The warder's challenge, heard without,
Stayed in mid-roar the merry shout.
110 A soldier to the portal went-
"Here is old Bertram, sirs, of Ghent;
And-beat for jubilee the drum!
A maid and minstrel with him come."
Bertram, a Fleming, gray and scarred,
115 Was entering now the Court of Guard,
A harper with him, and in plaid
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