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and aptly to draw things to a point ; and all this 

 joined with a very good nature and a great respect 

 to all men, as is daily more and more revealed. And 

 for his experience, it is easy to think that his training 

 and helps hath made it already such, as many, that 

 have served long prentishood for it, have not attained 

 the like : so as if that be true, &quot; qui beneficium dig- 

 no dat, omnes obligat,&quot; not his father only, but the 

 state is bound unto her majesty, for the choice and 

 employment of so sufficient and worthy a gentle 

 man. 



There be many other follies and absurdities in 

 the book ; which, if an eloquent scholar had it in 

 hand, he would take advantage thereof, and justly 

 make the author not only odious, but ridiculous and 

 contemptible to the world : but I pass them over, 

 and even this which hath been said hath been vouch 

 safed to the value and worth of the matter, and not 

 the worth of the writer, who hath handled a theme 

 above his compass. 



VIII. Of the height of impudency that these 

 men are grown unto in publishing and avouch 

 ing untruths, with a particular recital of some 

 of them for an assay. 



These men are grown to a singular spirit and 

 faculty in lying and abusing the world ; such as, it 

 seemeth, although they are to purchase a particular 

 dispensation for all other sins, yet they have a dis 

 pensation dormant to lie for the catholic cause ; 



