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 and ent away to Scotland to dipute it with the hepherds, accompanied with everal others who were to bear witnes of what they hould hear pas between them. Now, George knowing in which way they went, immediately took another road, and was in Scotland before them. He then made an acquaintance with a hepherd on the border, whoe pature lay by the wayside where the bihops were to pas; and there he mounted himelf in a hepherd's dres; and when he aw the bihops appear, he conveyed his flock to the road side and fell a-chanting at a Latin ballad. When the bihops came up to George, one of them asked him, In French what o'clock it was? To which he anwered, in Hebrew. It is directly about the time of the day it was yesterday at this time. Another asked him in Greek, what countryman he was? To which he anwered, in Flemish, if you knew that you would be as wie as myelf. A third asked him in Dutch Where was you educate? To which he anwered, in Ere, Herding my heep between this and Lochaber. This they desired him to explain into Englih, which he immediately did. Now, aid they one to another, We need not proceed any further. What, ays George. are you butchers? I'll ell you a few heep to this they made no anwer, but went away hameully and aid they believed the Scots been through all the nations in the world for their education, or the devil had taught them. Now, when George had ended this dipute with