Ant. What is it that you call by the Name of Wisdom?
Mag. This is Wisdom, to know that a Man is only happy by the Goods of the Mind. That Wealth, Honour, and Descent, neither make a Man happier or better.
Ant. If that be Wisdom, fare it well for me.
Mag. Suppose now that I take more Pleasure in reading a good Author, than you do in Hunting, Drinking, or Gaming; won't you think I live pleasantly?
Ant. I would not live that Sort of Life.
Mag. I don't enquire what you take most Delight in; but what is it that ought to be most delighted in?
Ant. I would not have my Monks mind Books much.
Mag. But my Husband approves very well of it. But what Reason have you, why you would not have your Monks bookish?
Ant. Because I find they are not so obedient; they answer again out of the Decrees and Decretals of Peter and Paul.
Mag. Why then do you command them the contrary to what Peter and Paul did?