Can offer hindrance to your rampant power,
Or check the fatal fierce assault at all,
'Twere well, instead of turning tail this hour,
And keeping these your useless blades in thrall,
That your vast army, boastful of its powers,
Should grapple with this feeble band of ours.
But as it is your long accustomed trade,
To conquer men with numbers and with guile,
These compacts, which for valiant men are made,
Are ill-adapted to your crafty style.