“Smirk. Consider, Sir, the dignity of my function.
Sir Ed. Your father is my tailor. You are my servant;
And do you think a cassock and a girdle
Can alter you so much as to enable
You (who before were but a coxcomb, Sir)
To teach me?
Smirk. My orders give me authority to speak.
A power legantine I have from Heaven.
Sir Ed. Show your credentials.
The indiscretion of such paltry fellows