Mythologia ethica, or, Three centuries of Æsopian fables in English prose done from Æsop, Phædrus, Camerarius, and all other eminent authors on this subject : illustrated with moral, philosophical, and political precepts : also with aphorisms and proverbs in several languages, and adorned with many curious sculptures cut on copper plates
Ayres, Philip, 1638-1712., Aesop.
FAB. XLIII. The Hermit and the Souldier.
BY a pious Hermit was a Souldier exhorted to leave off Fighting, and that lewd course of Life which he had so long followed, and for the future to attend the service of God. The Souldier thanked him, and promised to take his good Advice; For indeed Souldiers, said he, now in times of Peace, are but ill looked upon, badly paid, and debarred the Liberty of Plunder∣ing; so that it is become a Trade not worth the following.
Many leave off Vice, because they are not per∣mitted the exercise of it.
