How much that loyal body wanted learning."
The Answer.
"The King to Oxford sent his troop of horse,
For Tories hold no argument but force:
With equal care to Cambridge books he sent,
For Whigs allow no force but argument.
"The books were received Nov. 19, 20, &c., 1715."
G.A.S.
[J.J. DREDGE, V. (Belgravia), and many other correspondents, have also kindly replied to this Query.]
Dulcarnon (Vol. i., p. 254.)—Urry says nothing, but quotes Speght, and Skene, and Selden.