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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Fables.
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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. 39. Of the Wood and the Countrey-man.
A Countrey-man a handle for his axeDid want, to th' wood he went which did not taxeHim with an ill intent, but for to takeGave him free leave, what would a handle make;A handle he put on (for he could do it)Went to the wood again, and then fell to itTo cut down trees, the wood stood and look'd onShaking her trembling leaves, cry'd I'm undone,
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And her own folly very much did taxe,That she would trust a Labourer with an axe.
Mor.
Some Axes have, but handles they have none,Give them but them, and you are quite undone,No wise man will give handles, he's a foolWill arm an enemy with an edge-tool.
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