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HEe and his mate in wit, F. B. making a journey of pleasure into the Countrey, in the company of many their merry companions, and riding a slow pace, one amongst the rest made a motion to put their horses to a hand gallop, that
they might come to their lodg∣ing in a good houre; Pish, said F. B. Let us runne them; what is a false gallop amongst halfe a dozen? At length the two Po∣ets riding on two horses that halted worse then any Verse, laid a wager of sixe pence a stumble, and twelve pence a fall, had judges deputed; and at night hee was crowned as victorious that had escap't the most stumbles, and overcome the most falls.