Etiam sensatis et cordatis, men

Strong-sensed, sound-hearted, nay, the very Court,

Ipsismet in judicibus, I might add,

Non tamen dicam. In a cause like this,

So multiplied were reasons pro and con,

Delicate, intertwisted and obscure,

That Law refused loan of a finger-tip

To unravel, readjust the hopeless twine,

Since, half-a-dozen steps outside Law's seat,

There stood a foolish trifler with a tool