[469] "The new water-work was at London Bridge. The elephant was an object of great wonder and long remembered. A curious illustration of this is found in the _Metamorphosis of the Walnut Tree of Borestall_, written about 1645, when the poet [William Basse] brings trees of all descriptions to the funeral, particularly a gigantic oak-- "The youth of these our times that did behold This motion strange of this unwieldy plant Now boldly brag with us that are men old, That of our age they no advantage want, Though in our youth we saw an elephant." --_Cunningham_. IN FAUSTUM. VII. Faustus, nor lord nor knight, nor wise nor old, To every place about the town doth ride; He rides into the fields[470] plays to behold, He rides to take boat at the water-side, He rides to Paul's, he rides to th' ordinary, He rides unto the house of bawdry too,-- Thither his horse so often doth him carry, That shortly he will quite forget to go. FOOTNOTES: [470] See the admirable account of "The Theatre and Curtain" in Mr. Halliwell-Phillipps' _Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare_, ed. 3, pp. 385-433. It is there shown that the access to the _Theatre_ play-house was through Finsbury Fields to the west of the western boundary-wall of the grounds of the dissolved Holywell Priory. IN KATAM.[471] VIII. Kate, being pleas'd, wish'd that her pleasure could Endure as long as a buff-jerkin would. Content thee, Kate; although thy pleasure wasteth, Thy pleasure's place like a buff-jerkin lasteth, For no buff-jerkin hath been oftener worn, Nor hath more scrapings or more dressings borne. FOOTNOTES: [471] Not in MS. IN LIBRUM. IX. Liber doth vaunt how chastely he hath liv'd Since he hath been in town, seven years[472] and more, For that he swears he hath four only swiv'd, A maid, a wife, a widow, and a whore: Then, Liber, thou hast swiv'd all womenkind, For a fifth sort, I know, thou canst not find. FOOTNOTES: [472] MS. "knowen this towne 7 yeares." IN MEDONTEM. X. Great Captain Medon wears a chain of gold Which at five hundred crowns is valuËd, For that it was his grandsire's chain of old, When great King Henry Boulogne conquerËd. And wear it, Medon, for it may ensue, That thou, by virtue of this massy chain, A stronger town than Boulogne mayst subdue, If wise men's saws be not reputed vain; For what said Philip, king of Macedon? "There is no castle so well fortified, 10 But if an ass laden with gold comes on, The guard will stoop, and gates fly open wide." IN GELAM. XI. Gella, if thou dost love thyself, take heed Lest thou my rhymes unto thy lover read; For straight thou grinn'st, and then thy lover seeth Thy canker-eaten gums and rotten teeth. IN QUINTUM.[473] XII.