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bishop himself owned he was worsted.--Then one o the company addressed George with these words: Thou Scot should not have left thy country. For what reason says George. Because thou hast carried all the wisdom that is in it hither with thee. No, no, says George, the shepherds in Scotland will dispute with any bishop in London, and exceed them very far in education. The bishops took this as an affront, and several nobleman affirmed it to be as the Scot had said: Beats were laid on each side, and three of the bishops were chosen and sent away to Scotland, to dispute it with the shepherds, accompanied with several others, who were to bear witness of what they should hear pass between them. Now, George knowing which way they went, immediately took another road, and was in Scotland before them. He then made acquaintance with a shepherd on the border, whose pasture lay by the road side where the bishops were to pass; and there be mounted himself in a sheppherd's dress: and when he saw the bishops appear, he conveyed his fleck to the road-side, and fell a chanting at a Latin ballad. When the bishops came up to George, one of them asked him, in French, what o'clock it was? To which he answered, 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 answered, in Flemish, If you knew that, you would be as wise as myself. A third asked him in Dutch, Where was you educate? To which he answered in Gaelic, Herding my sleep between this and Lochaber. This they desired him to explain in English, which he immediately did. Now, says one of them, we need proceed no further. What, says George, are you butchers? I'll sell you a few sheep. To this they made no answer, but went away shamefully, saying, they believed the Scots had been through all the nations