The Heresy of Dr Dee
“He takes the oath with a knowing half-smile. Legge consults his papers, then sits back in his big chair and looks up.
‘My Lord Bishop, you are, I believe, my last witness.’ Scory looks perturbed.
‘Not the last ever, I trust, Sir Christopher. One would hate to think the fear of a Welsh curse might drive you from the Bench.’ Legge scowls. Dudley grins. He rather likes Scory, a bishop in perhaps his last see who gives not a whit for anyone, least of all an ambitious judge from London.
...The light in here has gloomed since midday, the banners fading into shadow, the old barn’s beams and pillars giving the court the illumination of a forest clearing.
The judge starts again.
‘You’ve been Bishop of Hereford since…?’ ‘Last year.’ Legge frowns. He evidently thought it was longer.
‘But in that time,’ Scory tells him, ‘I’ve studied in some detail the religious beliefs and practices on the fringes of the diocese.’ ‘By which you mean the area in which we now sit?’ ‘And some regions further west.’ ‘You’re saying that beliefs in this area may differ in some ways from the accepted faith of the land?’ ‘Only in the way that faith might be interpreted,’ Scory says.MoreLess
‘My Lord Bishop, you are, I believe, my last witness.’ Scory looks perturbed.
‘Not the last ever, I trust, Sir Christopher. One would hate to think the fear of a Welsh curse might drive you from the Bench.’ Legge scowls. Dudley grins. He rather likes Scory, a bishop in perhaps his last see who gives not a whit for anyone, least of all an ambitious judge from London.
...The light in here has gloomed since midday, the banners fading into shadow, the old barn’s beams and pillars giving the court the illumination of a forest clearing.
The judge starts again.
‘You’ve been Bishop of Hereford since…?’ ‘Last year.’ Legge frowns. He evidently thought it was longer.
‘But in that time,’ Scory tells him, ‘I’ve studied in some detail the religious beliefs and practices on the fringes of the diocese.’ ‘By which you mean the area in which we now sit?’ ‘And some regions further west.’ ‘You’re saying that beliefs in this area may differ in some ways from the accepted faith of the land?’ ‘Only in the way that faith might be interpreted,’ Scory says.MoreLess
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