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Winchester College,
EFFIGIEM SERVI SI VIS SPECTARE PROBATI
QUISQUIS ES HEC OCULOS PASCAT IMAGO TUOS,
POBCINUX OS QUOCUNQUE CIBO JEJUNIA SEDAT
HEC SERA CONSILIUM NE FLUAT ARCTA PREMIT
DAT PATIENTEM ASINUS DOMINIS JURGANTIBUS AUREM
CERVUS HABET CELERES IRE REDIRE PEDES
LEYA DOCET MULTUM TOT REBUS ONUSTA LABOREM
VESTIS MUNDITIEM DEXTERA APERTA FIDEM:
ACCINCTUS GLADIO: CLYPEO MUNITUS: & INDE
VEL SE VEL DOMINUM QUO TUEATUR HABET.
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The Trusty Servant.
ATRUSTY SERVANT'S PORTRAIT WOULD YOU SEE
THIS EMBLEMATIC FIGURE WELL SURVEY
THE PORKER'S SNOUT NOT NICE IN DIET SIEWS:
THE PADLOCK SHUT NO SECRETS HE'LE DISCLOSE
PATIENT THE ASS HIS MASTERS WRATH WILL BEAR,
SWIFTNESS IN ERRAND THE STAGGS FEET DECLARE:
LOADED HIS LEFT HAND APT TO LABOUR SAJTH:
THE VEST HIS NEATNESS OPEN HAND HIS FAITH.
GIRT WITH HIS SWORD HIS SHIELD UPON HIS ARM
HIMSELF & MASTER HELL PROTECT FROM HARM.
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