Ge. Well then you had Company enough.
Liv. In truth it is not safe for a Traveller now a Days to go without Company.
Ge. I know well enough a Louse is a Scholar's Companion. Well but do you bring any News from Paris?
Liv. Ay, I do, and that in the first Place that I know you won't believe. At Paris a Bete is wise, and an Oak preaches.
Ge. What's that you tell me?
Liv. That which you hear.
Ge. What is it I hear?
Liv. That which I tell you.
Ge. O monstrous! Sure Mushrooms and Stones must be the Hearers where there are such Preachers.
Liv. Well, but it is even so as I tell you, nor do I speak only by hear say, but what I know to be true.