Con. In like Manner, if a Lay-Man should wear a Priest's Habit, and a Priest a Lay-Man's.
Innk. They would both act unbecomingly.
Con. What if a private Man should put on the Habit of a Prince, or an inferior Clergy-Man that of a Bishop? Would he act unhandsomely or no?
Innk. Certainly he would.
Con. What if a Citizen should dress himself like a Soldier, with a Feather in his Cap, and other Accoutrements of a hectoring Soldier?
Innk. He would be laugh'd at.
Con. What if any English Ensign should carry a white Cross in his Colours, a Swiss a red one, a French Man a black one?
Innk. He would act impudently.
Con. Why then do you wonder so much at our Habit?
Innk. I know the Difference between a private Man and a Prince, between a Man and a Woman; but I don't understand the Difference between a Monk and no Monk.