...And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For dame reliirion as for punk; Whose honesty they all dorst swear for. Though not a man of them knew wherefore:...drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick;f Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling. And out he rode a-colone!ling.t A wight he was, whose...

...fight, like mad or drunk, ; For Dame Religion as for punk; Whose honesty they all durst stvear for, Tho' not a man of them knew wherefore; When Gospel.trumpeter,...surrounded With long.ear'd rout, to battle sounded'; ' to And pulpit, drum ecclesiastick, Was beat with fist instead of a stick ; Then did Sir Knight abandon...

...folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For dame Religion as for punk; When Gospel-trumpeter, surrounded With long-ear'd...ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick; Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a-colonelling. A squire he had whose name was...

...wherefore ; When Gospel-trnmpeter, snrronnded With long-ear'd ront, to battle sonnded ; And pnlpit, drnm ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick 4 ; Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And ont he rode a colonelling 5. A wight he was, whose very sight wonld Entitle him Mirror of Knighthood,...

...folks together by the ears, " And made them fight like mad or drunk, " For Dame Religion as for punk, " Whose honesty they all durst swear for, " Though not a man of them knew wherefore. " When Gospel trumpeter, surrounded " By long-ear'd rout to battle sounded ; " And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic,...

...Whose honesty they all durst swear for, Tho' not a man of them knew wherefore ; When gospel trumpeter, surrounded With long-ear'd rout, to battle sounded, . And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat viiibjist, instead of at tick :" HUDIBRAS. Huzza, then, for reformation ! Every cobbler's stall was...

...folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For dame Religion, as for punk ; an@u kmg-ear'd root, to battle sounded ; And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Wai beat with fist instead of a...

...heart." To which character I take occasion to make this short addition, that Hudibras abounds with 2 Whose honesty they all durst swear for, Though not a man of them knew wherefore : topics of science, of a reach wholly beside, and far beyond what, in these latter times, has been...

...they were English, it being obvious that they themselves had never seen the articles, whose excellence they all durst swear for, though not a man of them knew wherefore. We had not sat five minutes at table (the stringy bouilh was still going round) when a count, a gentleman...

...they were English, it being obvious that they themselves had never seen the articles, whose excellence they all durst swear for, though not a man of them knew wherefore. We had not sat five minutes at table (the stringy bouilli was still going round) when a count, a gentleman...