An _Ass_ puts in for an _Office_.
There was a Bantering Droll got himself into a very Good Equipage and
Employment, by an Admirable Faculty he had in Farting. The success of
this Buffon Encourag’d an _Ass_ to put in for a place too; for, says
he, I’ll Fart with That Puppy for his Commission, and leave it to the
Judgment of Those that Preferr’d him, which has the Clearer, and the
Better Scented Pipe of the Two.
The MORAL.
_Where Publique Ministers Encourage Buffonery, ’tis no wonder if Buffons
set up for Publique Ministers._