Near Audenard befal.
To drive the French with Sword and Gun,
Brave Marlborough took his Way;
Ah! woe the Time that France beheld
The Fighting of that Day.
The Valiant Duke to Heaven had swore,
Vendosme shou'd pay full dear,
For Ghent and Bruges, e'er his Fame
Should reach his Master's Ear.
And now with Eighty Thousand bold,