Warren. Some scholler; and weele aske him where Frier Bacon is.
Bacon. Why, thou arrant dunce, shal I never make thee good scholler? doth not all the towne crie out and say, Frier Bacons subsiser is the greatest blockhead in all Oxford? why, thou canst not speake one word of true Latine. 25
Miles. No, sir? Yes.[1332] What is this els? Ego sum tuus homo, 'I am your man'; I warrant you, sir, as good Tullies phrase as any is in Oxford.
Bacon. Come on, sirha; what part of speech is Ego?
Miles. Ego, that is 'I'; marrie, nomen substantivo. 30
Bacon. How proove you that?
Miles. Why, sir, let him proove himselfe and a will; 'I' can be hard, felt, and understood.
Bacon. O grosse dunce!
Here beate him.
Edw. Come, let us breake off this dispute between these two.—Sirha, where is Brazennose Colledge? 36