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CANTO II.] And at fit periods the whole rout Set up their throats with clam'rous shout. The Knight transported, and the Squire, Put up their weapons and their ire; And Hudibras, who us'd to ponder On such sights with judicious wonder, Could hold no longer, to impart His an'madversions, for his heart. Quoth he, In all my life till now, I ne'er saw so profane a show; It is a paganish invention, Which heathen writers often mention: And he, who made it, had read Goodwin, Or Ross, or Cælius Rhodogine, With all the Grecian Speeds and Stows, That best describe those ancient shows; And has observ'd all fit decorums We find describ'd by old historians: