They are proud of this—as very well they may,

It being a sort of knighthood, or gilt key

Stuck in their loins;[525] or like to an "entré"[gx]

Up the back stairs, or such free-masonry.

I borrow my comparisons from clay,

Being clay myself. Let not those spirits be

Offended with such base low likenesses;

We know their posts are nobler far than these.[gy]