She soon to him was wedded, as hath of old been said

She soon to him was wedded, as hath of old been said. With her, among her followers, came many a lovely maid, And, from over Scotland’s border, seven hundred warriors fully; They came with her right gladly, when the worth of the king was known to them more truly.

Proudly their way they wended, as beseemed the maiden’s birth; With all the care they led her befitting his kingly worth; Hidden were the roadways by gazers without number, Who hasted to behold her; for three miles and a half the throngs the ways did cumber.