FABLES. ii Fab. VI.. The Band of the Frog andMoufe. F Rog-land'to five, and Micean R ealms to fpare From War and R uine., two bold Kings prepare The Empire of the MarJJjes to decide In fingle fight; From all parts far and wide Both Nations flock to ice the great event, And load with Vows and Pray'rs the Firmament : Oppos'd Petitions grant Heaven's Court no reft., While Hopes and Fears thus ftruglein their bread. Lip to the fatal Lifts and meaiur'd Banks Both Armies drew; bold Yellow-coats in R anks And black furr'd Moufcovites the circle man, Which the fix-finger'd Giant could not [pan. The riling Hills each where the vulgar crown'd : Nor long exped they, when the warlike found, Of fpirit-ftining Hornets, Gnats and Bees, ( Such Trumpeters would blood turn'd Ice unfreeze) Told the approach of two no petty Kings, While the Ions; Vale with big-voyc'd Croakers rings. Firft King Frogmoreton with the freckled face Enters the Lift (for they by Lot took place ) R iding a Crafijh, arm'd from head to heel In Shell, dime Nature's gift,inftead of Steel. Although the many-footed could not run With the great Crab, which yearly feafts the Sun ; Nor with the golden Scorpion could fet forth And meafure daily the tun-belly d Earth; Yet fuch his fpeed he ne'r was overtook By any flhell-back'd Monfter of the brook. 1) The