Sith railing Castor doth, by speaking ill,
Opinion of much wit, and gold obtain.
IN SEPTIMIUM. XXXV.
Septimius[524] lives, and is like garlic seen,
For though his head be white, his blade is green.
This old mad colt deserves a martyr's praise,
For he was burnèd[525] in Queen Mary's days.
FOOTNOTES:
[524] So ed. B.—Isham copy, ed. A, and MS. "Septimus."