Here is Watchet town burnt up, and no man left--for its lord is slain--to see that it is built aright, and that each man, or family, has his own again.

Now, you knew that place well, nor is it very far from you.

Therefore shall you see to all that, and you shall have writings from me to back you.

But men must know that you yourself have power there, and, therefore, I make you lord of all Quantock side, from Watchet stream to Parret, and from the borders of your own land at Cannington to Severn shore between those two.

And this shall you render in return for those rights: that you shall be ready at all times to bear the standard of Wessex, against all comers from over seas, at my bidding." Now that was the Dragon of Wessex of which the old witch spoke.