[Hast thou surpriz'd me, Britain! I defy]
This Figure represents the Duke of Bavaria in
a terrible Passion, after the Duke of Marlborough
bad forc'd the French Lines, in the Year 1705. The
less Figures are, the Marquiss D'Alegre, and the
Count De Horn, Prisoners in the Hands of the English
and Dutch.
Hast thou surpriz'd me, Britain! I defy
Thy Force, and will in Fight my Fortune try.
Thy Chains, my chosen Troops, my Generals wear,
My Lines are forc'd, and I again despair.
My Martial Trophies are in Triumph born,
To grace thy March, and I'm the Publick Scorn.
Let Valour, and not Art decide the Day,
My Soldiers may not always run away:
But Oh! Thy brighter Greatness still will shine,
And all my Glory be eclips'd by Thine.