’Midst Hussars pillaging in all direction,

Such struggling, rifling, squeezing, ’mongst the Folks,

Whiskers, Mustachios, Petticoats, and Cloaks.

When John, in eager search, fell oddly flat on

Madame Gazon,[105] with Marshal Jourdon’s Baton;

This charming Woman, tho’ a General’s Wife,

Would much give up, in hopes to save her Life;

And tho’ a careful Guardian of her honour,

Freely resign’d whate’er John found upon her.

Who rais’d the fair, and saw where she had sat,