Did bravely for his country in the brave days of old?
How by Justinian’s Institutes and his green baize bag he swore,
That the only honest lawyer could live in Rome no more?
Oh, none could be more honest in life and death, than he
Who cheated but the sexton, and saved the burial fee.
The lawyers in the Forum are squabbling loud and long,
To the wonder of their clients, confounding right and wrong;
Begowned, bewigged, bewildered, each judge the clamour hears,
And Justice, blind already, would fain have stopped her ears.
As now the wordy contest grew hotter still and hotter,