And the nobles were greeted with kind adulation:
Talented Lyttelton, “honourable” Ward,
(Promoters of progress, stem foes to discord,)
The great Dean of Worcester, the immaculate Paul,
The Sheriff whom no power on earth can appal:
These were the guests that graced the Mayor’s table,
Men full of good works, free, willing, and able
To assist us in all things pertaining to good,
To bodily comforts and spiritual food.
And besides, there were present the renown’d Dr. Browne,