FAB. 65. Of the Jack-daw and the Sheep.
A Pratling Daw sate upon a Sheeps back,
Go ride upon a dog, quoth he, Sir Jack.
Jack-daw repli'd, he need not to be told
With whom he might, or he might not, be bold:
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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Page 43
Had I on Hedge-hog sat, or Porcupine,
I'de sat on thorns, but thy soft place is mine.
Mor.
Jack-daws dare ride on Sheep, but not on dogs;
Currishness, as to aeceptation, clogs
Men greatly, but is oft a great defence
From harms, that light on patient innocence.