Æsop improved, or, Above three hundred and fifty fables, mostly Æsop's with their morals paraphrased in English verse : amounting to about one hundred and fifty more than do appear to have been so rendered by any other hand.
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Æsop improved, or, Above three hundred and fifty fables, mostly Æsop's with their morals paraphrased in English verse : amounting to about one hundred and fifty more than do appear to have been so rendered by any other hand.
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London :: Printed for Tho. Parkhurst ...,
1673.
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"Æsop improved, or, Above three hundred and fifty fables, mostly Æsop's with their morals paraphrased in English verse : amounting to about one hundred and fifty more than do appear to have been so rendered by any other hand." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A26535.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
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FAB. 26. Of the Countrey-man and the Snake.
A Countrey-man was angry with a snake,And to revenge himself an Axe did take;So wounded him he thought that he would die,(Though by the Axe seldome's Snakes destiny.)The countrey-man became exceeding poor,After the Snake h' had beaten out of door;And thought it was for that, invites' the snakeTo dwell with him again, who would not takeHis offer, for saith he, though well I waxe,I dare not dwell so near thee, and thy Axe.
Mor.
When a mans conscience misery doth awake,'Twill irk him to have wrong'd a very snake.Though those that injure us, forgive we must,Yet such we should take care how we do trust.
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