[XLVI.]

“His highest chief is Corbitant the stern;

He bears a fox’s head and panther’s heart,

He ’gainst Awanux does in secret turn,

Sharps his keen knife, and points his thirsty dart;

His council fires in Mattapoiset[9] burn,

Of Pokanoket’s woods his licensed part.

Cruel he is, and terrible his train—

Light not your fires within that wolf’s domain.