He holds them with a ready hand,

“Your names? your names?” quoth he,

“Hold off! unhand us, saucy loon!”

Eftsoons they turn to flee.

He holds them with his bull-dogs twain,

The Undergrads stand still;

Wild words are halting on their lips,

The Proctor hath his will.

“The Corn Market is all astir,

We gownsmen won’t stop in;