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So great and so inaccessible deeds
It hath proclaim'd to men; bound hand and foot,
The vast Enceladus; and rac't by th'root
The race of vpland Gyants. This speech past;
Saturnius, a smoking lightening cast
Amongst the armies; thundring then so sore,
That with a rapting circumflexe, he bore
All huge heauen ouer. But the terrible ire,
Of his dart, sent abroad, all wrapt in fire,
(Which certainely, his very finger was)
Amazde both Mise and Froggs. Yet soone let passe
Was all this by the Mise: who, much the more;
Burnd in desire t'exterminate the store
Of all those lance-lou'd souldiers. Which, had beene;
If, from Olympus, Ioues eye had not seene
The Froggs with pittie; and with instant speede
Sent them assistents. Who (ere any heede
Was giuen to their approch) came crawling on
With ^[1]Anuiles on their backs; that (beat vpon
Neuer so much) are neuer wearied, yet:
Crook-pawd; and wrested on, with foule clouen feet:
^[2]Tongues in their mouths: Brick-backt, all ouer bone,
Broade-shoulderd; whence a ruddie yellow shone.
Distorted, and small thigh'd: had eyes that saw
Out at their bosomes. Twice foure feet did draw
$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$About their bodies. Strong neckt; whence did rise
Two heads; nor could to any hand be Prise.
They call them Lobsters; that eat from the Mise,

Their

1. Νωτακμονες Incudes ferentes, or anvil backed. Α᾿κμωε. Incus, dicta per sycopen, quasi nullis ictibus fatigetur.
2. Ψαλιδοστμοις Forcipem in ore habens.