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 ...

24 Of the Dolphin and the Eele.

A Certayne Dolphin finding an Eele in the sea, pursued after hir, whome when he had often caught, but could not holde, bicause of hir slipperinesse, he was wonderfull sory. But the Eele béeing disposed to mocke him, and thereby to escape, spake craftily to the Dolphin: I am sorie for thée, that thou arte too muche wéeried and gréeued with swimming after me, but thy labour is loste: for in the deepe waters thou shalt neuer take me, but goe with me into the mudde, and thou shalte haue me at thy pleasure. The foolishe Dolphin béeing in a chafe, and also gréedie of hys pray, began to swim after hir: in∣tending vtterly to destroy hir: when the Ele had

led the Dolphin into shallow places she wound hir selfe into the mud, and sayd: Come vp to me, for I shal be staied by the rootes of herbs, & thou shalt haue thy desire of me. The Dolphin gaue a skip to catche the Eele, but shée skipte into the mud, and shée stacke faste on dry grounde: In the meane time came a Fisher, and strake hym through, wherof he dyed.

MOR. He that goeth with his Foe, it is no maruell if he fall.