Upon the stage; for I am sure that Our plays were certainly much worse, But we were chiefly spoyl'd by that Which was six hours of God knows what". His lordship then was in a rage, His lordship lay upon the stage, His lordship cry'd, All would be marr'd: And did invite those mighty men, To what think you? Even to a Hen. 5 Ludus dicebatur «Ignoramus," qui durabat per spatium sex horarum. He knew he was to use their might To help to keep the door at night, And well bestow'd he thought his hen, That they might Tolebooth Oxford men: He thought it did become a lord To threaten with that bug-bear word. Now pass we to the civil law, And eke the doctors of the spaw, Who was, by the kings own appointment, The doctors of the civil law Urg'd ne're a reason worth a straw; And though they went in silk and satten, They Thomson-like clip'd the kings Latine; & Idem quod Bocardo apud Oxon. 7 Insigniss. stultus. 8 Paulus Tompsonus, qui nuper læsæ majest. reus ob aurum decurtat. But yet his grace did pardon then Here no man spake ought to the point, W colledge called God with us: Philosophers did their parts, Which prov'd them m rs of their arts; Their moderator was no fo He far from Cambridge kept a ool: The country did such store afford, The proctors might not speak a word 9 Decorum quia Coll. est puritanorum plenu Emanuel. But to conclude, the king was pleas'd, Then you may make another song. The king being gone from Trini They make a scramble for Masters of all sorts, an ages, eyes, pages, Keepers, subcizers. Re me now, Good The prest his lordship wondrous hard, His lordship then did want the guard; so did they throng him for the nonce, Until he blest them all at once, And cryed, Hodiissimè: Omnes Magistri estote. |