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CXLI.

Serv.
My lord! I am about the truth to say.
Last night, full late I did return to rest;
As to my chamber I did bend my way,

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To Bertha one his name and place addressed;
Down to him came she, but thereof the rest
I know no matter; so, my homage made—

Æl.
Oh! speak no more; my heart flames in its hest.
I once was Ælla, now am not his shade.
Had all the fury of misfortune's will
Fall'n on my bannèd head, I had been Ælla still.