On a visit to England, he passed some time at the house of Sir Thomas More, a decided Papist. Upon his departure, "Sir Thomas loaned him a favorite horse, to go as far as the seashore and then to be returned. Erasmus, taking a fancy to the horse, kept him, whereupon Sir Thomas reproached him for not fulfilling his word, and taking what was not his own. Erasmus sent back the following lines, which contain a satire upon his friend's belief in transubstantiation:—
'That Christ's body is in the bread, say you,
Only believe, 't is therefore true;
So of your horse, if you are able,
Only believe 't is in the stable.'"
from: Jortin's Life of Erasmus.
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