“Say, fellows, take this courser
And abyde me right here,
Go we, sirs, to our prayer
I rede now in good faye;
I have done this many a year,
And my ancestors that before me were.
High God, prince of power,
Thou comfort us this day.”
Then they proceed on to the pageant-carriage which represented the
“mountain” they had to ascend. On reaching the top, an angel appears
carrying a star, and now the Kings burst forth into French:--