lamester

: if free from all ſinnes mortall, wounding and waſting the conſcience; elſe, as thoſe Lameſters at the poole of Betheſda, they are too ulcerous, and full of ſores, to be entertained by this King:

Devoted to the woman of his choice; and proud that by her, he—once a despised and laughter moving lamester—should have been chosen above all others who strove for her hand;