Reliques of ancient English poetry: consisting of old heroic ballads ...

AND BALLADS, 299
OL D ftories tell, how Hercules
A dragon flew at Lerna,
With feven heads, and fourteen eyes,
To fee and well difcern-a :
But he had a club, this dragon to drub,
Or he had ne'er done it, I warrant ye :
But More of More-Hall, with nothing at all,
He flew the dragon of Wantley.
This dragon had two furious wings,
Each one upon each fhoulder ;
With a iHng in his tayl, as long as a rlayl,
Which made him bolder and bolder.
He had long claws, and in his jaws
Four and forty teeth of iron ;
With a hide as tough, as any buff, 15
Which did him round environ.
Have you not heard how the Trojan horfe
Held feven ty men in his belly ?
This dragon was not quite fo big,
But very near, I'll tell ye. 20
Devoured he poor children three,
That could not with him grapple 5
And at one fup, he eat them* up,
As one woujd eat an apple,
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