Essays on Wit No. 2
   as

    Bravo's

   do their swords, to mischief and offend others, not as

    Gentlemen

   to defend themselves: and tis

    crime

   in him, what is

    ornament

   in others; he being onely a

    wit

   at that, at which a good

    wit

   is a

    fool

   . Especially he triumphs over your modest men; and when he meets with a

    simple body

   , passes for a

    wit

   , but a

    wit


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