SIR RADERIC.
Sirrah boy, write him down for a good astronomer.
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Ass colit ass-tra. [Aside.
SIR RADERIC.
What day of the month lights the Queen's day on?
IMMERITO.
The seventeenth of November.[94]
SIR RADERIC.
Boy, refer this to his virtues, and write him down a good subject.
PAGE. Faith, he were an excellent subject for two or three good wits: he would make a fine ass for an ape to ride upon. [Aside.
SIR RADERIC. And these shall suffice for the parts of his learning. Now it remains to try whether you be a man of good utterance, that is, whether you can ask for the strayed heifer with the white face, as also chide the boys in the belfry, and bid the sexton whip out the dogs. Let me hear your voice.
IMMERITO.
If any man or woman—
SIR RADERIC.
That's too high.
IMMERITO.
If any man or woman—