But still I hoapt to come before the king,

And that repayre was not denyde to mee:

But hee that kept the towre, my guide must bee:

Ah, there I sawe what king thereby did meane,

And so I searcht yf conscience now were cleane.

47.

Some spots I founde, of pryde and popishe partes,

That might accuse a better man then I:

Now Oxford came to minde, with all theire artes,

And Cambridge to, but all not worth a flye: