[380] "Pell-mell. Confusedly, hand over head, all in a heap one with another"—Cotgrave, voce Pesle-mesle. So, in Marston's "Sophonisba," act i. sc. 2—
"We gave the signe of battaile: shouts are rais'd
That shook the heavens: Pell-mell our armies joyn
Horse, targets, pikes, all against each opposed."
[381] [Hipponium. See Smith's "Dict. of Geogr." in v.]
[382] So both the ancient editions. Mr Dodsley altered it to tearing unnecessarily and improperly. To tire is a term in falconry, and signifies to prey on, or tear in pieces.
So in Ben Jonson's "Poetaster," act iv. sc. 3—
"What, and be tir'd on by yond' vulture?"
In "The Honest Man's Fortune," by Beaumont and Fletcher, [edit. Dyce, iii. 383]—
"Ye dregs of baseness, vultures amongst men,
That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits."
And in Dekker's "Match me in London"—
"The vulture tires
Upon the eagle's heart."