inende fl=eag giellende g=ar on grome ð=eode.