The Laws of Candy - Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) by John Fletcher;Francis Beaumont
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My Lords judge ye) the chief, the great Commander,
The head of that huge body, whose proud weight Our Land shrunk under, him I found and fought with, Fought with, and slew. Fellows in Arms, speak you, Is't true or not? Souldiers: True, true. Antinous: When he was faln, The hearts of all our adversaries Began to quail, till young _Fernando_, son To the last Duke of _Venice_ gather'd head, And soon renew'd the field, by whose example The bold Venetians doubling strength and courage Had got the better of the day; our men Supposing that their adversaries grew Like _Hydra's_ head, recoyle, and 'gan to flye: I follow'd them; and what I said, they know; The summe on't is; I call'd them back, new rankt them; Led on, they follow'd, shrunk not t[i]ll the end: Fellows in Arms is't true, or no? Souldiers: True, true. |
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