Con. I'll tell you in a few Words, but in your Ear.
Innk. Tell me.
Con.————-
Innk. I'll remember it, and do it.
The ABBOT and LEARNED WOMAN.
The ARGUMENT.
A certain Abbot paying a Visit to a Lady, finds her reading Greek and Latin Authors. A Dispute arises, whence Pleasantness of Life proceeds: viz. Not from external Enjoyments, but from the Study of Wisdom. An ignorant Abbot will by no Means have his Monks to be learned; nor has he himself so much as a single Book in his Closet. Pious Women in old Times gave their Minds to the Study of the Scriptures; but Monks that hate Learning, and give themselves up to Luxury, Idleness, and Hunting, are provok'd to apply themselves to other Kinds of Studies, more becoming their Profession.
ANTRONIUS, MAGDALIA.
Ant. What Sort of Houshold-Stuff do I see?
Mag. Is it not that which is neat?