He perch’d on the chair
Where, in state, the great Lord Cardinal sat
In the great Lord Cardinal’s great red hat;
And he peer’d in the face Of his Lordship’s Grace,
With a satisfied look, as if he would say,
‘We two are the greatest folks here to-day!’
And the priests, with awe,
As such freaks they saw,
Said, ‘The Devil must be in that little Jackdaw!’
The feast was over, the board was clear’d,