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 ery of those ages, in England as well as in Spain; he thought it hurt his eyesight. But he was a great eater of eggs; one of his rhyming friends reminds him of this, and expresses his astonishment at the Friar's ovivorous propensities: this seems to have nettled him, and he replies, I am more astonished that you do not eat straw; for one who brays ought to be fed like an ass, not with meat which has been drest, but with straw and barley, as his proper food.

The Friar very honestly reproves the Admiral for his rigorous execution of the game laws, and complains to him