Thurlow, to thee we bend the knee,
When law was law, then men were gay,
'Tis down with port and up with tea,
Too quickly comes the evil day.
[J] The Court of Chancery was merged in the High Court of Justice in 1875.
[K] In the days of Lord Lyndhurst the old Court of Exchequer had equitable as well as common law jurisdiction.
Comœdia Juris
Est omne jus forense quasi comœdia;
Hic advocatus maximas partes agit
Laudatus undique a procuratoribus,
Labore vocis redditus ditissimus;
Cui brevia nil forensis et quaestus valent
Silenter ille spectat, at pro præmio
Fruitur quietus optime comœdia.
