RECORDER. Very well answered; but you should have added—and must be officious to his patron. Write down that answer to show his learning in logic.
SIR RADERIC. Yea, boy, write that down. Very learnedly, in good faith. I pray now, let me ask you one question that I remember: whether is the masculine gender or the feminine more worthy?
IMMERITO.
The feminine, sir.
SIR RADERIC. The right answer, the right answer. In good faith, I have been of that mind always. Write, boy, that to show he is a grammarian.
PAGE. No marvel my master be against the grammar; for he hath always made false Latin in the genders. [Aside.
RECORDER.
What university are you of?
IMMERITO.
Of none.
SIR RADERIC. He tells truth; to tell truth is an excellent virtue. Boy, make two heads, one for his learning, another for his virtues; and refer this to the head of his virtues, not of his learning.
PAGE. What, half a mess of good qualities referred to an ass' head? [Aside.
SIR RADERIC. Now, Master Recorder, if it please you, I will examine him in an author that will sound him to the depth—a book of astronomy, otherwise called an almanac.