In course, answered _Yorick_, in a tone two parts jest and one part earnest.—— But in the case cited, continued _Kysarcius_, where _patriæ_ is put for _patris, filia_ for _filii_, and so on——as it is a fault only in the declension, and the roots of the words continue untouch’d, the inflections of their branches either this way or that, does not in any sort hinder the baptism, inasmuch as the same sense continues in the words as before.——But then, said _Didius_, the intention of the priest’s pronouncing them grammatically must have been proved to have gone along with it.——————Right, answered _Kysarcius;_ and of this, brother _Didius_, we have an instance in a decree of the decretals of Pope _Leo_ the IIId.——But my brother’s child, cried my uncle _Toby_, has nothing to do with the Pope——’tis the plain child of a Protestant gentleman, christen’d _Tristram_ against the wills and wishes both of his father and mother, and all who are a-kin to it.—— If the wills and wishes, said _Kysarcius_, interrupting my uncle _Toby_, of those only who stand related to Mr. _Shandy_’s child, were to have weight in this matter, Mrs. _Shandy_, of all people, has the least to do in it.——My uncle _Toby_ lay’d down his pipe, and my father drew his chair still closer to the table, to hear the conclusion of so strange an introduction. ——It has not only been a question, Captain _Shandy_, amongst the[17] best lawyers and civilians in this land, continued _Kysarcius, “Whether the mother be of kin to her child,”_—but, after much dispassionate enquiry and jactitation of the arguments on all sides—it has been adjudged for the negative—namely, _“That the mother is not of kin to her child.”_[18] My father instantly clapp’d his hand upon my uncle _Toby_’s mouth, under colour of whispering in his ear;—the truth was, he was alarmed for _Lillabullero_—and having a great desire to hear more of so curious an argument—he begg’d my uncle _Toby_, for heaven’s sake, not to disappoint him in it.—My uncle _Toby_ gave a nod—resumed his pipe, and contenting himself with whistling _Lillabullero_ inwardly——_Kysarcius, Didius_, and _Triptolemus_ went on with the discourse as follows: This determination, continued _Kysarcius_, how contrary soever it may seem to run to the stream of vulgar ideas, yet had reason strongly on its side; and has been put out of all manner of dispute from the famous case, known commonly by the name of the Duke of _Suffolk_’s case.——It is cited in _Brook_, said _Triptolemus_——And taken notice of by Lord _Coke_, added _Didius._—And you may find it in _Swinburn_ on Testaments, said _Kysarcius._ The case, Mr. _Shandy_, was this: