The Praise of Folly

Did Folly prepare her speech beforehand?

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At the beginning, Folly tells her audience that she had not prepared her speech beforehand. Again at the end, she reminds them that she spoke extemporaneously. Erasmus, however, obviously spent much time on the writing of The Praise of Folly.