Soon slipt aside three-quarters of the stuff.

His man, espying it, said in derision,

“Master, remember how you saw the vision!”

“Peace, knave!” quoth he, “I did not see one rag

Of such a colour’d silk in all the flag.”

Sir John Harrington.

THE WILL

BEFORE I sigh my last gasp, let me breathe,

Great Love, some legacies: Here I bequeathe