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 Rh HEAD PIECE, PART II. CANTO III.,  Hudibras, to all appearing, Believ'd him to be dead as herring. He held it now no longer safe To tarry the return of Ralph, But rather leave him in the lurch.

TAIL PIECE, PART II. CANTO III.  This Sidrophel by chance espy'd, And with amazement staring wide: Bless us, quoth he, what dreadful wonder Is that appears in heaven yonder?

HEAD PIECE TO THE EPISTLE TO SIDROPHEL.  Sidrophel perusing Hudibras' Epistle.

TAIL PIECE TO THE EPISTLE TO SIDROPHEL.  Gimcracks, whims, and jiggumbobs.

HEAD PIECE, PART III. CANTO I.  He wonder'd how she came to know What he had done, and meant to do; Held up his affidavit hand, As if he 'ad been to be arraign'd.

TAIL PIECE, PART III. CANTO I.  H' attack' d the window, storm'd the glass, And in a moment gain'd the pass; Thro' which he dragg'd the worsted soldier's Four-quarters out by th' head and shoulders.

HEAD PIECE, PAET III. CANTO II.  Knights, citizens, and burgesses— Held forth by rumps—of pigs and geese.— Each bonfire is a funeral pile, In which they roast, and scorch, and broil.

TAIL PIECE, PART III. CANTO II.  crowded on with so much haste. Until they'd block'd the passage fast, And barricade'd it with haunches Of outward men, and bulks and paunches.