A few years later, irritated and alarmed by the persecution of the Bishops and by the confiscation of the revenues of Magdalene College, he had renounced the doctrine of nonresistance, had repaired to the headquarters of the Prince of Orange, and had assured His Highness that Oxford would willingly coin her plate for the support of the war against her oppressor.

During a short time Jane was generally considered as a Whig, and was sharply lampooned by some of his old allies.

He was so unfortunate as to have a name which was an excellent mark for the learned punsters of his university.

Several epigrams were written on the doublefaced Janus, who, having got a professorship by looking one way, now hoped to get a bishopric by looking another.

That he hoped to get a bishopric was perfectly true.