To curb thine army with an iron bit,
And hold the soldier back with tightened rein
When he would plunge into the loathsome pit.
Our army's force would be a thing in vain
If right and virtue do not go with it;
Although it march along in proud array,
With thousand squadrons, and with banners gay.
[At this point there enter as many soldiers as may be, andCaius Marius, armed in antique fashion, without arquebuses, andScipio, ascending a small eminence on the stage, glances round at the soldiers and says:
Scipio.
By that proud gesture, by the lusty swell
Of these rich trappings, with their martial sheen,
[5]My friends, for Romans I do know you well—
Romans in build and gallant port, I mean;
But by the tale these soft white fingers tell,
And that rich bloom which on your cheeks is seen,
Ye seem to have been reared at British fires,
And drawn your parentage from Flemish sires.
My friends, this wide-spread languor and decay,
Which for yourselves hath borne such bitter fruit,
Nerves up your fallen foes to sterner fray,
And brings to nought your valour and repute.
This city's walls, that stand as firm to-day
As battled rock, are witnesses to boot
How all your native strength hath turned to shame,
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