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SIR MARTYN.


XXX.

Now fly the waſſal ſeaſons wingd with glee,

Each day affords a floode of roring joy;
The Springs green months ycharmd with Cocking flee,
The jolly Horſe-race Summers grand employ,
His Harveſts Sports the foxe and hare deſtroy;
But the ſubſtantial Comforts of the Bowl
Are thine, O Winter! thine to fire the Boy
With Englands cauſe, and ſwell his mightie ſoul,
Till dizzy with his peres about the flore he rowl.

XXXI.

Now round his dores ynail'd on cloggs of wood

Hangs many a badgers ſnout and foxes tail,
The which he had through many a hedge perſewd,
Through marſh, through meer, dyke, ditch, and delve and dale;
To hear his hair-breadth ſcapes would make you pale;
Which well the groome hight Patrick can relate,
Whileas on holidays he quaffs his ale;
And not one circumſtance will he forgett,
So keen the braggard chorle is on his hunting ſett.