FABLES. (a)D*d*lni with his Son Icarus being imprilon'd by Minos, and feeing no pollibility of efcapeeither by Sea or Land, makes htmfelf and his fon artificial wings, and faves himfelf by flight through tha air ; but his Son , having the cement of his wings melted by his too near approach to the Sun, dropt into the Sea, from him call'd the Ic'a-WrfwSea .- The Moral of this Fable Seneca the Tragedian delivers thus: at heights, great downfah ballance Be gre'at and glorioas they that w I.tt none for patent me adore. M ay my fmal Bark coalt by the fh U'uforcd to fea by lofty Winds, Calm Bayes proud Fortune n minds; Bt -hips on high wrought H':;s afl Whofe ! op (ails {well with clo The Hiftory contain'd in it is this : DrMhs iinprifon'd by Mini in the Labyrinth, efciped by a wile, and put to Sea in two fmall vcfkls; the one guided by bm;fdf,ihe other by his Son Icarus, when by the help of their Sails invented by Utdtlui, they out-(tripe their purfutrs : Which bfcaufe they weredifplaytd like Wing,and carried them with fo ftrange a celerity , they were feign'd to fly. But Icarus by bearing too q eat Hail , nverfet his Bark.at.dpsr.fh. J in t'l. v. >.. Fab.XLVII. Of the Rebellion of the Hands and Feet. REafon3 once King in Man, Depos'd, and dead The Purple Ifle was rul'd without a Head : The Stomach a devouring State fwaid all; i At which the Hand? did burn^ the Feet did gall: Swift to fjhed Blood, and prone to Civil Stirs Thefe Members were, who now turn Levellers: The vaft R evenue of the little World Is in the Exchequer of the Belly hurl'd, And Toy! on them impos'd by Eternal Laws; With a drawn Sword the Hands thus plead the Caufe; Freeborn as you^here we demand our Right, Keafon being vanquifrYd, the proud Appetite In Microcofmus- muft no Tyrant be, The idle Paunch fliall work as well as we. The Stomach promis'd, and fo gain'd our loves, Our King dethron'd, we fhould in Kid-skin Gloves Grow /oft again, and free from Corns,the Feet In Cordovant at leifure walk the Street, Who now toy! more than when that Monarch fwai'd: Then we did works of Winder, then we made JEgy^tian Pyramids, Maufolus Tomb, Built the GranCaire, great Ninive, and Rome; Heaven-threatning Babell, thofe sky-kifliing Tow'rs, Proud boaft themlelvs, a mighty Work of ours; We (-a) Dadalns wing'd to fly from ipire to fpire, And Thunder fram'd out-ranted Jove's loud Fire; Thefe were our Work, which are by Fameenroll'd; Now we drefsMeat,Change it fome God to Gold. Skies,Seas,we ipread with Nets,vaft Earth with Gins, To banquet you, who feaft (even deadly Sins. Did