Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before it was neither rhyme nor reason.

Rhyme nor reason. Said by Peele—Edward I. In As You Like It. Act III. Sc. 2. The Comedy of Errors. Act II. Sc. 2. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act V. Sc. 5. Farce du Vendeur des Lieures. (16th Cen.) L'avocat Patelin (Quoted by Tyndale, 1530.) The Mouse Trap. (1606) See Beloe, Anecdotes of Literature. II. 127. Also in MS. in Cambridge University Library, England. 2. 5. Folio 9b. (Before 1500) (See also Spenser)