I believe Ezalino is the ghoul (fool) who made the mistake of trying to reason with the donkey. In a message dated 07/13/2000 6:58:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: P.s. In Canto LXXII Pound writes, "I said: 'who are you'? 'I am that Ezalino who didn't believe the world was made by a jew,...'" Can anyone tell me who Ezalino is? >>