HUDIBRAS. PART I. CANTO I. The Argument. Sir HUDIBRAS, his passing worth, WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And made them fight like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion as for punk ; Whose honesty they all durst swear for, B 5 When gospel-trumpeter, surrounded With long ear'd rout, to battle sounded, Was beat with fist instead of a stick ; 10 Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a-colonelling. A wight he was, whose very sight would 15 Intitle him, Mirrour of Knighthood; That never bow'd his stubborn knee 20 Great on the bench, great in the saddle, That could as well bind o'er as swaddle; Mighty he was at both of these, 25 And styl❜d of war, as well as peace. (So some rats, of amphibious nature, Are either for the land or water.) 30 Some hold the one, and some the other, |