A Lance he bore with Iron Pike,
Th' one half wou'd thrust, the other strike:
And when their Forces he had join'd,
He fcorn'd to turn his Parts behind.
He Trulla lov'd, Trulla more bright
Than burnish'd Armour of her Knight :
A bold Virago, Stout and tall,
As Joan of France, or English Mall.
Thro' Perils both of Wind and Limb,
Thro' thick and thin she follow'd him
In ev'ry Adventure h' undertook,
And never him or it forfook.
At Breach of wall or Hedge Surprife,
She shar'd i' th' Hazard and the Prize:
Ar beating Quarters up, or Forage,
Behav'd her felf with matchless Courage,
And laid about in Fight more bufily
Than th' Amazonian Dame Penthefile.
And tho' fome Criticks here cry Shame,
And say our Authors are to blame,
That (Spight of all Philofophers,
Who hold no Females ftout, but Bears;
And heretofore did so abhor
That Women should pretend to War:
Il étoit armé d'une lance,
D'un bout propre à percer la panfe,
L'autre bonne à brifer les os,
Et ne tournoit jamais le dos.
Il aima Trulla, dont les charmes (39) Etoient brillans comme fes armes ;
Forte & brave, comme en fon tems Fut la Pucelle d'Orleans.
Sans craindre la corde, ou bleffure,
Elle suivoit, à l'aventure,
Son Héros, voulant partager
Avec lui butin & danger.
Dans la surprise ou le fourage,
Elle avoit adreffe & courage.
Combattoit avec la fierté
De la Dame Penthéfilé. (40)
Quoiqu'en dife certain critique,
Qui blâme nos Auteurs par picque,
De ce que (malgré ce qu'ont dit
Des Philofophes gens d'efprit,
Qu'excepté l'Ourse, une femelle
Jamais en courage n'excelle,
Condamnant, Femme qui fe bat,
Et failant un crime d'Etat
With greater Troops of Sheep b' had fought
Than Ajax, or bold Don Quixote :
And many a Serpent of fell Kind,
With Wings before and Stings behind,
Subdu'd: as Poets fay, long agone
Bold Sir George, Saint George did the Dragon.
Nor Engine, nor Device Polemick,
Difeafe, nor Doctor Epidemick,
Tho' ftor'd with Deletery Med' cines
(Which whosoever took, is Dead fince)
E'er fent fo vaft a Colony
To both the under Worlds, as he :
For he was of that noble Trade,
That Demi-gods and Heroes made,
Slaughter, and knocking on the Head;
The Trade to which they all were bred;
And is, like others, glorious when
'Tis great and large, but bafe if mean.
The former rides in Triumph for it ;
The latter in a two wheel'd Chariot,
For daring to profane a thing
So Sacred with vile Bungling.
Next thefe the brave Magnano came,
Magnano, great in Martial Fame. Yet, when with Orfin he wag'd fight, 'Tis fung he got but little by't.
Après vint Cerdon, juste & franc,
De fa race le plus vaillant; (44)
Il fut réparateur d'injure,
Ainfi qu'Hercule, & fa nature.
Le portoit à donner renfort
Au foible contre le plus fort.
Celui-là n'a pas lu grand-chose
Qui ne l'a vu dans vers, ni profe. (45)
L'arme tranchante qu'il portoit,
En mille pieces découpoit
Tout bouclier, ou bien rondache,
Faite de cuir de boeuf ou vache;
Fut-elle égale en dureté
A l'Ecu d'Ajax tant vanté,
Avec lequel campoit peut-être
De Cerdon le crasseux ancêtre ;
Car, quand les Grecs, pendant dix ans
Firent à Troye affauts fanglans
Ils étoient, comme Homere affure,
Fameux pour la bonne chauffure; (46)
Et c'eft l'ancêtre de Cerdon,
Qui leur procura ce renom.
D'abord il fit mainte entreprise
Pour la Réforme de l'Eglife,
Puis voulant réformer les Loix,
Pour un abus, en mettoit trois.
Learned he was and could take Note,
Tranfcribe, collect, translate and quote.
But Preaching was his chiefeft Talent,
Or Argument, in which b'ing valiant,
He us'd to lay about and stickle,
Like Ram, or Bull, at Convenricle:
For Difputants, like Rams and Bulls,
Do fight with Arms that spring from Sculls.
Laft Colon came, bold Man of War,
Deftin'd to Blows by fatal Star;
Right expert in Command of Horfe,
But cruel, and without Remorfe.
That which of Centaur long ago
Was faid, and has been wrefted to
Some other Knights, was true of this,
He and his Horse were of a Piece.
One Spirit did inform them both,
The felf-fame Vigour, Fury, Wroth:
Yet he was much the rougher Part,
And always had a harder Heart ;
Although his Horfe had been of thofe
That fed on Man's Flesh, as Fame goes,
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