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I fear you not : and the less you speak of your own 

 greatness, the more I will think of it. 



He replied, &quot; I think scorn to stand upon terms 

 of greatness towards you, who are less than little ; 

 less than the least ;&quot; and other such strange light 

 terms he gave me, with that insulting, which cannot 

 be expressed. 



Herewith stirred, yet I said no more but this : 

 Mr. Attorney, do not depress me so far ; for I have 

 been your better, and may be again, when it please 

 the queen. 



With this he spake, neither I nor himself could 

 tell what, as if he had been born attorney general ; 

 and in the end bade me not meddle with the queen s 

 business, but with mine own ; and that I was un 

 sworn, etc. I told him, sworn or unsworn was all 

 one to an honest man ; and that I ever set my ser 

 vice first, and myself second ; and wished to God, 

 that he would do the like. 



Then he said, it were good to clap a &quot; cap. utle- 

 gatum&quot; upon my back ! To which I only said he 

 could not ; and that he was at fault ; for he hunted 

 upon an old scent. 



He gave me a number of disgraceful words be 

 sides ; which I answered with silence, and shewing, 

 that I was not moved with them. 



