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 thou hast carried all the wisdom that was in it higher with 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 bishop took this as an affront, and several noblemen affirmed it to be the Scot had said; betts 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 went 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 he mounted himself in a shepherd's dress and when he saw the bishops appear he conveyed his flock 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 this time yesterday. 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 educated? To which he answered in Gaelic. Herding my sheep between this and Lochrader. 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 of the world for their education or the devil had taught them. Now when George