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Sore will I scourge suspended high in Air,
And rack'd with pond'rous Anvils at her Feet.
435 When Hands resistless on my Queen I lay,
Inferior Gods, your due Submission learn.
Trembling the silent Deities obey.
Strait warlike Trumpets breath out Courage stern
Hornets,^[1] who sounding bid the Battles join,
440 While Jove from Cloudless Heav'n high-thundring gave the Sign.

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The Frog Hypsiboas^[2] the first advanc'd
His Jav'lin at Leichenor^[3] strong to throw;
The right-aim'd Spear his Shield and Bosom lanc'd,
Through pierc'd he fell to Earth, and groveling low,

1. v. 439. Hornets.] Flies might have done well enough for Trumpeters. Minerva in the 17th Iliad inspires Menelaus with the Courage of a Flie, which Comparison has nothing of Meanness in it; however a Hornet is more heroical.
2. v. 441. Hypsiboas.] A loud Bawler.
3. v. 442. Leichenor.] A Name from licking.

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