"My mare is lost, but I've the gold;
My mare is better lost than sold.
Full fifty pieces, broad and bright,
My bullies bring me home to-night.
My trap is baited!—Springs it well,
I get the kernel, thou the shell!
"From thy loving,
"BARNABUS HARDCASTLE, Armiger."
FOOTNOTES:
[19] "Johan Glaston," vol. ii. fol. 535.
[20] Vide Casaubon's folio concerning Dee's intercourse with spirits.
[21] Casaubon.