The Wisest Fool In Christendom.

That Which We Call Wit Consists Much In Quickness And Tricks, And Is So Full Of Lightness That It Seldom Goes With Judgment And Solidity; But When They Do Meet, It Is Commonly In An Honest Man.

Herein Is Not Only A Great Vanity, But A Great Contempt Of God's Good Gifts, That The Sweetness Of Man's Breath, Being A Good Gift Of God, Should Be Willfully Corrupted By This Stinking Smoke.

A Custom Loathsome To The Eye, Hateful To The Nose, Harmful To The Brain, Dangerous To The Lungs, And In The Black, Stinking Fume Thereof Nearest Resembling The Horrible Stygian Smoke Of The Pit That Is Bottomless.

The Wisest Fool In Christendom.

That Which Concerns The Mystery Of The King's Power Is Not Lawful To Be Disputed; For That Is To Wade Into The Weakness Of Princes, And To Take Away The Mystical Reverence That Belongs Unto Them That Sit In The Throne Of God.