And that both are so near of kin, 840 That, put them in a bag, and fhake them, And not know which is which, unless You measure by their wickedness; For 'tis not hard t' imagine whether 845 O' th' two is worst, though I name neither. But art not able to keep touch. Mira de lente, as 'tis i' th' adage, 8.50 Or fhear swine, all cry, and no wool; Ver. 851.] This and the following line thus altered 1674, Thou canst at best but overstrain A paradox, and thy own brain. Thus they continued in the editions 1684, 1689, 1700. Restored in 1704, in the following blundering manner, Thou 'It be at best but such a bull, &c. and the blunder continued in all the editions till Dr. Gray's. 3 And then what genus rightly doth Include and comprehend them both? 860 865 Where we must give the world a proof Of deeds, not words, and fuch as fuit Nor fhall they be deceiv'd, unless 880 For whatfoe'er we perpetrate, We do but row, w' are fteer'd by Fate, Which in fuccess oft difinherits, For fpurious causes, nobleft merits. Great Ver.860.Include, &c.] in the two first editions of 1663, Comprehend them inclufive both. Ver. 862.] As likely, in the two first editions. Great actions are not always true fons 885 890 Our actions ftill have borne us out; Which though they 're known to be so ample, We need not copy from example; 895 We're not the only perfon durft In foreign land yclep'd 900 To whom we have been oft compar'd 905 For perfon, parts, addrefs, and beard; Both equally reputed ftout, And in the fame cause both have fought; He Ver. 904.] The writers of the General Hiftorical Dictionary, vol. vi. p. 291, imagine, "That the chaẩm "here is to be filled with the words Sir Samuel Luke, "because the line before it is of ten fyllables, and the "measure of the verse generally used in this Poem is "of eight." He oft in fuch attempts as these 910 With entering manfully, and urging; 915 This faid, as erft the Phrygian knight, So our's, with rufty steel did fmite 920 But from his empty stomach groan'd Juft as that hollow beast did found, And angry anfwer'd from behind, With brandifh'd tail and blast of wind. While ftill, the more he kick'd and spurr'd, 925 HUDIBRAS: HUDI BRA S. PART I. CANTO II. THE ARGUMENT. The catalogue and character Of th' enemies beft men of war, H' encounters Talgol, routs the Bear, There fhuts him faft in wooden Baftile. T HERE was an ancient fage philosopher Is in them all but love and battles? O' th' first of these w' have no great matter 10 Certes |