Such as breed out of peccant humours Of our own church, like wens, or tumours, 555 And like a maggot in a sore, Would that which gave it life devour; It never shall be done or said. With that he siez'd upon his blude; 560 And Ralpho too, as quick and bold, Contracted into one loud din, Or that some member to be chosen, 565 570 And though they stood prepar'd, with fatal 575 Both thought it was the wisest course 567. This has relation to the origin of the poetical notion of the music of the spheres, a notion which, stripped of its poetical dress, is perfectly capable of a satisfactory explanation. And to secure, by swift retreating, By utt'ring of his mind, his courage; And now the cause of all their fear A triumph, that, for pomp and state, And not enlarging territory, (As some mistaken write in story,) Being mounted in their best array, 585 590 595 Upon a car, and who but they; 600 And follow'd with a world of tall lads, That merry ditties troll'd, and ballads, Did ride with many a good-morrow, Crying, Hey for our town, through the borough; So when this triumph drew so nigh, They might particulars descry, 605 They never saw two things so pat, 610 They charge, three ranks at once, like Swedes. 609. Figure 28 gives a view of the first personage of the procession, whose prototype may be seen (if the south side of the moon be placed uppermost) close to the margin on the left hand, and composed of the paler shadows of the Fig. 28. moon. 614. The three ranks of Swedes (whose heads consti Next pans, and kettles of all keys, 615 From trebles down to double base. And after them, upon a nag, A smock-display'd did proudly wave; 620 625 Full fraught with that which, for good manners, tute the pans, kettles, &c. of line 615,) are made up of the three faces, (situate one over the other, and fronting the contrary way of the figure mentioned in the last note,) which together form the face and body of Ralpho. The lawyer alluded to as one of the three in line 612 is particularly pointed out in Canto 3, Part 3, where a drawing will be given of him. 617. The second person of the procession is drawn in fig. 29, as situate in the moon immediately behind the last figure, and composed of darker shadows. 621. The bagpipes are referable to the same appearance in the moon which stands for the basket-hilt of Hudibras's sword, drawn ante in fig. 5. 627. The man upon the panniers is given in fig. 30, as situate about the center of the moon, its south side being still uppermost. |