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14 haſte imaginable, ſo that he arrived at the place from whence they ſet out, three days before the judges, and went every day asking if they were cone, ſo that he might not ſuſpected. As ſoon as they arrived, all that were concerned in the diſpute, and many more, came crowding in, to hear what news from the Scottiſh ſhepherds, and to know what was done. No ſooner had the three gentlemen declared what had paſt be- tween the biſhops and the ſhepherds, whom they found on the Scots border, but the old biſhop made anſwer, And think you, ſaid he, that a ſhepherd could anſwer theſe queſtions? It has been none elſe but the devil ; for the Scots min- iſters themſelves could not do it ; they are but ignorant of ſuch matters, a parcel of beardleſs boys. Then George thought it was time to take ſpeech in hand Well, my Lord Biſhop, ſays George, you call them a parcel of ignorant, teardleſs boys. You have a great long beard yourſelf, my Lord Biſhop and if grace were meaſured by beards, you Biſhops and the goats will have it all, and that will be quite averſe to Scripture. What, ſays the biſhop, are yon a Scot ? Yes, ſays George, I am a Scot, Well, ſays the biſhop, and whas is the difference be- tween a Scot and a sot ? Nothing at preſent, ſays George, tot the breadth of the table, there being table betwixt the biſhop and George. So the biſhop went oft in a high paſſion, while the whole multitude were like to ſplit their jaws with laughter. 2. About this time there was an act of Parlia-