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[ Cf. "An Apology for the Character and Conduct of Shylock," in a volume of Essays published by a Society of Gentlemen in Exeter (1796), pp. 552-573.]
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[ This incident shews that the story belongs to the Grateful Beasts' class, though it is not said that Tiomberombi had conferred any benefit on the rats; it is only implied that he understood their language.]
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[ Veckenstedt, Mythen, Sagen und Legenden der Zamaiten, i. pp. 163-166.]