. Hudibras. A poem in three cantos. lory fromTh attempt, or vidlory to come. 900 54 CANTO I. PART I. Tis fung, there is a valiant Mamaluke, In foreign land, yclepd To whom we have been off compar d For perfon, parts, addrefs, and beard; Both equally reputed flout, 905 And in the fame caufe both have fought : He oft, in iuch attempts as thefe. Came off with glory and fuccefs : Nor will we fail in th execution, For want of equal refolution. 910 Honour is, like a widow, won With brifk attempt and putting on; With entring manfully, and urging ; Not flow approaches, like a virgin. This faid, as onc
. Hudibras. A poem in three cantos. lory fromTh attempt, or vidlory to come. 900 54 CANTO I. PART I. Tis fung, there is a valiant Mamaluke, In foreign land, yclepd To whom we have been off compar d For perfon, parts, addrefs, and beard; Both equally reputed flout, 905 And in the fame caufe both have fought : He oft, in iuch attempts as thefe. Came off with glory and fuccefs : Nor will we fail in th execution, For want of equal refolution. 910 Honour is, like a widow, won With brifk attempt and putting on; With entring manfully, and urging ; Not flow approaches, like a virgin. This faid, as once the Phrygian ours, with rufhy fteel did fmiteHis Trojan horfe, and jufl as muchHe mended pace upon the touch ; PART I. CANTO I. 55 But from his empty ftomach groand, Juft as that hollow beaft did found, 920 And, angry, anfwerd from behind. With brandiflid tail and blaft of wind. So have I feen, with armed heel,A Wight beftride a Commonweal,While ftill the more he kickd and fpurrd, 925The lefs the fullen jade has PART I. SECOND CANTO. Ci)e ^Irsument. The catalogue and charaSler Of tld enemies beji men of war. Whom, hi a bold harangue, the Knight Defies, and challenges to fight: H encounters Talgol, routs the Bear, And takes the Fiddler prifoner. Conveys him to enchanted cafile. There finds him fafi in wooden Bafiile.
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