, and to acquaint them in whose Reign he lived, whether he was a Citizen or a Courtier, whether he buried
Xantippe
, with many other particulars: For that by his Sayings he appears to have been a very Wise Man and a good Christian. Another, who writes himself
Benjamin Bamboo
, tells me, that being coupled with a Shrew, he had endeavoured to tame her by such lawful means as those which I mentioned in my last
Tuesday's
Paper, and that in his Wrath he had often gone further than
Bracton
allows in those cases; but that for the future he was resolved to bear it like a Man of Temper and Learning, and consider her only as one who lives in his House to teach him Philosophy.
Tom Dapperwit