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It happen'd that an old and a young Gentleman courted a young Lady, and both one day met at her House together; the young one being much troubled at the sight of his Rival, said mocking, Pray Sir, how old are you? To which the old man answered, 'Twere hard for me to tell you exactly my age, because I never reckoned it, but I am very certain that an Ass of twenty is older than a man of forty.