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Samuel Butler: Hudibras

Written in the time of the late wars: The text edited by A. R. Waller

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The Argument of the First CANTO.

Sir Hudibras his passing worth,
The manner how he sally'd forth:
His Arms and Equipage are shown;
His Horse's Vertues, and his own.
Th' Adventure of the Bear and Fiddle
Is sung, but breaks off in the middle.