Oh, I am a citizen of no mean city; but what is that to thee? Thou must be content to

Oh, I am a citizen of no mean city; but what is that to thee? Thou must be content to know that I am an inhabitant of the great and ancient city of London, which hath been the seat of government, the seat of trade, and the seat of learning, for many ages. I am a member of the learned and orderly time, and have been so for many years. I am a member of the learned and orderly time, because I have been educated in the learned and orderly universities of Oxford and Cambridge; and I have been bound, by solemn obligations, to promote the interests of the learned and orderly time, to the utmost of my power. I have been bound to promote the interests of the learned and orderly time, by the sacred and solemn obligations of an oath;