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THE CHACE.
Book IV.
And Order to Confusion turns embroil'd. Now the distended Vessels scarce containThe wild Uproar, but press each weaker Part, 320Unable to resist: The tender Brain,And Stomach suffer most; Convulsions shakeHis trembling Nerves, and wand'ring pungent PainsPinch sore the sleepless Wretch; his flutt'ring PulseOft intermits; pensive, and sad, he mourns 325His cruel Fate, and to his weeping FriendsLaments in vain; to hasty Anger prone,Resents each slight Offence, walks with quick Step,And wildly stares; at last with boundless SwayThe Tyrant Frenzy reigns. For as the Dog, 330(Whose fatal Bite convey'd th' infectious Bane)Raving he foams, and howls, and barks, and bates.Like Agitations in his boiling BloodPresent like Species to his troubled Mind;

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