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Few men were more beloved than was this fool

Whose merry prate kept with the King much rule.

When he was sad the King with him would rhyme;

Thus Will exil’d sadness many a time.

The King would ever grant what he did crave,

For well he knew Will no exacting knave,

But wish’d the King to do good deeds great store,

Which caused the Court to love him more and more.

Contemporary verse by Robert Armin in

Nest of Ninnies, 1608