Shrove Tuesday-1654 when Fra[ncis] Palmes came to visit me at Apthorp was wellcome won mony &c

Squier Palms to Apthorp Threshowlds welcome came
Might Cesars Palms deserve to crown his name
For first He Came; Then sawe, Then won, all Three
Innobling Th'Garland of True Victory
He out of frendship came, Sawe the Gierle too
And won my mony (fortune being my foe.