FABLES. () Dido having obtain' d of Urktu fo much ground as an Ox' Hide would compafs.did cut the Hide into fo many fmall piecw as incloled twenty two furlongs, on which fhe built the City Canhngt, mentioned by Virgil. ^E- eul I. Dcvtnere locos ubi n i( e ingtn C Merctti'qxe felum , fuBi de nomine Bjr(**>, r*urino qmntHm pfcnt circtimdart They found thofe parts where now huge Walls, and neiv Tow'rs of afpiring Curtbtgc thou Call'd Eyf* from the Bargain ; fo () This Story is related by Htmtr, Iliad. 7. A(u'ru4 , &c. Thus hiving done, to Banquet they All of the Royil Treatment had their fliare .- But Agamemnon, as a favouring fign, Before great Ajax fct the laity Chine. Though no fuch Bull-calf my dear Mother teem'd;. With Wind my Sides and Back I'll fwell untill t;hey crack; Fancy fhall help^ a Revelation now Bids me be great, as th' of-ipring of the Cow. Thus having laid, on his Defign he falls; And both with Wind and Pride He fwells his Back and Side; To his Son then calls : Andfaid,MyHide Now grows as wide As that in thongs once mea/ur'd W Carthage walls. Nor on a larger Chine Did valiant Ajax dine, When him the ^ Grecian General did invite LTnfoyl'd by He&or in a /ingle fight. Then fpake his Son : Father you drive in vain. To me you not appear So big as his crop'd Ear; Ah, do not ftrain, The Wind I fear Your fides will tear ; And though your Soul may a new Body gain, A Father I/hall lack,- Should you bear on your back, A Caftle, and in/pire an Elephant, The Mou/eyour deadly Foe you (hall not wanr. Thus the wife Son to his fond Father /poke, While he did ftrivein vain Four Winds to entertain In one/mall Nook: Regions