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Epigram. 41. Asinus ad Liram.

In merriment, I once vpon a time,
Did make a Clowne acquainted with my rime:


And gaue him leaue to turne a merry leafe,
Although I knew, I sung to one was deafe:
Yet how he, with blind eies, and iudgement blinder
Couldlook and like (for then a foole none kinder)
And laugh and draw his lips aside and smile,
At that he vnderstood not all the while:
Nay I dare sweare for right conceiuing mee,
His fathers horse had as much wit as hee.