A Schole of wise conceytes wherein as euery conceyte hath wit, so the most haue much mirth : set forth in common places by order of the alphabet / translated out of diuers Greeke and Latine wryters by Thomas Blage ...

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Title: A Schole of wise conceytes wherein as euery conceyte hath wit, so the most haue much mirth : set forth in common places by order of the alphabet / translated out of diuers Greeke and Latine wryters by Thomas Blage ...
Publication: Printed at London :: By Henrie Binneman,; 1572.
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Subject terms: Fables, Greek.; Fables, Latin.
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Perseueraunce in his vocation.

231 Of the Dog and the Asse.

WHen the Dog fauned on his Lord or the seruaunte, they stroked him with their hands, and made muche of him: which thing the Asse marking wel, sighed déepely, being weary of his estate, yea and he thought it vniust∣ly appointed that the Dog should so be beloued of all men, as to be fed at his maisters table, & there vnto to attaine with ease and play: contrarywise, himselfe to cary packes, to be whipped, to laboure without ceassing, and yet neuerthelesse to be ha∣ted of all men: Séeing these things come to passe by fauning, he purposed to folowe that trade of li∣uing being so profitable: and watching a conueni∣ent time, when his Lorde returned home, bicause

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he woulde put the thing in triall, he ran afore t•• méete him: incontinently he lept on him & knoc¦ked at him with his héeles. Then his maister cri¦ed out for helpe, which thing his seruauntes hea¦ring, ranne speedely to him: and the foolishe Ass•• which thought him selfe ciuill and curteous, was well beaten with a staffe.

MOR. All men can not doe all things, neythe•• all things become all men. Let no man meddle aboue his capacitie, nor goe about that, which he is most vntowardly in.