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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.
Mas me maravillo yo
como cos no comes paja.
Que quien suele rebuznar,
por asno le han de pensar,
no con vianda guisada,
sino con paja y cevada,
que son su proprio manjar.
The Friar very honestly reproves the Admiral for his rigorous execution of the game laws, and complains to him
