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COWARDISE
[Cowards]
Like Horses, do Heroique Acts,
Ingage by turning of their Backs,
And use the same Heeles, both for fight
With th' enemy, and persuite, or flight:
So with the same Armes kill and slay
And Rout the Fo and run away.
Like Horses, do Heroique Acts,
Ingage by turning of their Backs,
And use the same Heeles, both for fight
With th' enemy, and persuite, or flight:
So with the same Armes kill and slay
And Rout the Fo and run away.
He that ore-comes himself, and runs
Do's more then he that takes great towns:
If evry man would save but one
No victory would ere be won:
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Do's more then he that takes great towns:
If evry man would save but one
No victory would ere be won:
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Battles but in fancy wag'd
With better Conduct are ingagd
Then bravest fights at Sea or land
Where Fortune has so great a hand.
With better Conduct are ingagd
Then bravest fights at Sea or land
Where Fortune has so great a hand.
A Sword Fish fights with greater Art
Because the warrior has no Heart.
Because the warrior has no Heart.
Strong Reserves in War are plac't
To bear the Brunt of Danger last,
As Hangmen blind the eies and ty
The Hands of wretches doomd to dy.
To bear the Brunt of Danger last,
As Hangmen blind the eies and ty
The Hands of wretches doomd to dy.
He that is all Heart
Is kill'd with the least Prick in any Part,
And, therefore, ougt to have the greater care
In Fight than he, that has a lesser share.
Is kill'd with the least Prick in any Part,
And, therefore, ougt to have the greater care
In Fight than he, that has a lesser share.
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