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

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Æsop in select fables ... with A dialogue between Bow-steeple dragon and the Exchange grashoper.
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London :: Printed and are to be sold by most booksellers in London and Westminster,
1698.
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"Æsop in select fables ... with A dialogue between Bow-steeple dragon and the Exchange grashoper." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A26536.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.

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FAB. II. The Cock and Pearl.

A Dunghil Cock was raking in the Ground, And flirted up a Pearl; I would, quoth he, thou hadst been found By some great Lord or Earl. My self a single Barly-corn Would, surely, rather find: We Creatures that are dull, Earth-born, Things only useful mind. Whilst they who are divinely Wise, And do from Jove proceed, Thy lovely orient Lustre prize. And for thy Beauty trade.
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