And what use do they make of the faggot when they have it? asks the preacher. Why they make a fire with it, on which they may jump, till they have stamped it out!
And in speaking of the obedience of servants to their masters, he says it should resemble that of the man who is being shaved. Such a man turns his head this way, or that way, puts his chin up, or puts it down, in obedience to the slightest gesture and sign of the barber.
Faber is fond of quoting popular sayings and proverbs; some of which I give in his quaint old German:—
1. Wer sich mischt unter die Klew,
Dem fressen die Saw.
2. Ein guter Zoll
Ist spardir woll.
3. Wo tein gleicher Glauben ist
Da auch tein Recht, betrawen ist.
4. Sanct Catyarein,