Chapter 21HerbL.2.21
De Iisdem, ad Melvinum (Epigr. XVIII)
The Critic's Contradiction
Herbert challenges his opponent's disdain for episcopal authority by questioning his preference for the unordained.
My Muse exposes you as a bitter enemy to the bishops—or is it because you approve of weavers and craftsmen?
Read the original Latin
Praesulibus dirum te Musa coarguit hostem, An quia Textores, Artificesque probas?
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