Salient Notes

Here ye now a tael true of Faerie Loud,
A place of alkahol and spirit spent,
Where that sad A'Kort and his doleful band
Doe languish in the realm of Salient,
Among them is that wicked [unclear: Misereent],
The baron Bogie, him who Fergus hight,
That of crule A'Kort is the lutenent,
and with him goes a nastie wicked wight:
His sister Raychell shee, embodiement of spight.

In castle strong the evil rulers dwelt
With their lunch men: Van Krimpen and Vasil,
Massof and Molloy; these before them knell
And did them honor, these obeyed their will,
They all the peasants round about did bill,
And charged them Rent, and did subdue them soe,
That the complaind, and did lament their ill,
So that they griev'd, and beating brests did goe,
Saying: Succour! Oh Help! The Heavens heale our woe!

These peasants were a rather motlee crew,
Amongst them Thor-burne and the Scott MacKie,
The fierce MacKnort, who Meeshell A 'Kort hew
In days of vote, shee bloddilie did die;
Remembring this, MacKnort did forthwith crie:
We must revolt, rebell and kill them all!
Then wicked rule we vassails should defy,
Our profit shoulde bee comunall to all:
I A'Korls sistere kill'd; likewise I'll kick his ball.

Whilst thus they stood deliberating there
There came a puissaunt one in [unclear: armour] bright
With his lady Kathrin, a maid most faire,
Sir Andrue[unclear: bee], a brave and fearlesse Knight,
His squire too, who Antlers son did hight,
Taylor and Hassett, who were soldiers brave;
And Wiggin, who beheld the true faiths light:
[unclear: Hee] urged the Knight the peasants poore to save,
True comuniste! Would peasants flagg up high [unclear: wave].

Then that brave band of heroes did [unclear: assail]
The eastle; fieree the battle waged and fought,
The cow'rds within the walls did quake and quail;
But [unclear: treachrie iways] that its destruction brought:
Van Krimpen, wicked mage, a spell wrought,
That [unclear: castles] gate did [unclear: neathie] breake in two.
In proudlie [unclear: lode] the victors, fearing nought;
Two wenches Ruthe and Jessika did due
[unclear: Obeissiance] pay, to comunistes both brave and true.

The moral of this ta el is therefore:
That rule should be both fair and just to all.
And in the realm of Salient e'er more
Just such a worthy reign we hope will there befall.