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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Content in thy state.

56 Of a Snayle and the Eagle.

THe Snayle béeing offended that he continu∣ally abode in moyst and low places, desired the Egle, (of whom he had heard, that she flew so highe, that she mighte beholde the greatest parte of the Earth on euery side) to cary him vp on highe, wherby he might at once beholde both Hilles and Valleys, the Fieldes and the Sea. Which thing when the Egle had quickly done, she cast him downe, wherby he fell on y^e ground, and was dashed in péeces.

MOR. Let no man exalt himselfe higher than his state and nature doth require.

57 Of the Hare and the Foxe.

THe Hare and the Foxe made their petitions to Iupiter, the one desired swiftnesse to hys subtilitie, the other subtilitie to his swiftnesse: Iupiter aunswered them: In the beginning of the world wée gaue euery beast his proper gift bountifully: now if one shoulde haue had all, other had ben wronged.

MOR. God hath bestowed his giftes so indif∣ferently vpon euery man, that we oughte with our state to be satisfied.