XXIX.

“Her tercios Aragon, the Catalan His bold Somátenés equipped for war. Spain’s arméd peasants all her fields o’erran, But strife amongst the chiefs too oft a bar, And Valour weak indiscipline doth mar. At Rio Seco see the furious charge Of France’s chivalry like Aias’ car Mow thousands down beside the streamlet’s marge, While o’er the affrighted plain their broken lines enlarge.