To Count Ogier is dastardy unknown;

No better vassal buckled hauberk on.

When the French legions broken thus he saw,

He called Tierri Duke of Argonne, Geffrei

D'Anjou and Jozeran the Count, and spoke

These haughty words to Carle:—"Behold our men

By Pagans slaughtered! May God ne'er permit

Your brow to wear its crown if unrevenged

Your shame remains!" None dared reply a word,

But spurring hard their steeds, with loosened reins

They rush in fury 'gainst the Pagan ranks

And strike the foes where'er they can be met.

Aoi.