And to secure, by swift retreating,
Themselves from danger of worse beating. 580
Yet neither of them would disparage,

By utt'ring of his mind, his courage ;
Which made 'em stoutly keep their ground,
With horror and disdain wind-bound.

And now the cause of all their fear
By slow degrees approach'd so near,
They might distinguish diff'rent noise
Of horns, and pans, and dogs, and boys,
And kettle-drums, whose sullen dub
Sounds like the hooping of a tub.
But when the sight appear'd in view,
They found it was an antic shew;
A triumph, that, for pomp and state,
Did proudest Romans emulate:
For as the aldermen of Rome,

Their foes at training overcome,

And not enlarging territory,

(As some mistaken write in story,) Being mounted in their best array,

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Upon a car, and who but they;

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And follow'd with a world of tall lads,

That merry ditties troll'd, and ballads,

Did ride with many a good-morrow,

Crying, Hey for our town, through the borough; So when this triumph drew so nigh,

They might particulars descry,

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They never saw two things so pat,
In all respects, as this and that.
First, he that led the cavalcate,
Wore a sow-gelder's flagellate,
On which he blew as strong a levet,
As well-fee'd lawyer on his breviate ;
When over one another's heads

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They charge, three ranks at once, like Swedes.

609. Figure 28 gives a view of the first personage of the procession, whose prototype may be seen (if the south side of the moon be placed uppermost) close to the margin on the left hand, and composed of the paler shadows of the

moon.

Fig. 28.

614. The three ranks of Swedes (whose heads consti

Next pans,

and kettles of all keys,

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From trebles down to double base.

And after them, upon a nag,

That might pass for a forehand stag,
A cornet rode, and on his staff

A smock-display'd did proudly wave;
Then bagpipes of the loudest drones,
With snuffling broken-winded tones,
Whose blasts of air, in pockets shut,
Sound filthier than from the gut,
And make a viler noise than swine,
In windy weather when they whine.
Next one upon a pair of panniers,

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Full fraught with that which, for good manners, tute the pans, kettles, &c. of line 615,) are made up of the three faces, (situate one over the other, and fronting the contrary way of the figure mentioned in the last note,) which together form the face and body of Ralpho. The lawyer alluded to as one of the three in line 612 is particularly pointed out in Canto 3, Part 3, where a drawing will be given of him.

617. The second person of the procession is drawn in fig. 29, as situate in the moon immediately behind the last figure, and composed of darker shadows.

621. The bagpipes are referable to the same appearance in the moon which stands for the basket-hilt of Hudibras's sword, drawn ante in fig. 5.

627. The man upon the panniers is given in fig. 30, as situate about the center of the moon, its south side being still uppermost.

Shall here be nameless, mix'd with grains,
Which he dispens'd among the swains,
And busily upon the croud

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At random round about bestow'd.
Then mounted on a horned horse,
One bore a gauntlet and gilt spurs,
Ty'd to the pummel of a long sword
He held revers'd, the point turn'd downward :
Next after, on a raw-bon'd steed,
The conqu❜ror's standard-bearer rid,
And bore aloft before the champion
A petticoat display'd, and rampant :
Near whom the Amazon triumphant
Bestrid her beast, and on the rump
Sat face to tail, and bum to bum,
O' the warrior whilom overcome,
Arm'd with a spindle and a distaff,

on't

Which, as he rode, she made him twist off:
And when he loiter'd, o'er her shoulder

Chastis'd the reformado soldier.

Before the dame, and round about,
March'd whifflers, and staffiers on foot,
With lackies, grooms, valets, and pages,
In fit and proper equipages;

Of whom, some torches bore, some links,
Before the proud virago-minx,

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633. The figure here next described, faces a contrary