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JOHN TROTT was desired by two witty peers / To tell them the reason why asses had ears? / ‘An't please you,' quoth John, ‘I'm not given to letters, / Nor dare I pretend to know more than my betters; / Howe'er, from this time I shall ne'er see your graces, / As I hope to be saved! without thinking on asses. '