122 FABLES. Fab. L. Of the Lion and the Forefter. VAft Forefts and great Cities open'd,when Betwixt wild Beafts and Men A long CefTation was ; And it was then That Citizens and Rufticks view'd the Lion's JDen, At his vail Courts amaz'd ; Where now fat Buls, Colts, and tame Ajfes graz'd, Through Defarts Travellers took the neereft way, Where with their Spaniels wanton Tygres play, Foxes mong Geefe, Wolves 'mong fat Weathers (lay. At Skinners Shops the Bear unmuzzel'd calls, Chcapning on furnifh'd Stals His Friend or Coufin's Fur: In 'common Halls Panthers behold themfelves on irately Pediftals. And now no Yeoman Cur, Nor Sergeant MafHve, Beads indebted, ftir; The Woods Inhabitants wander every where, And brifly Boars walk iafe, with untouch'd Ear, After the Proclamation they did hear. When the great Lion met a Forefter, With whom he oft in W^ar Had ftrove with various Chance. This with a Spear The Lion gald,that would his ftrong-ipun ambuih tear, Then boldly up advance, And with his Teeth in iunder bite the Lance, To