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"What was the end? I am ashamed / Not to remember Reynard's fate; / I have not read the book of late; / Was he not hanged? " the Poet said. / The Student gravely shook his head, / And answered: "You exaggerate. / There was a tournament proclaimed, / And Reynard fought with Isegrim / The Wolf, and having vanquished him, / Rose to high honor in the State, / And Keeper of the Seals was named!"
At this the gay Sicilian laughed: / "Fight fire with fire, and craft with craft; / Successful cunning seems to be / The moral of your tale," said he. / "Mine had a better, and the Jew's / Had none at all, that I could see; / His aim was only to amuse."