The Man-Mouse

[My] both Tell-Truths original: "Tell-Troths" — an archaic version of "tell-truth," a person who speaks bluntly and honestly., and our tales contradictory? Alaz A nickname for More's pseudonym, Alazonomastix., where is your logic? Why, this is a miracle greater than all magic. Assure yourself, one of the two must lie. Oh, that Gill original: "Gill" — likely a reference to Alexander Gill the Elder, the High Master of St. Paul's School, famous for his strictness and his frequent use of the rod to discipline students. lived in these days! It would be a just severity to horse term: horse — to be "horsed" was to be hoisted onto another student's back to be whipped by a schoolmaster. you the next time you appear in St. Paul's Churchyard St. Paul's Churchyard was the famous center of the London book trade in the 16th and 17th centuries. and strip the skin from your buttocks.

You pitiful, undone thing! I will make you curse the hour you ever took pen and ink in hand. I will render you such a perfect ass that when posterity wants to express anything that is overly ridiculous, they shall say, "A More" A pun on Henry More's surname, suggesting it will become a synonym for a fool..

But he proceeds, and to further his own ruin, he starts again—though with some fear, for once more he calls me his brother. It is a relationship, Mastix term: Mastix — another shorthand for Alazonomastix., that I can in no way allow: my brothers were all white boys term: white boys — a common idiom for a favorite or well-behaved child, but here used by Vaughan as a racial pun against More's name.; there was not a More original: "Moore" — Vaughan puns on the name "More" and the word "Moor," which in this period referred to people from North Africa, often used here to imply a dark or "blackened" character. among them.

Come on then, Sir Owl original: "Sir Bubo" — Bubo is Latin for an owl, a bird often used in satire to symbolize someone who thinks they are wise but is actually a fool or a creature of the night., for now your note is loose and you begin to howl. I am, you say, like Simon Magus Simon Magus: a biblical figure from the Book of Acts who attempted to buy spiritual power with money; often used as an archetype for a sorcerer or a fraud.. Sirrah! term: sirrah — a contemptuous form of address for a man or boy of lower status. You lie, and you must necessarily do so, for you never saw Simon nor myself. But I am very charitable and wish for the conversion of the...