sed tunc ista proveniunt, clericis si aliquid dictetur auctoribus; qui colubrinis oblatratorum molaribus fixi, si quid simpliciter edamus, insani, si quid exacte, praesumptiosi vocamur.
But it is only when we clerics take up our pens that these consequences follow'the vipers teeth of snarling critics fasten upon us, and if we express ourselves with frankness we are called mad, and if with scrupulous care, presumptuous.
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