Expecting thereby to seize his great wealth;
A “particeps criminis,” so they said—
A divorce must be had from board and bed.
They rushed into law, deep vengeance they swore,
Produced affidavits—a dozen or more;
Applied for a Writ, which you well know
Is called “De Lunatico Inquirendo,”
But how to serve it—that was the question;
They could not get into the lady’s mansion,
For the color’d porter at window stood,