Delightful fables in prose and verse. None of them to be found in Aesop; but collected from divers ancient and modern authors, with pictures and proper morals to every fable, some very pertinent to the present times. Published as a means which in all ages hath been found useful for pleasure, and likewise for instruction in the prudent conduct of our lives and actions. / By R.B.

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Delightful fables in prose and verse. None of them to be found in Aesop; but collected from divers ancient and modern authors, with pictures and proper morals to every fable, some very pertinent to the present times. Published as a means which in all ages hath been found useful for pleasure, and likewise for instruction in the prudent conduct of our lives and actions. / By R.B.
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R. B., 1632?-1725?
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London, :: Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultry near Cheapside.,
1691.
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Subject terms
Fables -- Early works to 1800.
Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
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"Delightful fables in prose and verse. None of them to be found in Aesop; but collected from divers ancient and modern authors, with pictures and proper morals to every fable, some very pertinent to the present times. Published as a means which in all ages hath been found useful for pleasure, and likewise for instruction in the prudent conduct of our lives and actions. / By R.B." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B08870.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.

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MORAL.
Who under cruel Governors Do live, were better far To keep their Old than change for New Who like Horse-leaches are.
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