50 SHOOTING : 



For by this study you will oft prevail 



O'er furtive pot-hunters, and make them quail 



Beneath law's iron claws ; we often find, 



I grieve to say, too many of this kind ; 



And also some, the wretched crew among, 



Who to the class of Gentlemen belong, 



As themselves say ; tho' such mean actions prove 



'Mongst what society they mostly move. 



Canute, the Dane, first charter'd forest laws, 

 (Who, to confound his courtiers, once caus'd 

 His guard, with pomp, to place upon the strand 

 His chair ; seated thereon, with stern command 

 Th' approaching billows quick he bade retreat, 

 Nor rudely dare to soil his princely feet ; 

 And in this humble, unassuming way, 

 Show'd them one only King all things obey :) 

 These deeds are now extant, in force did last 

 Till more than two full centuries had past ; 



