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 1 27 |          out particular kinds of fish?' Why should not a philosopher
 2 27 |         my wife, my purchases of fish? ~
 3 29 |        purchase certain kinds of fish from some fishermen. Which
 4 29 |         sought to procure me the fish ? Would you have me en trust
 5 29 |       carpenter would net me the fish, and the fisherman take
 6 29 |        Or did you infer that the fish were wanted for evil purposes
 7 29 |           to wit, the capture of fish -- I may point out that
 8 30 |             You seek to purchase fish,' he says. I will not deny
 9 30 |         something mys terious in fish and fish alone, hidden from
10 30 |          mys terious in fish and fish alone, hidden from all save
11 30 | unfeeling chilly creature like a fish, or inde ed anything else
12 30 |    accepting the possession of a fish as a proof of sorcery. If
13 30 |       who take such exception to fish attribute far different
14 31 |        of such things instead of fish, if only you had possessed
15 31 |    believed. But of what use are fish save to be cooked and eaten
16 31 |        the price ordered all the fish caught in meshes of the
17 31 |          them in the entrails of fish. And so whereas sorcere
18 32 |       believe that magicians and fish have anything to do with
19 32 |      assume with Aemilianus that fish are useful for making magical
20 32 |      prove that whoever acquires fish is ipso facto a magician?
21 32 |        art capture all manner of fish. ~`But what do you want
22 32 |             But what do you want fish for?' you insist. I feel
23 33 |   However, let us see what these fish were, fish so necessary
24 33 |        see what these fish were, fish so necessary for my possession
25 33 |       for they asserted that the fish was a sea-hare, whereas
26 33 |     whereas it was quite another fish, which Themison, my servant,
27 33 |        search for other kinds of fish as well, and have commissioned
28 33 |         all the rarest kinds o f fish, begging them either to
29 33 |   describe the appearance of the fish or to send it me, if possible,
30 34 |         had sought out these two fish for the purpose of using
31 34 |       adornment of the hair, the fish named sea-hawk to catch
32 34 |     sea-hawk to catch birds, the fish named the little boar for
33 35 |     acquire. For these worthless fish you mention can be found
34 36 |      which treats of the race of fish . While he is looking for
35 37 |      some details concerning the fish. And do you while he reads
36 39 |  enumerates countless species of fish, which of course he had
37 39 |          thou shouldst buy; Blue fish at Cumae. What! Have I passed
38 39 |        sweet. ~He glorified many fish in other verses, stating
39 40 |          for certain remedies in fish? For assuredly as nature
40 40 |      remedies are to be found in fish. Now, do you think it more
41 40 |         evil did you dissect the fish brought you by your servant
42 40 |       having inspected one small fish, although I have actually
43 40 |       actually showed this small fish, which you call a sea-hare,
44 40 |       ancient philosophers. This fish is, as far as my knowledge
45 40 |     phenomenon the fact that the fish known as the small sea-ass
46 41 |            41] ~`You dissected a fish,' he says. Who can call
47 41 |        or cook? `You dissected a fish.' Perhaps you object to
48 41 |        Pudens to do with his own fish at meals. And yet it is
49 41 |         for a philosopher to eat fish than to inspect them. Are
50 41 |         made it possible to find fish! I am, however, glad that
51 42 |          up this business of the fish, listen to another of their
52 42 |         their argument about the fish was futile an d bound to
53 42 | absurdity (for who ever heard of fish being scaled and boned for
54 54 |            Why do you search for fish?' `Why did you examine a
55 103|          permitted. `You examine fish.' Following Aristotle. `