He that can tower,
Or he that is lower,
Would be judged a fool to put
Away his power.

Take books and rent 'em,
Who can invent 'em,
When that the sword replies,
NEGATUR ARGUMENTUM.

Your brave college-butlers
Must stoop to the sutlers;
There's ne'er a library
Like to the cutlers'.

The blood that was spilt, sir,
Hath gain'd all the gilt, sir;
Thus have you seen me run my
Sword up to the hilt, sir.



Ballad: The State's New Coin



The coinage issued during the Protectorate of Cromwell, consisted
of pieces having on the obverse side a shield with St George's
cross, encircled by a laurel and palm branch, and the words, "The