Æsop's fables with his life in English, French & Latin / the English by Tho. Philipott Esq. ; the French and Latin by Rob. Codrington M.A. ; illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures by Francis Barlow.
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Æsop's fables with his life in English, French & Latin / the English by Tho. Philipott Esq. ; the French and Latin by Rob. Codrington M.A. ; illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures by Francis Barlow.
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London :: Printed by William Godbid for Francis Barlow, and are to be sold by Ann Seile ... and Edward Powell ...,
1666.
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Aesop.
Fables -- Early works to 1800.
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"Æsop's fables with his life in English, French & Latin / the English by Tho. Philipott Esq. ; the French and Latin by Rob. Codrington M.A. ; illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures by Francis Barlow." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A26496.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.
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descriptionPage 143
The Nurse and her Child.
[illustration]
A Lazy Tor••oyze slighted by a HareDoes to a race his active rivall dareAnd both 'fore they ye sol••••ne course ingageSubmit to the sage Foxes vinpinageWho the adjusted lists w••s. so divideAnd who atcheiv'd ye conquest to decide,
The Tortoyze gravely glides along ye lil••••s.Non from his speede till he had gain•••• desistsThe Hare who much on his quick pare ••ely'dFirst slept and then himselfe to run aply'dBut seeing ye dull Torboyze victor said,This loss ye price of his contempt hath paid.
Mean parts by industry those things dor ActWhich greater wau'd, forld by theyr dull ••••olect
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