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so if a man’s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find difference, let him study the schoolmen; for they are Cumini Sectores. If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers’ ceases; so every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. Part two The English Renaissance Chapter one Old England in Transition The century and a half following the death of Chaucer (1400-1500) was full