The Sheriffe of Oxford late is grown so wise <br />As to repreive his Beere till next assize: <br />Alas! twas not so quick, twas not so heady, <br />The Jury sate and found it dead already.<br /><br />William Strode<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/upon-the-sherrifs-beere/
