Nicholas Udall[]
Punishment in the Elizabethan schools. Courtesy Pinterest.
From Powles I went
to Aeton sent,
To learn straightwaies
the Latin phraise;
Where fifty-three
stripes given to me
at once I had;
For fault but small
or none at all
It came to pass
thus beat I was;
See, Udall, see,
the mercie of thee
to me, poor lad.
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