We have contracted an inviolable amitie, peace, and league with the aforesaid Queene.

Better the toiling Swain, oh happier far! Perhaps the happieſt of the Sons of Men! Who vigorous plies the Plough, the Team, or Car; Who houghs the Field, or ditches in the Glen, Delves in his Garden, or ſecures his Pen.

As Flies to wanton Boyes are we to th' Gods, / They kill us for their sport.

By February, foundations for the overhead wire supports had been dug and concreted from Colwich as far south as Polesworth and steelwork for the overhead structures themselves was being assembled at Hillmorton Sidings, near Rugby.