abundance of their consciences, to swear to articles with, &c.

652 o Or the French League, in which men vow'd
To fight to the last Drop of Blood.
The Holy League in France, designed and made for the
extirpation of the Protestant Religion, was the original out of
which the Solemn League and Covenant here was (with the
difference only of circumstances) most faithfully transcribed.
Nor did the success of both differ more than the intent and
purpose; for after the destruction of vast numbers of people of
all sorts, both ended with the murder of two Kings, whom they
had both sworn to defend: And as our Covenanters swore every
man to run one before another in the way of Reformation, so did
the French, in the Holy League, to fight to the last drop of
blood.



PART I.


CANTO III.


THE ARGUMENT.

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The scatter'd rout return and rally,
Surround the place; the Knight does sally,
And is made pris'ner: Then they seize