The Battell betweene
[1]But when the trumpe of iron-winged Fame
Had sounded to the Frogs this bad report,
Out of the water in great troopes they came,
And on the shore together doe resort,
There to determine what the cause should be,
Of these strange warres and sudden mutinie:
Their dread increaseth by each brute they heare:
"For feare of unknown things breed greater feare
Had sounded to the Frogs this bad report,
Out of the water in great troopes they came,
And on the shore together doe resort,
There to determine what the cause should be,
Of these strange warres and sudden mutinie:
Their dread increaseth by each brute they heare:
"For feare of unknown things breed greater feare
Whiles thus they stand perplexed and afraid,
[2]A Herald bold of Armes they might descry,
Eat-cheese Tyroglyphus, which not dismaid,
Dare stoutly to their face the Frogs defie,
Whom noble Embasichytros begot,
That slily creepeth into ev'ry pot.
He bearing in his hand a regall mace,
Thus to the Frogs did speake in great disgrace:
[2]A Herald bold of Armes they might descry,
Eat-cheese Tyroglyphus, which not dismaid,
Dare stoutly to their face the Frogs defie,
Whom noble Embasichytros begot,
That slily creepeth into ev'ry pot.
He bearing in his hand a regall mace,
Thus to the Frogs did speake in great disgrace:
To you disloyall Frogs that hunt for blood,
And to your King that wrought our Princes fall,
Drowning his body in the raging flood,
Whose death to heaven doth for vengeance call.
To you I come, sad messenger of woe,
From angry Mice, which wish your overthrow:
And here, in all their names, and from our King,
A flat defiance to base Frogs I bring.
And to your King that wrought our Princes fall,
Drowning his body in the raging flood,
Whose death to heaven doth for vengeance call.
To you I come, sad messenger of woe,
From angry Mice, which wish your overthrow:
And here, in all their names, and from our King,
A flat defiance to base Frogs I bring.
Warres
