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 / by Philip Ayres, Esq.

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Title: 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 / by Philip Ayres, Esq.
Author: Ayres, Philip, 1638-1712.
Publication: London :: Printed for Thomas Hawkins,; 1689.
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Subject terms: Fables.
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FAB. II. The Swallow and the Crow.

A Dispute was held with great obstinacy, between a Swallow and a Crow, which of them was most Beautiful. Wherein, after the Swallow seemed to have gained the Point of her Antagonist; But thou, reply'd the Crow, canst only boast of thy beauty in the Summer; where∣as mine endures all the Year round.

Soundness of Body, as most durable, is of more va∣lue than Beauty, which is but of a short continu∣ance.