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less imagination than learning. Pope used to say, that it was originally written in Spanish. This I do not believe: but from the early connection between the Spaniards and Arabians, this assertion tends to confirm the suspicion, that it was an oriental tale[1]."—Warton.
- ↑ "I must not forget, that it occurs, as told in our Gesta, among a collection of Latin apologues, quoted above, MSS. Harl. 463. fol. 8. a. The rubric is, De angelo qui duxit Heremitam ad diversa Hospitia."—Warton.
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