HONY: Who think themselves wise? Marry, I never saw a fool yet
who thought himself other than wise! For as it is one spark of
soberness left in a drunken head when he perceiveth himself to be
drunk and getteth himself fair to bed, so if a fool perceive
himself a fool that point is no folly but a little spark of wit.

But now, cousin, as for these kind of fools, who are loth to die
for the love that they bear to their worldly fancies which they
would, by their death, leave behind them and forsake: Those who
would for that cause rather forsake the faith than die, would
rather forsake it than lose their worldly goods, though there were
no peril of death offered them at all. And then, as touching those
who are of that mind, we have, you know, said as much as you
yourself thought sufficient this afternoon here before.

VINCENT: Verily, uncle, that is very true. And now have you
rehearsed, as far as I can remember, all the other kinds of them
that would be loth to die for any other respect than the grievous
qualities of shame and pain joined unto death. And of all these
kinds, except the kind of infidelity--when no comfort can help, but
only counsel to the attaining of faith, for faith must be
presupposed to the receiving of comfort and had ready before, as
you showed in the beginning of our communication the first day that
we talked of the matter. But else, I say, except that one kind,
there is none of the rest of those that were before untouched who
would be likely to forsake their faith in this persecution for the
fear and dread of death, save for those grievous qualities--pain, I
mean, and shame--that they see well would come with it.

And therefore, uncle, I pray you, give us some comfort against
those twain. For in good faith, if death should come without them,
in such a case at this is, in which by the losing of this life we
should find a far better, mine own reason giveth me that, save for
the other griefs going before the change, no man who hath wit would
anything stick at all.

ANTHONY: Yes, peradventure suddenly they would, before they gather
their wits unto them and well weigh the matter. But, cousin, those
who will consider the matter well, reason, grounded upon the
foundation of faith, shall show they very great substantial causes
for which the dread of those grievous qualities that they see shall
come with death--shame, I mean, and pain also--shall not so sore
abash them as sinfully to drive them to tha