The Trusty Servant

[5] Effigiem servi si vis spectare probati, Quisquis es, haec oculos pascat imago tuos.

Porcinum os quocunque cibo jejunia sedat: Haec sera, consilium ne fiat, arcta premit.

Laeva docet multum tot rebus onusta laborem; Vestis munditiem, dextera aperta fidem.

The Porker's Snout not Nice in diet shows; The Padlock Shut, no Secrets he'll disclose; Patient the Ass, his Master's wrath will bear; Swiftness in Errand, the Stagges feet declare; Loaded his left Hand, apt to Labour saith; The Vest his Neatness; Open hand his Faith; Girt with his Sword, his Shield upon his Arm, Himself and Master he'll protect from Harm.

In 2014 Winchester College commissioned a medal by Old Wykehamist Anthony Smith to be awarded to staff in recognition of "Long And Loyal Service".

The Trusty Servant and accompanying Latin and English texts, on the wall beside the kitchen, Winchester College , first painted in 1579 by John Hoskins . The current painting is by William Cave, 1809.