LINES ATTRIBUTED TO HUDIBRAS

The lines— "For he that fights and runs away May live to fight another day," resemble the following quatrain in the Satyre Menippée, being one of the several verses appended to the tapestry on which was wrought the battle of Senlis:— "Souvent celuy qui demeure Est cause de son meschef; Celuy qui fuit de bonne heure Peut combattre de rechef."