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56 Profoundly skill'd in the black art, As English Merlin, for his heart; But far more skilful in the spheres, Than he was at the sieve and shears. He could transform himself to colour, As like the devil as a collier; As like as hypocrites in show Are to true saints, or crow to crow. Of warlike engines he was author, Devised for quick despatch of slaughter: The cannon, blunderbuss, and saker, He was th' inventor of, and maker: The trumpet and the kettle-drum Did both from his invention come. He was the first that e'er did teach To make, and how to stop, a breach. A lance he bore with iron pike, Th' one half would thrust, the other strike; And when their forces he had join'd, He scorn'd to turn his parts behind. He Trulla loved, Trulla, more bright Than burnish'd armour of her knight; A bold virago, stout, and tall, As Joan of France, or English Mall.