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. III. Of the Horse and Ass.
A Horse and Ass were journying on their way;The Horse was only harness'd, light, and gay;The Ass was heavy loaden, and lagg'd behind,And thus, at length, bespake his Friend.Companion, take some pity on my State,And case me but of half my Weight.Half will to you no burthen be,And yet a mighty help to me.The Horse laugh'd loud, and shook his Head,And wantonly curvetting said;Seignior, we Horses never chuseThe Burthens that we can refuse;And should such Jest upon me pass,Methinks I should be but an Ass.
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The Ass quite spent, and vext to be deny'd,Sunk down beneath his Weight, and dy'd.The Master coming up, took off the Sack,And threw it on the Horse's Back:And having flaid his Ass, he threwThe filthy Hide upon him too.At which the Horse, thus sadly humbled, cry'd.(Letting some Tears for Grief and Anger fall)Whether 'twere Cruelty, or Pride,That I so fair Request deny'd.I am justly serv'd, and made to carry all.
The Asses of the South and EastDesire the Horses of the North and West,That, as to Parliament they Trot,This Fable may not be forgot.
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