A boisten horse, and a Cambridge Master of Arts,
are a couple of creatures that will give way
to nobody.
This proverb, Fuller says, is found in a letter written to George Bruin, in his Theatre of Cities, and is produced against the university of Cambridge by Twine, an Oxford antiquary. It undoubtedly conveys a reflection on the politenesse of the Masters of Arts of that learned body; but as this was written a long time ago, it is to be hoped that the more polished manners of the times have softened that ill-judged hauteur.
