¶Of the asse. ca. v.
THe asse is a rude dull beste & of ly¦tel understāding / onclne & slouth¦full / & he hathe a crosse vpon his backe & there is he wekest / but on his hinder partes he is stronge / he hathe a great hede and longe eares & he loueth this∣tellis better than any other mete but he hath a lothly crye / and thoug he ha∣ue gone a waye oftentymes yet he cā¦nat fynde it agayn / nor he wyll nat ex¦chewe the way for nothinge that me∣teth
¶The Operacyon.
¶Auicenna saith the Asse hathe grete vertue for they that sitte in the water that the asse is soden in / it heleth them of lepry the crampe or drye shrōked se∣newes / & the flessh is gode for thē to be eten / the leuer rosted & etyn in the mor¦nynge fastinge is gode for the pulētis his flesshe li••er or houe brēt to asshes