Had they not need of bulk and bones,
Who fight with all these arms at once?
It’s marvelous how in such weather,
Ov’r hill and hop they came together;
How in such stormes they came so farr;
The reason is, they’re smear’d with tar,
Which doth defend them heel and neck,
Just as it doth their sheep protect;
But least ye doubt that this is true,
They’re just the colour of tar’d wool.[45]