[♦] The other lords, like lions wanting food,
[♦] Do rush upon us as their hungry prey.
[♦] Alen. Froissart, a countryman of ours, records,
[30] England all Olivers and Rowlands bred
During the time Edward the Third did reign.
More truly now may this be verified;
[♦] For none but Samsons and Goliases
It sendeth forth to skirmish. One to ten!
35 Lean raw-boned rascals! who would e’er suppose
They had such courage and audacity?