The Boare and Asse. Fab. 8.
THe rude unmanner'd Asse derides the Boare,
Who being mov'd, doth grinde his tusks therefore:
Yet lets not choler on his reason trample,
But mildely saies, wert thou a fit exemple,
I could reuenge this wrong, but let it passe,
I scorne to take avengement on an Asse:
Scoffe on thy fill, thy basenesse gives protection,
Brave Boares contemne an Asses fond invection.
Morall.
Learne hence, if thou doest heare base ones thee wrong,
To suffer bravely, and to rule thy tongue;
Exchange not evill language with the base;
Such scabs account it glorie, and a grace
To be held worthy of revenge, and ultion:
Sleight them, that cramps them more than a convulsion:
The Horse regardlesse, barking curres doth passe;
And shall men weigh the braying of an Asse?