Virtues of a Diamond Ring + 

Of the strange virtues of a ring, + 

In simple strains we now will sing, + 

Brave warrior of ancient France, + 

Where danger was he did advance. + 

But he at last was struck by ball + 

And on the battle field did fall, + 

They dug for him a shallow grave + 

And slightly cover’d warrior brave. + 

But his servant man with warm heart, + 

Loathed with his master thus to part, + 

So he moved soil from where he lay + 

And found a lump of lifeless clay. + 

He turned away in sad despair, + 

That could not be his master fair, + 

That famed brave youth of noble birth, + 

Now all stained o’er with blood and earth. + 

As he begins to move away + 

The moon reflects on brilliant ray, + 

From diamond ring on dead man’s finger + 

The servant now doth fondly linger. + 

For he knows it’s his master’s ring, + 

And hopes to life he may him bring, + 

In finger he discovers heat + 

And hopes his heart it still may beat. + 

Though surgeons they pronounce him dead, + 

For long he bathes his breast and head, + 

And slowly master did restore + 

To fight more brave than he had before. + 

And now this tale to close we bring, + 

Of warrior saved by a ring, + 

Full oft again to fight for king, + 

His praise his countrymen they sing. + 