And with an iron mace laid flat A breach, which straight all enter'd at; With luscious vengeance to assuage: For he no sooner was at large, 995 But Trulla straight brought on the charge, 1000 And in the self-same limbo put The knight and squire where he was shut. In the same order and array Which they advanc'd, they march'd away. But Hudibras, who scorn'd to stoop To fortune, or be said to droop; Chear'd up himself with ends of verse, And sayings of philosophers. Quoth he, Th' one half of man, his mind, Is, sui juris, unconfin'd, And cannot be laid by the heels, Whate'er the other moiety feels. 'Tis not restraint or liberty, That makes men prisoners or free; 1005 1010 1015 But perturbations that possess But I shall take a fit occasion T'evince thee by ratiocination, Some other time in place more proper Than this w' are in; therefore let's stop here, Already tir'd with other toil, 1377 1381 PART THE SECOND. CANTO I. THE ARGUMENT. The knight, by damnable magician, Love brings his action on the case, But now, t' observe romantic method, Have we forgot in what sad plight Tir'd with dispute, and speaking Latin, And desperate of any course, 5 31 35 His only solace was, that now 40 There is a tall long-sided dame, (But wondrous light,) ycleped Fame, 2:45 That like a thin cameleon boards Made good by deep mythologist. With these she through the welkin flies, Two trumpets she does sound at once, 69 But both of clean contrary tones; And therefore vulgar authors name This tattling gossip knew too well, To see bauds carted through the croud, strong light, with her wings and trumpets, on the south side of the moon, but facing the north, and her head towards the right of the north. Her mythological character has a reference to the tides, the varied appearances of which are connected with the changes of the moon, the subject of the Poem; and are the bearers of news from all parts of the world. |