Portal:University of Oxford/Selected quotation/2

“

The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse,
For Tories own no argument but force:
With equal skill to Cambridge books he sent,
For Whigs admit no force but argument.

”

— William Browne, replying to William Trapp's comments

Source

Literary Anecdotes (Nichols), Vol. III. A reply to Trapp's comment (at Portal:University of Oxford/Selected quotation/1)

"Oxford". Bloomsbury Thematic Dictionary of Quotations. Bloomsbury Publishing. 1997. Retrieved 3 December 2009.