That as his head he gan a litle reare
Aboue the brincke, to tread vpon the land,
He smote it off, that tumbling on the strand
It bit the earth for very fell despight,
And gnashed with his teeth, as if he band
High God, whose goodnesse he despaired quight,
Or curst the hand, which did that vengeance on him dight.[260]
His corps was carried downe along the Lee, xix
Whose waters with his filthy bloud it stayned:
But his blasphemous head, that all might see,