Instead of trumpet and of drum, 'That makes the warrior's ftomach come, Whofe noife whets valour sharp, like beer By thunder turn'd to vinegar. (For if a trumpet found, or drum beat, Who has not a month's mind to combat?) A fqueaking engine he apply'd 110 Unto his neck, on north-eaft fide, Juft where the hangman does dispose, 115 To special friends, the knot of noose: For 'tis great grace, when statesmen straight His warped ear hung o'er the ftrings, For guts, fome write, ere they are fodden, From whence men borrow every kind 120 125 130 In obferve in this place, that we have the exact characters of the ufual attendants at a bear-baiting fully drawn, and a catalogue of warriors, conformable to the practice of Epic poets. Kings were proclaim'd by a horse that neigh'd). The knee with one of timber 's propt, With truncheon tipp'd with iron head, With folemn march, and ftately pace, 155 This Ver. 147. Next marcli'd brave Orfin.] Next fol low'd, in the two first editions of 1663. Joshua Gofling, who kept bears at Paris-garden in Southwark. However, fays Sir Roger, he ftood hard and fast for the Rump Parliament. This leader was of knowledge great, Either for charge or for retreat : 160 So lawyers, left the Bear defendant, And plaintiff Dog, fhould make an end on 't, Do ftave and tail with Writs of Error, Reverse of Judgment, and Demurrer, 165 To let them breathe a while, and then 170 Bred up, where difcipline moft rare is, For foldiers, heretofore, did grow In gardens juft as weeds do now, 175 T' Apollo offer'd up petitions For licensing a new invention They 'ad found out of an antique engine, To root out all the weeds, that grow In public gardens, at a blow, 180 And Ver. 159, 160.] Thus altered in the edition of 1674, Knew when t' engage his bear pell-mell, And when to bring him off as well. Pell-mell, i. e. confufedly, without order. And leave th' herbs ftanding. Quoth Sir Sun, Not done! quoth Statefman; Yes, an 't please ye, They 'ad better let them grow there still. 185 190 195 200 None Ver. 194.] The House of Commons, even before the Rump had murdered the King, and expelled the Houfe of Lords, ufurped many branches of the Royal Prerogative, and particularly this for granting licences for new inventions. None ever acted both parts bolder, Both of a chieftain and a foldier. Who, that their bafe-births might be hid O' th' Gods, gallants to their own mothers, Was his undoubted ancestor; And in all ages bore his name: Learn'd he was in med'cinal lore, For by his fide a pouch he wore, Replete with ftrange hermetic powder, 205 That wounds nine miles point-blank would folder; By fkilful chemift, with great coft, Extracted from a rotten poft; But of a heavenlier influence Than that which mountebanks dispense; 210 215 220 225 230 Though Ver. 211.] This is one inftance of the Author's making great things little, though his talent lay chiefly the other way. |