To my Lady Rogers of her seruant Paine

YOur seruant Payne, for Legacies hath sued
Seuen yeeres. I askt him how his matter passes.
He tels how his Testator left not assets.
By which plea him th'executor would allude.
in this Lawyers French both dull and rude,
Replide, the plea my learning farre surpasses.
Yet when reports of both sides I had view'd
In Forma paper, this I did conclude;
He was left Pauper, and all his Counsell asses:
Yet you would giue a hundred crownes or twaine,
That you could cleare discharge your seruant Paine.