"The wars, wherein French armies should appear,

  Beyond the Alps, of foul event or fair,

  Even from his days until the thousandth year,

  By the prophetic Merlin painted were.

  Hither Great Britain's monarch sent the seer,

  To him, that of King Marcomir was heir:

  Why hither sent, and why this hall was made,

  At the same time to you shall be displayed.