English poem
The Knights of the Sheers
by Anonymous
Queen Bess once in council was given to know, That a corps of her cavalry fled from the foe; But in telling the tale, it come out unawares, That the troops were all taylors, and mounted on mares; 'Nay,' cries the Queen, 'let the rogues run away, 'Since I've neither lost Man nor Horse in the fray.'