9 Snatched up both horse and man, to bear them quite away.
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Long he them bore aboue the subiect plaine,
2 So farre as Ewghen bow a shaft may send,
Till struggling strong did him at last constraine,
4 To let them downe before his flightes end:
As hagard hauke presuming to contend
6 With hardie fowle, aboue his hable might,
His wearie pounces all in vaine doth spend,
8 To trusse the pray too heauie for his flight;
Which comming downe to ground, does free it selfe by fight.
1 Long he them bore above the subject plain,
subject > {Subjacent, lying below}
2 So far as yewen bow a shaft may send,
yewen > {Made of yew, the traditional wood for longbows}
3 Till struggling strong did him at last constrain 4 To let them down before his flight's end: 5 As haggard hawk, presuming to contend
haggard > untamed; wild (used of a hawk caught as an adult)
6 With hardy fowl, above its able might,