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 1 Pref  | Lucian and Apuleius, with the ass; and some other, I know
 2 Praise|   with a smile, and, like the ass, shake their ears, that
 3 Praise|      most men laugh at as the ass of philosophy; yet there’
 4 Praise|     should take a mule for an ass, nor he that should admire
 5 Praise|       As if anyone hearing an ass bray should take it for
 6 Praise|      fear or wit, imitate the ass in the lion’s skin. In the
 7 Praise|     or of the devil, or of an ass, or of a stone, or of a
 8 Praise|     it may be truly called an ass’s playing on the harp. And
 9 Praise|     or church preferments, an ass or wild ox shall sooner
10 Praise|       so often mentioned, “an ass at a harp,” discoursing
11 Praise|  chose rather to ride upon an ass when, if he had pleased,