And _Aristotle_ sent to exile, where he dyde: And so was _Solon_ sage, and that _Licurgus_ wise, And many more, which here I could at large repeat: But let these fewe suffice to teach for certaine truth, That al the men that liue, are subiectes al to ruth: And seeing so it is, then let them learne the meane, That if the barke do breake, they safe may swimme to land. [THE INDUCTION. “The greate desire,” quoth _Inquisition_, “whiche we haue had to heare this man hath made vs to ouerpasse king _Arthur_ and _Cariticus_; the one no lesse famous for his noble actes then the other for his vices and wretchednes infamous.” “Yea,” said _Memory_, “so haue we forgot two or three other, whose examples would haue been goodly lanternes to lighten wandryng pylgrimes. But it is not much amisse, for of _Arthur_ there be whole volumes, and of the rest ther be the like ensamples both in _Bochas_ and _Baldwin_. Let vs therefore passe them ouer, and speake somwhat of some of the _Saxons_: for seeing they were made of fleshe and blood, no doubte some of them stumbled also. But fyrst tell me, _Inquisition_, wyll you penne this man’s meterlesse tragedy, as he hath pronounst it?” “Good _Memory_, geue me your aduise, for it agreeth very wel with the _Roman_ verse, called _Iambus_, which consisteth on sixe feete, euery foote on two syllables, one short and an other long; so proper for the _Englishe_ toung that it is greate maruaile that these ripe witted gentlemen of _England_ haue not left of their gotish kinde of ryming, (for the rude _Gothes_ brought that kind of writing fyrst, and imitated the learned _Latines_ and _Greekes_.) O what braue beames and goodly tymber might be found amongst _Churchyarde’s Chippes_, if he had not affected the ryming order of his predecessors, which meeter made not onely hym inferiour vnto _Horace_, but it also made a great inequalitie to be betwixt _Buchurst_ and _Homer_, betwixt _Phaer_ and _Virgill_, betwixte _Turberuile_ and _Tibullus_, betwixt _Golding_ and _Ouid_, betwixt _George Gascon_ and _Seneca_; for al these comming neare vnto _Marot_, whom they did imitate, did put a great distance betwixt them and the _Latines_, wyth whom they might haue binne equall, euen wyth as litle labour, and with much more prayse and renowne.” “Truely,” quoth _Memory_, “let be as it is, you shall see good sport shortly. I smyle to see how _Zoilus_ and _Momus_ will crie out: 'O vayne glorious heade, whiche now for a singularitie dooth indeuour to erect a newe kinde of poetrie in _England_.’ What needest thou care, _Inquisition_, these laboures wil get thee no liuing, and these be but the trifles of thy idle houres, yet such as be in many respectes of great value. I promise you I woulde the rest of your princes would proceede in the lyke order. But how shal we goe forward wyth the seuen _Saxon_ kings? Which waye shall we turne vs? Where, or wyth whom shal