Tales from Many Sources / Vol. V

was till now-and it's no lie I'm telling you, the same asthronomy is a tough enough morsel to brake a man's fast upon-and geolidgy is middling and hard too-and hydherastatics is no joke; but ov all t

my dear, when the Pope found he couldn't hold a candle to Father Tom in theology and logic, he thought he'd take the shine out ov him in Latin anyhow, so says he, "Misther Maguire," says he, "I quite agree wid you that it's not lucky for us

hemselves," says he; "and if Belzhebub takes anything amiss that aither you or me says in regard ov himself or his faction, let him stand forrid like a man, and, never fear, I'll give him his answer.

itatis salutem

joke, I tell you, to remimber sich a power ov larning). "Here's to you wid the sam

a et animositate," says he; as much as to say, "Wid all the veins ov my hear

ne est liquor admirab

says his Riv'rence, forgetting the idyim

ine," says the Pope, finding

Riv'rence; "nam multum laboro in partibus interioribus," sa

" says the Pope, axin

è vocamus, a looking-gl

id a looking-glass in under the lid; "Subther operculum pyxidis hujus starnutatorii-no-starnutatori?-quam dono accepi ab Archi-duce Austhriaco

cusatives for yez!-"nam mane speculum sonat," says he, "post prandium vero mat-mat-mat"-sorra be in me but I disremimber the classic appellivation ov the same article. Howandiver, his Riv'rence went on explaining himself in

navisses meam pyxidem, excimnicari debuisses. Hillo, Anthon

off his sate: "You spoke first in the vernacula

ee himself bate thataway at his own waypons. "Sure," says he, "Anthony wou

says he, "I'll let you off for this time; but mind, now, afther I say pr

At last, says the Pope-the blessed man! only think how 'cute it was ov him!-"Domine Maguire," says he, "valde desidhero

I tell you, could carry such a car-load ov the dead langidges.) "In agro vero Louthiano et Midensi," says he, "nomine gaudent quodam secundum linguam Anglicanum significante bombardam seu tormentum; quia ex eis tanquam ex telis jaculatoriis liquorem faucibus immittere s

ing his hands,-"leporem te fecisti;" as much

it's himself that was handy ever and always at getting out ov a hobble-"da

he Pope, very sharp, "

nce, "id flagellat mundum! Dand?us dixi, et tu dicis dandy; e

e forgetting himself, he was so mad

ng him a liar; and, in troth, it's very well it was in Latin the offince was conweyed, for, if it had been in the vernacular, there's no sayi

, "quomodo audacitatem habeas, me Dei in

cumcirca," say

us meis," sa

m crucem," says

bo te," sa

rat," says h

sis," says

going to say, the Pope broke out into the vernacular, "Get out o' my house, you repr

aggrawate you-all's fair, you know, in love, law, and conthravarsy. In troth if I'd thought you'd have taken it so much to heart, I'd have put my head into the fire afore I'd have said a word to offind you," says he, for he seen that the Pope was very vexed. "Sure, God forbid that I'

hat it is in fun you

as all to provoke your Holiness to commit a brache ov t

you take sich small liberties again, or maybe y

sartain preparation ov chemicals that's very good

indignation. "What's that?" says he, "for, 'pon my Epistolical 'davy, I think it 'udn't be asy to bate this miraclous mixthir th

ious operation: but we're now arrived at a pariod of the evening when it's time to proceed wi

nt; but I'll tell you the