Learned he was, and could take note,
Transcribe, collect, translate, and quote.”[111]
Later on,[112] Hudibras describes the scene at the bear-gardens when Hewson and the Puritan party endeavor to put a stop to the savage sport of bear-baiting. The mob turn on the Puritans, but as for the fat colonel—
“Quarter he scorns, he is so stout,
And therefore cannot long hold out.”
One of the squibs alluded to above was entitled “A Hymn to the Gentle Craft; or, Hewson’s Lamentation.”[113] The reader will observe that Hewson’s one eye “does not escape the notice of his enemies.” This piece was sung as a ballad in the streets:
“Listen awhile to what I shall say,
Of a blind cobbler that’s gone astray
Out of the Parliament’s highway.
Good people, pity the blind!