S. ’A be seedy.
F.P. Say A X.
S. Aex was a tailor who lived by the Cathedral.
P. If your life is spared, Sebastian, you will make a fine scholar.
S. It looks as if the plough had been at work among these letters.
F.P. You need much examining. And now, as to Latin: say Beatus vir.
S. O, that is easy enough: Bi ora tres ratos vir (I saw three mice).
P. See what learning![44]
THE COURTIER PRIEST
Frey Paço enters in cassock and cape, with velvet cap and gloves and gilt sword, mincing like a very sweet courtier, and says: