Dr. Fuller and Mr. Wood have taken notice of this memorable Dispute,
without mentioning from whence they had that Particular, which, as we
have seen already, is related by Mr. Carew himself.

"He was bred", says Dr. Fuller (i), " a Gentleman-
Commoner in Oxford; where, being but fourteen Years
old, and yet three Years standing, he was call'd out
to dispute ex tempore, before the Earls of Leicester
and Warwick, with the matchless Sir Philip Sidney.

Si quaeritis hujus
Fortunam pugnae, non est superatus ab illo.

Ask you the End of this Contest ?
They neither had the better, both the best."

Mr. Wood expresses it thus:

"At fourteen Years of Age", says he (k), " he disputed
ex tempore with the matchless Philip Sidney, (while he
was a young (l) Man, I suppose) in the presence of the
Earls of Leicester, Warwick, and other Nobility, at what
time they were lodged in Christ-Church, to receive
entertainment from the Muses."

Mr. Wood says afterwards, that

"After Mr. Carew had spent three Years in Oxon, he retired
to the Middle Temple, where he spent 3 Years more" (m) ;