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And from his deadliest foeman's door
Unquestioned turn, the banquet o'er.
At length his rank the Stranger names,
"The Knight of Snowdoun, James Fitz-James;
Lord of a barren heritage,
Which his brave sires, from age to age,
By their good swords had held with toil;
His sire had fallen in such turmoil,
And he, God wot, was forced to stand
Oft for his right with blade in hand.
This morning with Lord Moray's train
He chased a stalwart stag in vain,
Out-stripped his comrades, missed the deer,
Lost his good steed, and wandered here."—

XXX.
Fain would the Knight in turn require
The name and state of Ellen's sire;
Well shewed the elder lady's mien,
That courts and cities she had seen;