Con. We have found by Experience he is not a very good one for our Turn.
Innk. What! Did you go to him then?
Con. We intreated him to let us lodge with him, but he chas'd us away from the Door, as if we had been Wolves, and sent us hither.
Innk. Ha, ha. Now I understand the Matter, he would not come because he knew you were to be here.
Con. Is he a dumb one?
Innk. A dumb one! There's no Body is more noisy in the Stove, and he makes the Church ring again. But I never heard him preach. But no Need of more Words. As far as I understand, he has made you sensible that he is none of the dumb Ones.
Con. Is he a learned Divine?
Innk. He says he is a very great Scholar; but what he knows is what he has learned in private Confession, and therefore it is not lawful to let others know what he knows. What need many Words? I'll tell you in short; like People, like Priest; and the Dish, as we say, wears its own Cover.
Con. It may be he will not give a Man Liberty to preach in his Place.
Innk. Yes, I'll undertake he will, but upon this Condition, that you don't have any Flirts at him, as it is a common Practice for you to do.