He has with him some horsemen in his train, That from afar the two companions spy.
Expecting thus some spoil or prize to gain, They, every one, towards that quarter hie.
"Brother, behoves us," cried young Cloridane, "To cast away the load we bear, and fly:
For 'twere a foolish thought (might well be said)
To lose two living men, to save one dead: