Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late WarsAndrus, 1853 - 335 pages |
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Page 47
... Cerdon next advanc't , Of all his race the valiant'st : Cerdon the Great , renown'd in song , Like Herc'los , for repair of wrong : Ile rais'd the low and fortify'd The weak against the strongest side : Ill has he read , that never hit ...
... Cerdon next advanc't , Of all his race the valiant'st : Cerdon the Great , renown'd in song , Like Herc'los , for repair of wrong : Ile rais'd the low and fortify'd The weak against the strongest side : Ill has he read , that never hit ...
Page 68
... Cerdon , in the nick . To rescue him had not been quick ; For Trulla , who was light of foot 85 90 90 95 100 As shafts which long - field Parthians shoot , ( But not so light as to be borne Upon the ears of standing corn , Or trip it o ...
... Cerdon , in the nick . To rescue him had not been quick ; For Trulla , who was light of foot 85 90 90 95 100 As shafts which long - field Parthians shoot , ( But not so light as to be borne Upon the ears of standing corn , Or trip it o ...
Page 69
... Cerdon tail'd , Until their mastiffs loos'd their hold : And yet , alas ! do what they could , 135 The worsted bear came off with store Of bloody wounds , but all before : For as Achilles , dipt in pond , Was anabaptiz'd free from wound ...
... Cerdon tail'd , Until their mastiffs loos'd their hold : And yet , alas ! do what they could , 135 The worsted bear came off with store Of bloody wounds , but all before : For as Achilles , dipt in pond , Was anabaptiz'd free from wound ...
Page 72
... Cerdon and Colon , warriors stout , 245 And resolute , as ever fought ; Whom furious Orsin thus bespoke : Shall we ( quoth he ) thus basely brook The vile affront that paltry ass , And feeble scoundrel Hudibras , 254 With that more ...
... Cerdon and Colon , warriors stout , 245 And resolute , as ever fought ; Whom furious Orsin thus bespoke : Shall we ( quoth he ) thus basely brook The vile affront that paltry ass , And feeble scoundrel Hudibras , 254 With that more ...
Page 79
... Cerdon b'ing engag'd In close encounter , they both wag'd The fight so well , ' twas hard to say Which side was like to get the day . And now the busy work of death 550 555 Had tir'd them , so th ' agreed to breathe , Preparing to renew ...
... Cerdon b'ing engag'd In close encounter , they both wag'd The fight so well , ' twas hard to say Which side was like to get the day . And now the busy work of death 550 555 Had tir'd them , so th ' agreed to breathe , Preparing to renew ...
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