Excerpt from Hudibras, in Three Parts, Vol. 2: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Corrected and Amended, With Large Annotations, and a Preface For he with Beard and Face made clean, 40 Being mounted on his Steed agen; (and Ralpbo got a cock-horfe too Upon his Beofi, with much ado) Advanc'd on for the Widow's Houfe, T' acquit himfelf, and pay his Vows; 45 When various Tooagots began to buftle, And with his inward Man to juflle, He thought what Danger might accrue, If the fhould find he {wore untrue Or if his Sgaire, or he {hould fail, 50 And not be punctual in their Tale; It might at once the Ruin prove Both of his Honour, Bait/5, and Love. But if he fhould forbear to go, She might conclude h' had broke his Vow 5 5 And that he durft not now for Shame Appear in court, to try his Claim. This was the Pen'worth of his Tbougot, To pafs Time, and uneafy Trot. Q\uoth he, in all my pail Adventures, 60 I n'e'er was fet (0 on the Tenters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.