Note 161 — Chapter IV · SOME ASPECTS OF PURITANISM

One is reminded of the satirical verses on Richard Lee of Hatfield, on his conforming again in 1662:—

Three times already I have turned my coat,

Three times already I have changed my note,

I'll make it four, and four-and-twenty more,

And turn the compass round, ere I'll give o'er.

Cited by F. Bate, The Declaration of Indulgence, 1672 (London, 1908), p. 30.