It is, however, clearly authentic, the brook, as pictured in the old trial-books, now running under the road.
[74] One of them was Mr.Justice Best, of whom it is recorded that a certain index had the reference line, 'Mr.Justice Best: his Great Mind,' which seemed to have no justification in the mental qualities of that worthy, but was explained when one referred to the context and saw that 'Mr.Justice Best said that he had a great mind to commit the witness for contempt.' [75] See an introduction by Thomas Seccombe to _Lavengro_ in 'Everyman's Library.'.