Though man, in numbers, yields to them within this sphere.
Their blood may lawfully be shed for needs of man;
Because they lack th’ ennobling spark of reason’s scan.85
The brute is held of low degree on this our earth;
As being weighed against great man’s superior worth.
What value will attach to thee, thou arrant fool,
If, like an ass, thou spite the lords of reason’s school?
The ass, that renders service meet unto his lord,
Men slay not. ’Tis the wild ass does them chase afford.
The ass reaps naught of recompense for merit due;