MERBURY. 225 B. Nay, that is differentia.. M. Different, quce non aunt ambigua; but we distinguish those thiiigs only which are ambiguous : as, you differ not from the Bishop of London ; but I may distinguish between you and the Bishop of London, because you are a man though you were without a bishopric. B. Here is a tale ofa tub. How many predicaments are there ? M. I answer you according to your question, if I say there are enow of seven. Why do you ask me questions so impertinent ? B. How many predicables be there ? Where didst thou learn logic ? M. The last timeyou spoke of good behaviour; but this is something else. I am no logician. Recorder. Merbury, use my lord more reverently. He is a peer of the realm. I perceive your words are puffed upwith pride. M. I speak only the truth. I reverence him so far as he is reverend ; and I pray God to teach him to die. B. Thou speakest of making ministers. The Bishop of Peterboroughwas never more overseen in his life than when he admitted thee to be a preacher in Northampton. M. Like enough so, in some sense. I pray God those scales may fall from his eyes. B. Thou art a very ass; thou art mad ; thou art cou- rageous; nay, thou art impUdent. By my troth, I think he is mad : he careth for nobody. M. Sir, I take exception against swearing judges. I praise God. I am not mad, but sorry to see you somuch out of temper. B. Did you ever hear one more impudent. M. It is not impudeney, I trust, to answer for myself. B. Nay, I know thou art courageous ; thou art fool- hardy. M. Though I fear not you, yet I fear the Lord. IL Is he learned ? B. Learned ! He bath an arrogant spirit. He can scarce construe Cato, I think. M. Sir, you do not punish me because I am unlearned. Howbeit, I understand both Greek and Latin. Make trial of me, to prove your disgrace. What ridiculous trifling was this! Yet this is the prelate whom Mr. Strype extols on account of his great learning, and deep knowledge of divinity.-Strype's Aylmer, p. 255. VOL. I.
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