BOOK I. and Expert F^-nicr, 25 



ThiNJou!, hii head yet of^mtdc^e f^z.c-, ..,-^- . 



Ftill lively flamingo fp^^^^^^y "^ohlin^ eyer': '^ ^"" » 



Creaf fomirjg mouthy hot fuming ndptils vpide-^ 



Of chefnut hair-, his forehead Jiarrifi' 4 : 



Two milley feetf a feather on hts breajl^ ^, ; , .r^ • 



whom feven years old at the next g'^afs he g^efi. 



This comely Jennet^ g'^^fy f^ji ^^ Vfinsy 

 And then to back^him a^ively begins j ,. 



Stedy and fir eight he fits ^ turning his fight 

 Still 'twixt the ears of his Palfrey light. 

 The chafed Horfe^ fuch thrall iUfuffering^ J 



Begins to fnuffey tofnort-, to leap -^ to fling -^ 



And flying fwift his fear fnl Rider mak.es ^ \ ■ 



Like fame unskilful Lad that undertakes 

 To hold feme Ships Helm^ Vfhilfl the headlong tide. 

 Carries away its vefel-, and her guide \ 

 Who near to drowned in the jaws of deaths 

 Pale^ fearful, (hivering faint, and out of breathy, 

 A thoufand times Qo heaven ereiled eyes) 

 Repents him of fo bold an enterpriz,e : 

 But fitting fafit lefs hurt than fear d, Cain 

 Boldens himfelf^ and his brave Horfe again 

 Brings him to ^acct from pacintr to his trot^ 

 From trot to gallop, after runs him out 

 In full career i and at his couragj fniles. 

 In fitting fill, he runs fo many 7niles. . •. 



His pMe is fair, andfree,histrotisu^t 

 As Tigers courfe, or Swallow s nimble fl-ight i . ' 



And his brave gallop feems as fwift to go, 



^/Bifcain Dart, orfnaftsfrom Ruffian ^tfiv. \ - ."^ 



But roaring Canon from hiifmoaking throat. 

 Never more fpeedy fpews the thunderirrgfliot, 

 {That in an army mows whole f(^uadrons down. 

 And batters Bulwarks ofafummondtown) 

 Than this light Horfe fends, if he do but fed 

 His Bridle flackj, and in his fide the heel'. 

 Shunning hin^elf, his finewyfirength he firetcheth, ■ 

 Vising the earth, and'flying air he catcheth ; 



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