Talk:John Moore (Bishop of Ely)

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Not sure if it's worth adding to the article, but here's a note on the donation:

"_Epigrams on the Universities_" (Vol. ii., p. 88.).--The following extract frown Hartshorne's _Book-rarities in the University of Cambridge_ will fully answer the Query of your Norwich correspondent.

After mentioning, the donation to that University, by George I., of the valuable library of Dr. Moore, Bishop of Ely, which his Majesty had purchased for 6,000 guineas, the author adds,--

"When George I. sent these books to the University, he sent at the time a troop of horse to Oxford, which gave occasion to the following well-known epigram from Dr. Trapp, smart in its way, but not so clever as the answer from Sir William Browne:--

"The King, observing, with judicious eyes,

The state of both his Universities,

To one he sent a regiment; for why?

That learned body wanted loyalty:

To th' other he sent books, as well discerning

How much that loyal body wanted learning."

_The Answer._

"The King to Oxford sent his troop of horse,

For Tories hold no argument but force:

With equal care to Cambridge books he sent,

For Whigs allow no force but argument.

"The books were received Nov. 19, 20, &c., 1715."

from [1]. Shimgray 14:14, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)