Æsop in select fables ... with A dialogue between Bow-steeple dragon and the Exchange grashoper.

FAB. X. The Wolf and Dog.

A Half famisht Wolf met a jolly fat Dog, That was let out for Air, and free'd from th' Clog. Quoth Isgrim, Friend Towzer, thou hast what I lack, How com'st thou by all this good Flesh on thy back? Says Towzer, I lodge, and am fed at Wh—hal, I live like a Prince, and do nothing but bawl. You live like a Felon, by paltry Sheep-stealing, But if you'l be rul'd, and use double-dealing, I'll help you to mighty Preferment at C—rt. And you shall pay nothing, but Flattery for't. Quoth Isgrim, I like the Conditions so well, I long till I'm there, for I soon shou'd excel; I can cringe like a Beau, and humour My Lord, And praise e'ry foppish Nonsensical word. 'Tis enough, says the Cur; so onward they jogg'd. Till Towzer, who often was collar'd and clogg'd, Like a Cur of good Manners in bowing betray'd The Ring on his Neck, which the Collar had made. Says the crafty fly Wolf, in that Circle some Spell I suppose is contain'd, by which you live well. 'Tis only, says Towzer, ne'r mind it I pray, Some loose hair my Collar has fretted away. Says Isgrim, I owe you, Sir, thanks for this gra••e, But if there's a Collar, that alters the case.

I'll purchase my Place by by no such submission, But forrage the Woods, and not alter Condition. The Wealth, and the Pow'r of great Places please all, Who wou'd shun the Fatigue, they're encumber'd withall. They wou'd have the Profit without the Attendance, And shift of the burden of slavish dependance. But here they may see by the Wolf, and the Dog, They that will have the Fat, must submit to the Clog.