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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FAB. LXXIII. The Thrush and the Swallow.

A Young Thrush boasting of the Friendship she had contracted with a Swallow. Thou art a Fool, said her Mother, to make a Friend∣ship with one of a different Constitution from thine, and is, as I may say, of a different Clime; for she Delights to reside in hot Countries, and thou in Cold.

VVe should not think we can make those our Friends, who are of different Manners, and different Tempers from Ours.