William B. Rhodes. Circa 1790.
Who dares this pair of boots displace,
Must meet Bombastes face to face.[388:3]
Bombastes Furioso. Act i. Sc. 4.
Bom. So have I heard on Afric's burning shore
A hungry lion give a grievous roar;
The grievous roar echoed along the shore.
Artax. So have I heard on Afric's burning shore
Another lion give a grievous roar;
And the first lion thought the last a bore.
Bombastes Furioso. Act i. Sc. 4.
Footnotes
[388:3]
Let none but he these arms displace,
Who dares Orlando's fury face.
Cervantes: Don Quixote, part ii. chap. lxvi.
Ray: Proverbs. Thomas: English Prose Romance, page 85.
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