| If only they had patience until thou couldst come out to them, it would be best for them: but Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. |
| Besides, what succour couldst thou have from me, a peaceful Pilgrim, against two armed heathens? |
| To say and strait unsay, pretending first Wise to flie pain, professing next the Spie, Argues no Leader, but a lyar trac't, SATAN, and couldst thou faithful add? |
| But, tell me, how couldst thou thus get into her confidence? |
| How couldst thou forget thine own faults and busy thyself with the faults of others? |
| Hrothgar couldst thou aid at all, the honored chief, in his wide-known woes? |
