"_Crede quod habes_," &c.--The celebrated answer to a Protestant about
the real presence, by the borrower of his horse, is supposed to be made
since the Reformation, by whom I forget:--
"Quod nuper dixisti
De corpore Christi
Crede quod edis et edis;
Sic tibi rescribo
De tuo palfrido
Crede quod habes et habes."
But in Wright and Halliwell's _ReliquiÊ AntiquÊ_, p. 287., from a
manuscript of the time of Henry VII., is given--
"Tu dixisti de corpore Christi, crede et habes
De palefrido sic tibi scribo, crede et habes."