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44 We leave it, and go on, as now Suppose they did, no matter how; Yet some, from subtle hints, have got Mysterious light it was a trot: But let that pass; they now begun To spur their living engines on: For as whipp'd tops and bandied balls, The learned hold, are animals; So horses they affirm to be Mere engines made by geometry; And were invented first from engines, As Indian Britons were from Penguins. So let them be, and, as I was saying. They their live engines plied, not staying Until they reach' d the fatal champaign Which th' enemy did then encamp on; The dire Pharsalian plain, where battle Was to be waged 'twixt puissant cattle, And fierce auxiliary men, That came to aid their brethren; Who now began to take the field, As knight from ridge of steed beheld.