242 Anne B radji reef s Worhs.
At lafh difplays his Enfigne on a Hill,
Hoping by that to make the Greeks ftand ftill;
But was deceiv'd. to him they run amain,
The King upon the fpur runs back again:
But they too faint ftill to purfue their game.
Being Vi6lors oft, now to their Camp they came.
nor lackt they any of their number fmall,
Nor wound receiv^'d, but one among them all;
The King with his difperft, alfo incamp'd,
With Infamy upon each Forehead ftamp'd.
His hurri'd thoughts he after recolle6ls,^ [^19]
Of this dayes Cowardize he fears th' effe^fs.
If Greeks in their own Country fhould declare,^
What daftards in the Field the Perjians are,
They in fhort time might" place one in his Throne;
And rob him both of Scepter and of Crown;
To hinder their return by craft or force,
He judg'd his wifeft and his fafeit Courfe.
Then fends, that to his Tent, they ftreight addrefs,'*
And there all wait, his mercy weaponlefs ;
The Greeks with fcorn reje6l his proud Commands
Asking no favour, where they fear'd no bands:
The troubled King his Herrld fends again,
^nd fues for peace, that they his friends remain,
^ it thej make. y After a while his thoughts he re-coliei5ts,
z If Greeks unto their Countrj-men declare, « Thej foone may come, and.
b That their return be ftopt, he judg'd was beft, That fo Ruropians might no more moleft ; Forth-with he fends to's Tent, they ftraight addrelle,
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