Note 162 — WINDSOR FOREST.
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And certainly sufficient ferocity is displayed even in these amusements. Cowley says,
And all his malice, all his craft is shown In innocent wars, on beasts and birds alone.
His commentator, Dr. Hurd, remarks in a spirit that endears him to the reader, "Innocent, he means, in comparison with wars on his own kind."—Wakefield.