Lord Chancellor of both their laws,
And boldly undertook the injured pupil’s cause. 40
Authority, which did a body boast,
Though ’twas but air condensed, and stalked about
Like some old giant’s more gigantic ghost,
To terrify the learnèd rout,
With the plain magic of true reason’s light 45
He chased out of our sight,
Nor suffered living men to be misled
By the vain shadows of the dead: