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as the object of his search was not there. Probably most readers will be reminded of the poetical use made of this circumstance by Sir Walter Scott, in his Rokeby.
"Through the gothic arch there sprang
A horseman armed, at headlong speed,
Sable his cloak, his plume, his steed,
All scattered backward as he came,
For all knew Bertram Risingham.
Three bounds that noble courser gave,
The first has reached the central nave,
The second cleared the chancel wide,
The third, he was at Wycliffe's side."
