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76 And laid about him, till his nose From thrall of ring and cord broke loose. Soon as he felt himself enlarg'd, Through thickest of his foes he charg'd, And made way through th' amazed crew, Some he o'erran, and some o'erthrew. But took none; for, by hasty flight, He strove t' avoid the conquering Knight, From whom he fled with as much haste And dread as he the rabble chased. In haste he fled, and so did they, Each and his fear a several way.
 * Crowdero only kept the field.

Not stirring from the place he held, Though beaten down, and wounded sore, I' th' fiddle, and a leg that bore One side of him, not that of bone, But much its better, th' wooden one. He spying Hudibras lie strow'd Upon the ground, like log of wood, With fright of fall, supposed wound, And loss of urine, in a swound; In haste he snatch'd the wooden limb, That hurt i' th' ankle lay by him, And fitting it for sudden fight, Straight drew it up t' attack the Knight; For getting up on stump and huckle, He with the foe began to buckle, Vowing to be reveng'd for breach Of crowd and shin upon the wretch, Sole author of all detriment He and his fiddle underwent.
 * But Ralpho, who had now begun

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