And, by the same blind benefit of fate,

The devil and the Jebusite did hate;

Born to be saved, even in their own despite.

Because they could not help believing right.

Such were the tools; but a whole Hydra more

Remains of sprouting heads too long to score.

Some of their chiefs were princes of the land:

In the first rank of these did Zimri[260] stand;

A man so various, that he seemed to be

Not one, but all mankind's epitome;