RECORDER. Very good, Sir Raderic; it were to be wished that there were no other book of humanity, then there would not be such busy, state-frying fellows as are nowadays. Proceed, good sir.
SIR RADERIC.
What is the dominical letter?
IMMERITO.
C, sir, and please your worship.
SIR RADERIC.
A very good answer, a very good answer, the very answer of the book.
Write down that, and refer it to his skill in philosophy.
PAGE. C the dominical letter? It is true: Craft and Cunning do so domineer; yet, rather C and D are dominical letters, that is, crafty duncery. [Aside.
SIR RADERIC.
How many days hath September?
IMMERITO. April, June, and November, February hath twenty-eight alone; and all the rest hath thirty and one.
SIR RADERIC.
Very learnedly, in good faith, he hath also a smack in poetry. Write
down that, boy, to show his learning in poetry. How many miles from
Waltham to London?
IMMERITO.
Twelve, sir.
SIR RADERIC,
How many from Newmarket to Grantham?