in the words of Layman: ‘A doctor, on being consulted,

Scared by the splashing of a dozen cows;

A winding stair, a chamber arched with stone,

A grey stone fireplace with an open hearth,

i{ Il Penseroso's} Platonist toiled on

In some like chamber, shadowing forth

Have seen his midnight candle glimmering.

Two men have founded here. A man-at-arms

Gathered a score of horse and spent his days