That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird.

Fortune, the foe of famous cheuisaunce / Seldome (said Guyon) yields to vertue aide, / But in her way throwes mischiefe and mischaunce, / Whereby her course is stopt, and passage staid.

Early in the summer of 1127 the emperor was located near the city of Nan-ching just south of the Yangtze River.

Their meeting was one of unrestrained joy.