Next march'd brave Orsin, famous for 150 147. Orsiu, as represented in Fig. 15. до визна Y sal to shve With truncheon tipt with iron head, That which so oft by sundry writers 155 160 165 170 201 His prototype may be traced on the left side of the moon, the north being still uppermost; and it is determined by the None ever acted both parts bolder, And from celestial origine Deriv'd himself in a right line. 205 210 resemblance it bears to a leech, as mentioned in line 245, and drawn in Fig. 16. Arctophylax in northern sphere From him his great forefathers came, For by his side a pouch he wore, Replete with strange hermetic powder, 219 225 That wounds nine miles point-blank would solder; By skilful chymist with great cost Extracted from a rotten post; But of a heav'nlier influence Than that which mountebanks dispense; 230 Though by Promethean fire made, As they do quack that drive that trade, For as when slovens do amiss At others' doors, by stool or p-: As that did mischief this would cure. 235 240 A skilful leech is better far Than half a hundred men of war; So he appear'd, and by his skill, No less than dint of sword, could kill. With visage formidably grim, And rugged as a Saracen, 245 250 Or Turk of Mahomet's own kin: Of rough impenetrable fur; And in his nose, like Indian king, 255 260 He was by birth, some authors write, 265 A Russian, some a Muscovite; 257. The three-fold gorget of the bear is referable to the wheals or marks of light before noticed on the body of Hudibras, which, as viewed in front of the bear's body, appear to comprize three divisions of iron-pointed bars or chains. |