Thirtie dayes hath September,
Aprill, Iune, and November:
The rest haue thirtie and one,
Saue February alone.
Which moneth hath but eight and twenty meere,
Saue when it is bissextile, or leap-yeare."
Arthur Hopton, A concordancy of yeares, 1615. 8vo. p. 60.
Wood states that Hopton left "divers copies of verses scattered in books," so that we may venture to ascribe to him the above version—but it is not the popular version.
BOLTON CORNEY.