Soldier. From the turret of the fort,

By the rising clouds of dust, through which, like lightning

The splendour of bright arms sometimes brake through,

I did descry some forces making towards us;

And from the camp, as emulous of their glory,

The general, for I know him by his horse,

And bravely seconded, encounter'd them.

Their greetings were too rough for friends; their swords,

And not their tongues, exchanging courtesies.

By this the main battalias are join'd;