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THE CHACE.
Book I.
To Arms devote, of the politer ArtsNor skill'd nor studious; till from Neustria's CoastsVictorious William, to more decent Rules 75Subdu'd our Saxon Fathers, taught to speakThe proper Dialect, with Horn and VoiceTo chear the busy Hound, whose well-known CryHis list'ning Peers approve with joint Acclaim.From him successive Huntsmen learn'd to join 80In bloody social Leagues, the MultitudeDispers'd, to size, to sort their various Tribes,To rear, feed, hunt, and discipline the Pack,
 Hail happy Britain! highly favour'd Isle,And Heav'n's peculiar Care! To thee 'tis giv'n 85To train the sprightly Steed, more fleet than thoseBegot by Winds, or the celestial BreedThat bore the great Pelides thro' the PressOf Heroes arm'd, and broke their crowded Ranks;

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