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THe Frogges reioysed at the mariage of the Sun, to whom one sayd: O wretched kind, if we onely feare the Sunne beames, who will abyde hym if he gette children?
MOR. This fable is agaynst those, which ig∣norauntly reioyce at their owne harme.
A Fox espying a Wolfe fallen into a hole, dyd laugh, & reioysing skipped about the brinkes of the Pit, calling him foolish beast, which would
not beware of mens deceits. As he thus wantō¦ly scoffed, the earth fayled, and caried him heade, long in also: whome the Wolfe séeing to fall saide: I shall nowe carye a great comfort of my death to hell, bicause I see the Foxe (which moc¦ked me) perishe with mee.
MOR. We ought not reioyce at anothers mi¦serie, seing we may fal into the same likewise.
A Certain man had two Hogges which bare so mortal hatred one toward an other, that dai∣ly they tore eche other with their téeth: but whē their Maister killed one of them, the other was wonderful glad, seeing his enimie should dye incontinent: within fewe dayes after, when hée him selfe was drawen to deathe, he tormented him selfe, saying: Woe is me wretch, why did I so reioyce ouer my enimies death, whom so soone I followe to the same ende?
MOR. None ought to reioyce, no not ouer the death of his enimie, seeing it is euident that all must dye.