Not of their Gallantry I would speak slighting,
No Troops, I’m sure, can beat them at fair Fighting.
This was the Day on which our Gallant John
Would crown his Fame, as he had told upon:
Being by Order of his Chief dispatch’d—
Bent on his purpose, he th’ occasion watch’d;
Eager in search of Glory, and Renown,
Dash’d, with some Hussars, boldly into Town.
Joe, who had heard of the Hussars’ approach,
Had with his Ladies hustled to his Coach;