FAB. 63. Of the Eagle and the Crow.
FRom a high Rock an Eagle did come down
On a Lambs back, did not so much as frown
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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At his so doing, or show discontent,
('Tis not for Eagles for to complement
And say by're leave, because they princes are,)
At this the crow began to gaze, and stare,
Thought he might do the same, on a Rams back
He gets, and rides, who cri'd what do you lack?
Arrested him, in whatsoever name,
A trespasser, for on his ground he came;
For to make me thy Ass is too much pride,
Eagles on Lambs, not Crows on Rams, may ride.
Mor.
Do such things as thou caust, shun what is past
Thy strength, a Cobler mayn't exceed his Last.