Epigrams on the Universities

There are two clever epigrams on the circumstance, I believe, of Charles I. sending a troop of horse to one of the universities, about the same time that he presented some books to the other. The sting of the first, if I recollect right, is directed against the university to which the books were sent, the king— "—right well discerning, How much that loyal body wanted learning." The reply which this provoked, is an attack on the other university, the innuendo being that the troops were sent there— "Because that learned body wanted loyalty." I quote from memory. Can any of your readers, through…