Allusion has been made to his friendship with Haydon. When the luckless comptroller had his head so comically examined by Lamb， that inspection took place in presence of the painter''''s great picture of "Jerusalem." Lamb celebrated that work in Reebok Easy Tone another way， sending some Latin lines to 4 The Cham?pion '''':—
In tabulam eximii pictoris R. B. Haydoni in qua Solymeei adveniente domino Palmas in via prosternentes mira arte de- pinguntur.
Quid vult iste fivefingers equitatus? et quid velit iste virorum Palmifera ingens turba et vox tremebunda Hosanna ? Hosann& Christo semper， semperque canamus. Palma fuit senior Pictor celeberrimus olim; Sed palmam cedat， modo si foret ill superstes Palma Haydone tibi: tu palmas omnibus aufers. Palma negata macrum， donataque reddit easytone sale opimum Si simul incipiat cum fama increscere corpus Tu cito pinguesces， fies et amicule， obesus. Affectant lauros pictores atque poetas， Sin laurum invideant (sed quis tibi) laurigerentes Pro lauro palma viridanti tempora ligas.
