Stufft noting-books; and still my spaniel slept.
At length he waked and yawned; and by yon sky
For aught I know, he knew as much as I.
Marston (died 1634).
Zabidius, the name in Martial for which “Dr. Fell” was substituted by Tom Brown, when sent by the dean of Christ Church to translate the lines;
Non amo te, Zabidi, nec possum dicere quare,
Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te.
I love thee not, Zabidius--
Yet cannot tell thee why;
But this I may most truly say,