Sir Silas.
“Ignorant fool!”
William Shakspeare.
“Ignorant fools are bearable, Master Silas! your wise ones are the worst.”
Sir Thomas.
“Prithee no bandying of loggerheads.”
William Shakspeare.
“Or else what mortal man shall say
Whose shins may suffer in the fray?”
Sir Thomas.
“Thou reasonest aptly and timest well. And surely, being now in so rational and religious a frame of mind, thou couldst recall to memory a section or head or two of the sermon holden at St. Mary’s. It would do thee and us as much good as Lighten our darkness, or Forasmuch as it hath pleased; and somewhat less than three quarters of an hour (maybe less than one quarter) sufficeth.”