The roaring flood had cast upon the shore;
He cuts the throat, flays it, and spreads the fell;
Then dries it, pares it, and he scrapes it well;
Then clothes his wife therewith; and of such hides,
Slops, hats, and doublets, for himself provides.
Fourth Part of the first day of the second week.
The Handy-crafts.
[64] Edward Fairfax, natural son of Sir Thomas Fairfax, of Denton, in Yorkshire, who executed a most beautiful translation of the "Jerusalem Delivered," which was published in 1600. Collins, in apostrophizing Tasso, does not forget his congenial translator:
How have I sate while piped the pensive wind,
To hear thy harp by British Fairfax strung;