----where now it lies,
Whether in Lombard,[328] or the skies.
Because, as seven cities disputed for the birth of Homer, so after
ages will not want towns claiming to be _Avenant_--
Some say by _Avenant_ no place is meant,
And that our Lombard is without descent;
And as, by _Bilk_, men mean there's nothing there,
So come from _Avenant_, means from _no where_.
Thus _Will_, intending _D'Avenant_ to grace,
Has made a notch in's name like that in's face.
D'Avenant had been knighted for his good conduct at the siege of
Gloucester, and was to be tried by the Parliament, but procured his
release without trial. This produces the following sarcastic
epigram:--