And here we are likely to meet with some passages extraordinary enough. For to give Mr. _Durfey_ his due, when he meddles with Church men he lays about him like a Knight Errant: Here his Wit and his Malice, are generally in extreams, tho' not of the same Kind. To begin. He makes the Curate _Perez_ assist at the ridiculous Ceremony of _Don Quixots_ Knighting.[379] Afterwards Squire _Sancho_ confessing his mistake to _Quixote_, tells him, _Ah consider dear Sir no man is born wise_. And what if he was born wise? He may be _Bred_ a Fool, if he has not a care. But how does he prove this Memorable Sentence? Because a _Bishop is no more than another man without Grace and Good Breeding_. I must needs say if the _Poet_ had any share of either of these Qualities, he would be less bold with his Superiors; and not give his Clowns the Liberty to droll thus heavily upon a solemn _Character_. This _Sancho_ Mr. _Durfey_ takes care to inform us is _a dry shrewd Country Fellow_, The reason of this Character is for the strength of it somewhat surprising.[380] 'Tis because _he blunders out Proverbs upon all Occasions, tho' never so far from the purpose_. Now if blundring and talking nothing to the purpose, is an argument of _Shrewdness_; some Peoples _Plays_ are very shrewd Performances. To proceed. _Sancho_ complains of his being married, because it hindred him from better offers. _Perez_ the Curate is sorry for this Misfortune. _For as I remember_ says he _'twas my luck to give_ Teresa _and you the Blessing_. To this _Sancho_ replies. _A Plague on your Blessing! I perceive I shall have reason to wish you hang'd for your Blessing----Good finisher of Fornication, good Conjunction Copulative._[381] For this irreverence and Profaness _Perez_ threatens him with Excommunication. _Sancho_ tells him, _I care not, I shall lose nothing by it but a nap in the Afternoon._ In his Second Part, _Jodolet_ a Priest is call'd a _Holy Cormorant_, and made to dispatch _half a Turkey, and a Bottle of Malaga for his Breakfast_.[382] Here one Country Girl chides another for her sawcyness. _D'ee_ (says she) _make a Pimp of a Priest?_ _Sancho_ interposes with his usual shrewdness: _A Pimp of a Priest, why is that such a Miracle?_ In the Second _Scene_ the Poet Provides himself another Priest to abuse.[383] _Mannel_ the Steward calls _Bernardo_ the Chaplain Mr. _Cuff-Cushion_, and tells him a _Whore is a Pulpit he loves_.----In settling the _Characters Mannel_ is given out for _a witty pleasant Fellow_. And now you see he comes up to Expectation. To the Blind all _Colours_ are alike, and Rudeness, and Raillery are the same thing![384] Afterwards, _Bernardo_ says _Grace_ upon the _Stage_; and I suppose Prays to God to bless the Entertainment of the Devil. Before they rise from Table, the _Poet_ contrives a Quarrel between _Don Quixot_ and _Bernardo_. The Priest railes on the Knight, and calls him _Don Coxcomb_ &c. By this time you may imagine the Knight heartily Provok'd, ready to