"Heard him relate, how in that fortilage

  From that good knight should spring, who, 'twould appear,

  Guards it so well, he scorns the fires that rage,

  Even to the Pharo, flaming far and near,

  Then, or within short space, and in that age,

  (And named the week and day, as well as year,)

  A noble warrior, unexcelled in worth

  By other, that has yet appeared on earth.