Inque hæc prorupit dicta vir ille bonus;

Quid vos, O scurræ, capit admiratio tanta?

Non sunt eunuchi, credite, sacrifici:

O stolidi, vitulum num me genuisse putatis?

Non genui vitulum, sed lepidum puerum;

Sique meis verbis non creditis, en puer, inquit;

Atque e suggesto protulit, ac abiit.”

p. 103.


From A Treatise Against Jvdicial Astrologie. Dedicated to the Right Honorable Sir Thomas Egerton Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seale, and one of her Maiesties most honorable priuie Councell. Written by John Chamber, one of the Prebendaries of her Maiesties free Chappell of Windsor, and Fellow of Eaton College. 1601. 4to.