Who, though a spinster, yet was able O' th' spirits in all conventicles. 290 295 300 And are the heavenly vehicles By us is all commerce and trade Improv'd, and manag d, and decay'd; For nothing can go off so well, 305 Nor bears that price, as what we sell. We rule in ev'ry public meeting, And make men do what we judge fitting; Where men do nothing but wear gowns. 310 We make the man-of-war strike sail, She Dennis, and almost reduced to the last extremity. She went to the coronation of Charles the Seventh, when he was almost ruined. She knew that prince in the midst of his nobles, though meanly habited. The doctors of divinity, and members of parliament openly declared that there was something supernatural in her conduct. sent for a sword, which lay in the tomb of a knight, which was behind the great altar of the church of St. Katharine de Forbois, upon the blade of which the cross and flowerde-luces were engraven, which put the king in a very great surprise, in regard none besides himself knew of it. Upon this he sent her with the command of some troops, with which she relieved Orleans, and drove the English from it, defeated Talbot at the battle of Pattai, and recovered Champagne. At last she was unfortunately taken prisoner in a sally at Champagne in 1430, and tried for a witch or sorceress, condemned, and burnt in Rouen market-place in May, 1430. 315 Is there an officer of state We are your guardians, that increase 320 "Tis we that can dispose, alone, 325 Whether your heirs shall be your own, To whose integrity you must, In spite of all your caution, trust; And, 'less you fly beyond the seas, Can fit you with what heirs we please; 330 And force you t' own 'em, though begotten By French valets, or Irish footmen. Nor can the rigoroursest course Prevail, unless to make us worse; 335 Are farther off from b'ing reduc'd, The least punctilios of our wills. Force does but whet our wits t' apply Arts, born with us for remedy; 340 Which all your politics, as yet, Have ne'er been able to defeat; For when y' have try'd all sorts of ways, Are but to girt you with the sword, To fight our battles in our steads, 345 And have your brains beat out o' your heads; Encounter, in despite of nature, And fight at once with fire and water, With pirates, rocks, and storms, and seas, Our pride and vanity t' appease; Kill one another, and cut throats, 350. For our good graces, and best thoughts; To do your exercise for honour, 355 And have your brains beat out the sooner; Or crack'd, as learnedly, upon Things that are never to be known; The more your projects are prepost'rous; 360 And run stark mad to shew your parts; And turn them which way we see cause; And stand for us in all engagements. 365 370 375 In treaties which we gain'd in fight; And, terrify'd into an awe, Pass on ourselves a Salique law; 380 378. The Salique law is a law in France, whereby it is enacted that no female shall inherit that crown. ERA of the poem Affidavit-men, their practice Their plying-places. Anaxagoras, astronomical tenets of his Author, his invocation Integrity. Authors of rhyme, their reason for couplets 27 102 Authors of romances censured, p. 35. 1. 11. p. 101. 1. 18. p. 125 1. 41. BAGPIPES compared 189 621 Bear-baiting, the adventure of Its antiquity and derivation Proclamation on the solemnity Blows the method of making free by the Romans, Of restoring to grace, &c. by Prestor John 107 235 Bruin (the bear) His genealogy Diet Travels Resentment on receiving Hudibras's fall Conduct in distress. Relieved by Trulla and Cerdon Compared to Achilles CERDON (the cobbler) His paring-knife Descent His answer to Orsin's speech on the distress of his Assists in Trulla's Triumph Cheating and being cheated, the pleasure of it Instances of the latter Chymistry, a certain experiment of it Colon (the hostler) Compared to Hercules Engages Ralpho Attacks Hudibras Assists in Trulla's Triumph Commanders, a peculiar of theirs Commonwealth resty to the rider Mythologically compared to a rump Conjurers, their various ways of practice p. 162 1. 599 to 640 Court of Conscience ought to assist itself Cowards, none that venture a second beating Crowderu (the fiddler) His misfortune in a prize of his profession Evening described Cucking-stool, the cavalcade of it compared to an ovation DISPUTANTS compared and exposed Disputes, how resolved at last Divinity, niceties therein exposed Diurnals (news-papers) an expedient to lessen the" Page Line Druids borrow money to be repaid in the next world 172 Injustice of cropping them for perjury Echo described Epistle from Hudibras to Sidrophel, from p. 178 to 181 Subscription, date, seal, and direction. Her answer Excommunication a distress on soul and body FAME described. Good and evil fame distinguished. Fear, the effects of itp. 266 l. 11. p. 267. l. 65. 270 102 57 975 243 815 286 49 71 189 from p. 285 to 294 294 341 from p. 294 to 304 266 27 GRACE and virtue too near akin to be coupled Hanging, à description of it No chance in it Heroes, their trade Different effects of sword and cudgel on it Commoner's huff's Where lodged. . ib. 393 174 1067 HUDIBRAS (Sir SL, p. 34. 1. 904.)-His politic cha- |