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'Hudibras Triumphant', 18th century. The squire Ralph attaches the fiddle to the top of the stocks. Hubidras watches from his horse, with the one legged fiddler tied to him by a length of rope. The scene is watched by a boy with a hoop, and a woman who appears to be comforted by a man next to her. Plate X from the story Hudibras, written by Samuel Butler. Hudibras is a colonel in the Cromwellian army. The story shows him getting involved in various misadventures, where he shows himself to be stupid, greedy and dishonest.