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Rh Thus the lord Coke hath gravely writ, In all the form of lawyers wit; And then with Latin, and all that, Shows the comparison is pat. Yet in some points my lord is wrong: One's teeth are sold, and t'other's tongue: Now men of parliament, God knows, Are more like elephants of shows, Whose docile memory and sense Are turn'd to trick, to gather pence. To get their master half a crown, They spread their flag, or lay it down: Those who bore bulwarks on their backs, And guarded nations from attacks, Opening their trunk for every tester. Siam, for elephants so fam'd, Is not with England to be nam'd: Their elephants by men are sold; Ours sell themselves, and take the gold.

SOME Colinæus praise, some Bleau , Others account them but so so; Some Plantin to the rest prefer, And some esteem old Elzevir ; Others