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. 110. Of Jupiter.

JOve all Affections had plac'd in men, Save only shame, at a great stand was then,

Page 209

How he might get in shame, goe in the crowd Said he, to shame, she answered him aloud I'le not go in, unless love leave the rout, If love come in, be sure I will come out.
Mor.
He speaks of love, but I think he means lust, Where that takes place depart from folks shame must; If that of lust (as I do think) was meant, 'Tis a plain case that whores are impudent.
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