Of him a full account did he afford,

  As well acquainted with the court; he said

  How, matched with Mandricardo, strove that lord,

  And layed the martial king in combat dead.

  And how, sore wounded by the Tartar's sword,

  Above a month the stripling kept his bed:

  And had the stranger here but closed his news,

  Well might his tale the missing knight excuse.