The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper: “And to avoid the foe's pursuit, With spurring put their cattle to't; And till all four were out of wind, And danger too, neer looked behind." --Hudibras.”
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay, LL. D: “From Butler's Hudibras, and its curious notes, we may learn what immense numbers of these fellows lived upon the credulity of mankind in that age of witchcraft and diablerie.”