Begun with John Alcock, LL.D., Bishop of Ely, and founder of Jesus
College.
"Garrulus hunc quando consumet cunq; loquaces,
Si sapiat, vitet, simul atque adoluerit ætas."
In 1483, says Wilson, in his Memorabilia Cantabrigiæ, he preached
before the University "_Bonum et blandum sermonem prædicavit, et
duravit in horam tertiam et ultra_," which is supposed to be a sermon
that was printed in his lifetime, in 1498, by the famous Pynson,
entitled, "_Galli Cantus ad Confratres suos Curatos in Synodo, apud
Barnwell, 25th September_, 1498," at the head of which is a print of
the Bishop preaching to the Clergy, with a cock at each side, and
another in the first page. The next most celebrated preacher of this
class was