[1] [2] It is ſayde, that when hee was young and went to ſchole, he learned by hearte two verſes of his ſchoolemaiſter, which euer after hee bare in mynde, and vſually woulde reherſe them, which were as followe.Io. Fourdon. Iohn Maior.

Dico tibi verum, libertas optima rerum,

Nunquam ſeruili, ſub nexu viuito fili.

My ſonne, I ſay, freedome is beſt,

Then neuer yelde to thralles arreſt.