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198 Next one upon a pair of panniers, Full fraught with that which, for good manners, Shall here be nameless, mix'd with grains, Which he dispens'd among the swains, And busily upon the crowd At random round about bestow'd. Then mounted on a horned horse, One bore at gauntlet and gilt spurs, Ty'd to the pommel of a long sword He held revers'd, the point turn'd downward. Next after, on a raw-bon'd steed, The conqueror's standard-bearer rid, And bore aloft before the champion A petticoat display'd, and rampant; Near whom the Amazon triumphant, Bestrid her beast, and on the rump on't Sat face to tail, and bum to bum, The warrior whilom overcome; Arm'd with a spindle and a distaff, Which, as he rode, she made him twist off; And when he loiter'd, o'er her shoulder Chastised the reformado soldier. Before the dame, and round about, March'd whifflers, and staffiers on foot. With lackies, grooms, valets, and pages. In fit and proper equipages; Of whom some torches bore, solve links, Before the proud virago-minx. That was both madam and a don. Like Nero's Sporus; or Pope Joan;