That, fhot i' th' air point-blank upright, Hangs, like the body of Mahomet : That by the earth's round bulk is made, This faid, he to his engine flew, Then peeping through, Blefs us! (quoth he) And, if I err not, by his proper He's got between the Dragon's tail And farther leg behind o' th' Whale; 440 445 Breaking Breaking, down fell the ftar. Well fhot, Quoth Whachum, who right wifely thought And pay our loffes with our profit. This feat fell out not long before The Knight, upon the forenam'd fcore,. 470 475 480 In Ver. 477.] William Sedgwick, a whimsical enthufiaft, fometimes a Preíbyterian, fometimes an Independent, and at other times an Anabaptift; fometimes a prophet, and pretended to foretel things, out of the pulpit, to the destruction of ignorant people; at other times pretended to revelations; and, upon pretence of a vifion that Doomiday was at hand, he retired to the house of Sir Francis Ruffel in Cambridgeshire; and, finding feveral gentlemen at bowls, called upon them to prepare for their diffolution; telling them that he had lately received a revelation that Doomfday would be fome day the week following. Upon which they ever after called him Doomfday Sedgwick. In queft of Sidrophel advancing, Whachum (quoth he) look yonder, fome The one 's the learned Knight;-feek out, 485 490 495 ૩૦૦ He afk'd him whence they came, and whither Their business lay? Quoth Ralpho, Hither. Did you not lofe ?-Quoth Ralpho, Nay. Quoth Whachum, Sir, I meant your way! 505 For lovers' hearts are not their own hearts, Nor lights, nor lungs, and fo forth downwards. Three years it off and on has hung. ૧૦ Quoth he, I meant what time o' the day 'tis ; Or Or great eftate.-Quoth Ralpho, A jointer, 515 Which makes him have fo hot a mind t' her. Meanwhile the Knight was making water, Which having done, the Wizard steps in, 520 And what he came to know, drew near, 525 To whisper in the conjurer's ear; Which he prevented thus: What was 't, Quoth he, that I was faying laft, Before these gentlemen arriv'd? Quoth Whachum, Venus you retriev'd, 530 And no benign and friendly stars T'allay the effect. Quoth Wizard, So! In Virgo? Ha! quoth Whachum, No: Has Saturn nothing to do in it, 535 One tenth of 's circle to a minute? 'Tis well, quoth he.-Sir, you 'll excufe This rudeness I am forc'd to use; It is a scheme and face of heaven, As th' afpects are difpos'd this even, When you arriv'd; but now I 've done. Quoth Hudibras, If I appear Unfeasonable in coming here 540 At fuch a time, to interrupt By no means, Sir, quoth Sidrophel : You are in love, Sir, with a widow, And now your business is to know If you fhall carry her or no. Quoth Hudibras, You' re in the right, But how the devil you come by 't I can't imagine; for the stars I'm fure, can tell no more than a horse; To know from you my fatal doom. 545 550 |