Sir Edward Coke

Epigrammata XXVI

Which American took his stroke
At discussing Sir Edward Coke?
Then he would not guess the flaw
At supremacy of the Common Law
Over the claims of a Stuart King
Open door, what will it bring--
The code of the future, even then
In wigs and coats, how very zen--
"The rule of law" -- as judged by men?