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A Waifaring man hauing trauailed farre, vo∣wed, if he founde any thing to offer the halfe thereof to Mercurius. He found a bag full of Almondes and Dates, which he tooke and ease: but the Date stones and shelles of the Almonds he layde vppon an Altare, saying: Thou haste O Mercurie, my vowe, for with thée I partake both the outside and the inside of that I founde.
MOR. The Fable is againste couetous men, which for couetousnesse deceiued the Gods.