All proper men of weapons, as e'er scoffed high[380]
Against a foe, or ran a sabre through skin:
Little cared they for Mahomet or Mufti,
Unless to make their kettle-drums a new skin
Out of their hides, if parchment had grown dear,
And no more handy substitute been near.
XVIII.
Then there were foreigners of much renown,
Of various nations, and all volunteers;
Not fighting for their country or its crown,