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Excerpt from The Congress of the Beasts, Under the Mediation of the Goat, for Negociating a Peace Between the Fox, the Ass Wearing a Lion's Skin, the Horse, the Tigress, and Other Quadrupedes at War: A Farce of Two Acts, Now in Rehearsal at a New, Grand Theatre in Germany
As for that Part of the \vork which falls to my Lot, alli can fay, is, that the Tranflation is as perfect as I could make it, and as elofe as the two Languages would admit of. And as the Author makes no other Apology for intro ducing Qladrupedes in his Drama, and allowing them Speech and Rationality, but that fifop and others had done as much before him, I beg Leave to content myfelf with the fame Excufe for my Share in this Undertaking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
