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Came in t' affift him with its aid,
And up his finking vefiel weigh'd.
No fooner was he fit to trudge,
But both made ready to diflodge;
The Spirit hors'd him, like a fack,
Upon the vehicle his back,

1570

And bore him headlong into th' hall,
With fome few rubs against the wall;
Where, finding out the postern lock'd,
"And th' avenues as ftrongly block'd,

1575

H' attack'd the window, ftorm'd the glafs,
And in a moment gain'd the pass;

Through which he dragg'd the worsted soldier's

Fore-quarters out by th' head and shoulders,

1580

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'He thought it was no time to stay,
And let the night, too, fteal away;
But, in a trice, advanc'd the Knight
Upon the bare ridge, bolt upright,
And, groping out for Ralpho's jade,
He found the faddle, too, was ftray'd,

3590

And

2

Ver. 1575.] Altered to the outer postern, edit. 1710.

1595

And in the place a lump of foap,
On which he speedily leap'd up;
And, turning to the gate the rein,
He kick'd and cudgel'd on amain;
While Hudibras, with equal haste,
'On both fides laid about as fast,

1600

And fpurr'd, as jockies use, to break,
Or padders to fecure, a neck:

Where let us leave them for a time,

And to their Churches turn our rhyme;
To hold forth their declining state,
Which now come near an even rate.

1605

VOL. I.

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