[Footnote 1: Ninth Eclogue of Virgil, 28th line.]
[Footnote 2: Sterne may have picked up this sentiment during his
journey in France, when the donkey was bewept. At any rate, it is
found in literature as early as 1594, when Henri Estienne wrote his
"Prémices:" "_Dieu mesure le froid à la brebis tondue._"]