Note 8 — Chapter I · PREPARATION OF REFORM. (From the 2nd Century to the Year 1522.)
William L. R. (William Leist Readwin) Cates translation
For once the eagle England being in prey, To her unguarded nest the weasel Scot Comes sneaking, and so sucks her princely eggs. —Shakespeare, Hen. V., Act i. sc. 2.