Tentamen Author:Theodore Edward Hook Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ye one hathe whyskerres, thick ass burrs Moste comelye toe looke atte :— Anoder weares a gowne of furrs, Ye lyverye off ye Catte ! Shoe dotlie notte cree... more »pe along ye floores, But standes or else lyes flatte: Whyles they must gambole onne all fours Whoe wyshe to please ye Catte!— A conynge monkeye off ye lawe, Ass bye ye fyre he satte, Toe pick hys nuts oute, used ye pawe. Off Whyttingtone hys Catte ! But Whyttingtone discovered playne Whatte this vyle ape was atte ; Whoe fayledde thus hys nuttes toe gayne, And onely synged ye Catte. Thenne Whyttingtone ynn gorgeous state, Syttynge wythovrte his hatte, Broughte toe hys house atte Grovner-gate Thys moste yllustrions Catte. She ys so graciouse and soe tame Alle menne may strooke and patte ; But yt ys sayde, norre mayde norre dame, Have dared toe see thatte Catte. Fulle hugelye gladde, she seemeth, whenne They brynge herre a grete ratte But styll moe gladde atte katchyuge menne Ys Whyttingtone hys Catte. A Catte, they saye, maye watche a kynge; Ye apotheme ys patte; Ye converse is a differente thynge : Noe kynge maye watche thys Catte. Thenne take, eache manne, hys scarlate goune, Ande eke hys yelvette hatte And humblye wellcome yntoe toune Grete Whyttingtone his Catte. D8 This undoubtedly original and authentic document, will be of vast use in elucidating many of our difficulties, as I shall hereafter abundantly observe ; it is here only quoted in the order of proofs, as supporting Mr. Backhouse's most acute conjecture; which is also greatly strengthened by that profound scholar Mr. Hallam, in his " History of the Middle Ages." who, how.ever, gives a different and more classical ground for the vulgar error " This great Lady," he says, " was Catta; th...« less