ARCADIA. 389 



*• pedeft thou to obtain the beauteous Gotha as 

 " thy recompenfe ? My name is Toijian. I was 

 " one of the companions of dvmit» I have been 

 " engaged in twenty-two battles by Sea, and have 

 ** come off vidorious in thirty fingle combats. 

 " Thrice have I fought with Vittiking^ that re- 

 " nowned Prince of the North. 1 am going to 

 ** carry thy hairy fcalp, and lay it at the feet of 

 *' the God Mars^ from whom thou madeft thy 

 " efcape, and to quaff from thy fcuU the milk 

 ** of my flocks." . 



After an addrefs {o brutal, I appréhende^ tha;t 

 the barbarian was about to aflaffinate me j but 

 uniting magnanimity to ferocioufnefs, he took off 

 his head piece and cuirafs, which were of bull's 

 hide, and prefenting to me two naked fwords, de- 

 fired me to make my choice. 



It was ufelefs to think of reafoning with a man 

 under the influence of jealoufy and ro.adnefs. I 

 fecretly invoked the aid of Jupiter^ the protedor 

 of flrangers ; and having chofen the (hotter, but 

 the lighter of the two fwords, though 1 had fcarcely 

 ftrength to wield it : a dreadful combat eniued, 

 while his vallals furrounded us as witneffes, txped- 

 ing to fee the earth reddened ether with the blood 

 of their chieftain, or with that of their gueil. 



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