"Nor angel" — good Astolpho made reply —

  "Nor new Messiah, I from heaven descend;

  No less a mortal and a sinner I,

  To such high grace unworthy to pretend.

  To slay the monsters I all means will try,

  Or drive them from the realm which they offend.

  If I shall prosper, be thy praises paid

  To God alone, who sent me to thine aid.