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 157
The Angler and Little Fish.
[illustration]
An Augler did for his owne foode and dishWith a false bayt surprize a sinaller fish.The Fish did him implore that he'd transmi••Her to her watuy dwelling as vnfiltfor any table yett, but if he'd please
To let her range i'th' desart of the Seas,And but one yeare improve her selfe, she thenBeing thus mature, would court his hooke agen.No said hee never ile my selfe devestOf that firme right of which I am possest
Wee from this fable this result may draw,Possession is eleven poynts of Law.
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