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 211
The Forrester and Lyon.
[illustration]
A Man and Lion trave••ling theyr way,Discry'd a Stony basis, to display,Insculpt thereon, the lanage of a man,Which had a Lion vanquisht, then beganThe first t•• vntwist••th emblem, and declare.
How vigorous men, and strongly active were.When one a Lion ta••'d, to whome agen,The Lion Answered, could Beasts paar•••• like menYou'ld find yt. Lions on more Men hane sed;Then those ye haue by your thin Conquests bled
Wild, Heeters this discribes, who boast ••haur donActs, which they never durst adventure on.
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