He observes, if Juvenal, whom he calls Aquine's carping spright, were now alive, among other surprising alterations at Rome, that he most would gaze and wonder at, Is th' horned mitre, and the bloody hat, The crooked staffe, their coule's strange form and store, Save that he saw the fame in hell before.

But he that is of reasons skill bereft, And wants the staffe of wisedome him to stay, 140 Is like a ship in midst of tempest left Withouten helme or pilot her to sway: Full sad and dreadfull is that ships event; So is the man that wants intendiment*.

So as I muzed on the miserie In which men live, and I of many most, Most miserable man, I did espie Where towards me a sory wight did cost*, Clad all in black, that mourning did bewray, 40 And Iacob staffe ** in hand devoutly crost, Like to some pilgrim come from farre away.

[** Iacob staffe, a pilgrim's staff, in the form of a cross] His carelesse locks, uncombed and unshorne, Hong long adowne, and bearde all overgrowne,

By his Cockle hat and staffe, and his Sandal shoone.

True tis a good strong wall, and built so high One with a leape staffe may leape over it.

A Quarter staffe,this, were the head off.

Hell take thy Quarter staffe!

A leaden staffe Un.

A lead'ing staffe.

Tho.ding staffe.

Why, a Cane is a leading staffe in a Captaines hand.

But were a Man to dare me, and your enemy, My rage more nimble then [the] Median shaft Should flie into his bosome, and your eye Change anger into smiles to see me fight And cut him into a ragged staffe.

These knaues cast offendours downe, turning vp the soles of their feete made fast to a staffe, giuing them a perpetuall remembrance for them and the beholders.

[Eather strykes him with a staffe or casts a stone.

Then came three men of armes well armed, and vpon their harnesse coates of the Turkes fashion, of Libard skinnes, and murrions vpon their heads, their speares charged, and all the end of their staffe hard by the head of the speare, a horse taile died in a bloody colour, which is their ensigne: they be the chalengers for the Turkes owne person.

Shall I have my sheepe kept with a Jacobs staffe now?

Capt. Steward, you are an Ass, a meazel'd mungril, and were it not again the peace of my soveraign friend here, I would break your fore-casting Coxcomb, dog I would even with my staffe of Office there.

AG] thy staffe of office there, thy pen and Ink-horne. Noble boy. l. 29.

This combat has undone him: if he had been well beaten, he had been temperate; I shall never see him handsome again, till he have a Horse-mans staffe yok'd thorow his shoulders, or an arm broken with a bullet.

A] Staffe poak't.