Citation - Connecticut Gazette-New Haven: 1767.02.28

CG-NH.767.005
28 Feb 1767:22 (551)
THE ASS BY APPLICATION.
In Aesop's famous world of wit,
When beasts could do as he thought fit,
A fellow thought himself abus'd,
And represented by an ass;
And Aesop to the judge accus'ed,
That he indeed defamed he was.
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