Ubi allam bibi feram,

Donec Georgio fortior eram.

Drunken Barnaby (1640).

Once in Wakefield town, so pleasant,

Sought I George-a-Green, the peasant;

Found him not, but spied instead, sir,

On a sign, “The George’s Head,” sir:

Valiant grown with ale like nectar.

What cared I for George or Hector?

⁂ Robert Green has a drama entitled George-a-Green, the Pinner of Wakefield (1589).