‘Who (of their dreadful kind) t’ appall the Trojans brought,
‘Great Gogmagog, an oak that by the roots could tear:
‘So mighty were (that time) the men who lived there:
‘But, for the use of arms he did not understand
‘(Except from rock or tree, that coming next to hand
‘He raz’d out of the earth to execute his rage,)
‘He challenge makes for strength, and offereth there his gage.
‘Which Corin taketh up, to answer by and by,
‘Upon this son of earth his utmost power to try.
‘All doubtful to which part the victory would go,