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 Nor oft asserted his high presidence O'er Frei Egidio—in craft or scorn, It mattered not—for Frei Egidio Would pluck him forth; no signet of the King Could serve him here; the doctors of the Schools Should learn how he, Fonseca, had been wronged. With formal placards soon they smeared the walls Of shrine and college, telling day and hour And place, where Doutor Frei Egidio Da Presentacao, of the Eremites Of Sao Agostinho, titular Da Vespera, would his conclusions hold "De Voluntario et Involuntario" Against all-comers, and imprimis there, The Doutor Padre Suarez, titular Da Prima of Coimbra, theologue Of the Collegia and Compania De Jesus. From near and far they came, And took their stated rank, and filed Into the Hall of Acts; the Chancellor And Rector in their robes of silk, and fur, And velvet, and great chains and seals of state; The Bishop, and Inquisitor, and Dean, And Chapter, in their purple; Canonists In green; and Jurists in their scarlet gowns; Frei Luiz of the Chair of Holy Writ, In black and white of the Dominicans; Frei Manoel of the Chair of Scotus, garbed In white and brown of Carmel; titulars In Peter Lombard and Durandus,—sons Of Bernard, Francis and Saint Benedict. When each in order of his ancientry Was seated in the tribune, and below