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But Calaminthius, smit with secret Dread,
From proud Psernoglyphus ignobly fled;
His unavailing Buckler thrown aside,
And trembling div'd beneath the friendly Tide.
Hydrocharis a rocky Fragment flung,
That on Psernophagus's Forehead rung;
Forth from his Nostrils flow'd the gushing Brains;
The red Effusion sprinkled all the Plains.
Next on the Banks Borborocætes dies;
Lichopinax in Slumber seals his Eyes.
Prassophagus Cnissodioctes takes
First by the Foot, and drowns him in the Lakes.
Meantime Psicharpax, touch'd with gen'rous Woe,
Reveng'd his lost Companions on the Foe,
And in Pelusius' Belly lodg'd his Dart,
That rent the Liver, and transfix'd the Heart;
Before his Feet the wounded Warrior fell;
His airy Shadow sought the Realms of Hell.
Pelobates ran hastning to the Flood,
And furious fill'd his daring Hand with Mud;
Swift at the Mouse the slimy Vengeance flies
(illegible text) just, it almost plaisters up his Eyes.

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