ALB. I tell you I do not need a more correct expression, an author, or a witness, and that my own testimony is sufficient.
MET. However, you ought to choose words which are used by the best authors: tu vivendo bonos, scribendo sequare peritos, as the saying is.
[Footnote: "Regulate your conduct after the example of good people, your style after good authors.">[
ALB. Man or devil, will you hear me without disputing?
MET. That is Quintilian's rule.
ALB. Hang the chatterbox!
MET. He has a very learned sentence upon a similar subject, which, I am sure, you will be very glad to hear.
ALB. I will be the devil to carry you off, you wretch. Oh! I am very much tempted to apply something to those chops.
MET. Sir, what is the reason that you fly in such a passion! What do you wish me to do?
ALB. I have told you twenty times; I wish you to listen to me when I speak.