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Text: 1SOP. Fab. I. Of the Cock^ a?yl pretious Stone. T O If T Chanticleer three times aloud proclaims Day's fignall vidory ore Night's vanquifh'd Flames: As oft the mighty W Lyons are affrighted ...
Show more 1SOP. Fab. I. Of the Cock^ a?yl pretious Stone. T O If T Chanticleer three times aloud proclaims Day's fignall vidory ore Night's vanquifh'd Flames: As oft the mighty W Lyons are affrighted M*rs tardy Sentinel three times aloud proclaim'd Th' approaching Day. The Fable is thus related by L*ci*n. There was a young m*H u,^ A lector, very intimate wi,h Mars, in Jo much that wherfoevtr Mars *f to Venus, be tetk. Ale&or ><& &, (/ri/ the Sun wjj/;; i,; In. w Vulcan ) W /f/( /w to jm wf ffe Acr, rfj< to give notice wh: the Sun up. pruch'd. On 4 time ke&otfc!la/lee?-And*mlliglj bttmj'd his Trft : The Sun difcoverdthe two Lovers iVu!can, who cufk them in 4NetMan,asfoc as he rnugct Imje, in anger turned the jouxg MU t. a CccK: for this r/*>/w tbt Su rifilb, the C^cro^s n give mice of his tffroitch. Chtretr.'x tlie Stoifk, and Proclas and/>erpAjrr.(,I>ytbagorc. an philofopbers.afcribe the crowing of the Cock before day to a fympathy betwixt that Bird and the Sun, affirming, that the Sun contributes fomeihing ce-ieftial to it, for which it gratefully ri- Hence perhaps is the Cock called the Perfia* Vird,Hefychins, rHftnx.li i{r,t, i axx7puV- becaufe.as the Virfians, he worfhips the rifing Sun : but the common reafon is taken from the Fable related by Ariflejhimes, in Avibtts, That on a time the Cock was Rmperour of Per/*,and raigncd tyrannically ; info-much that full all pevfom ss foon as he crow*betake ihemfelves to labour, as if fearing punrflimenc for negligence. fb, The reafon why the Lion is a-fi aid of the Cock.Prw/xs faith, is, be-caufe the Cock hath a much greater fhsre of i he <:uns influence then the Lyon , though they both derive their Katures from him. But Lucretius O- He from proud R oofts, high as the thatch defcends, s'**k'J"* "'"fm'ecd"immi^ His Wives, his Concubines, and fair Race attends. ^-, "I"'/', "'' {r1^ With his fhrill Notes, while others are delighted. In a fjhort Coat of Feathers warm as FurSj In Boots drawn up, and gilded Spurs^ ( Of old the valiant-Cock the Eagle Knighted ) Thcreare not any Seflt of Philofophy things to immateriality, The Eiicitre, boih allege for this, ( nbfit verb* invidi*) a feed in the Cocks body lies. And through the Balls with horrid anguifli goes, effluent attorns hurt the Lyons Eyes, That they their Courage, and all ficrcencf* lofe. te than tliefe two ; The Pytbtgorednr nd Actidemk'^ endeavouring to bring i .terislity : and if I may freely give my opinion of the reafons . to 1i:i:ih J.n '"T Scaling
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Text: JESOPS FABLES. (c) The Diamond playes four warm which art tour colours, White, Brown, Blew, and Green. White the beft. Brown the ficond bdt, Blew the third Green the worft ; yet the White T...
Show more JESOPS FABLES. (c) The Diamond playes four warm which art tour colours, White, Brown, Blew, and Green. White the beft. Brown the ficond bdt, Blew the third Green the worft ; yet the White Tabk-Diamand, ifit be thick, will play black, but if it play white it is much better. (</) Pliny lib. 3 7. cap. 6. Vuritia in-tnarralilys eft, [imulque igninm viOrix atura,& nunqneim incalefccns^mde e~ nomcx Indomitavis Grxca interpretative Acctfit. Its bdrdnefs is'untxfreffi-ble : it f nature conquers fire, never ta-kjg heat: Tthrnct earned ijk^t by f^Grceks by the Arabians DUmah , from Dim, to endure : whence our word Di'imwd. Scaling a fordid Mountain, ftraight he found A Star in Duft, a iparkling Diamond. Then fpake the Cock : Stone of the W whiteft Water, Whom(d) Time, nor Fire can waft, nor Anvil batter; If thee fome skilful Jeweller had fold, Adorned thus with pureft Gold, To a fond Lover : He, his Love to flatter, Would (wear his Ladies Eyes out-fliine thy Raies (Brisjhteft of Gems) although (he look nine waies. ( rv. Amongft other properties for winch the Dian-nnd is compared to and made the Emblem of learning, receive thefefrom Piiny lib. 37. cap. 6. I'enrn* irrita faeit,& Ijmpbatioxes abi-git,& mettts x ams expert, It null, the force if J>ojfcn,it expels frenzy, and vain fears. This fable wa? elegantly tranfla-ted by rhidmt ,oneof the Liberti ofAugustus. lib.3. Fab. 11. Jnflirquilinio puUns gaKinacens Dim vtrit efcam, margarium reppt- Jal es indigao cjuan-a m,if nit, lao Hoc fi quit pretn i nfijus vidijjet tut, Olim rcdifs ad fplcwkrem maxim* Egijiitt inveni, pthr c*i mnlto cilm<, Nie tiki frcdtjjc, nee mihi ?*<>?*, The young Cock ranfacking a Dung- hil found, In queft of fofcer fare, a Diamond ; Bright Gem, how ill faid he.thpu here imh thee who knew thy worth e tins in all thy glory id, fuch Gewgaws I not rment for your fairer Thou ^ Emblem of vain Learning may'ft adorn The wifeft, but give me a Barley Corn. Let meagre Scholars wafte their Brains, and Tapers, In queft of thee, while they turn anxious Papers, Let me have pleafure, and my belly full; . Far better is an Empty Scull Than a Head ftuff'd with Melancholy Vapours. Lye ftill obfeure ; I'll be to Nature fynd; My Body I'll not jlarve to feed my Mind. had Thou hadil e look*. Cnowthiss value ot good Moral. Voluptuous Men Philofopby deftife ; Down with all Learning the armd Soldier cryes : On Gleab, and Cattell, greedy Farmers look I And Merchants only pri^e their Countin Fab.
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Text: JESOTS F ABIES. Fab. II. Of the Dog and Shadow. fwt HIS Dog away with a whole Shoulder ran, B Let thanks be to the carelcls Larder-Man, Which made the Proverb true: both large and g...
Show more JESOTS F ABIES. Fab. II. Of the Dog and Shadow. fwt HIS Dog away with a whole Shoulder ran, B Let thanks be to the carelcls Larder-Man, Which made the Proverb true: both large and good The Mutton was, no way but take the Flood ; His fellow-Spaniels waiting in the Hall, Nay Hounds, and Currs, in for a fliare would fall; Thofe Beggars, that like Plague and Famine fit Guarding the Gate, would eat both him and it; Shrewd were his doubts left Serving-Men might put In for their part, and ftrive for the firft cut: A thoufand real Dangers thus perfuade. As many more his nimble fancy made ; Faces about, ftraight at a Poftern-Gate He takes the Stream, and leaves the reft to Fate. 'Twas in the Dog-daies too, the Skies were cleer, Not one black-patch did in Heaven's face appear : Breathlefs the Sun left two and thirty Winds., And fuch the Calm as that the W Halcyon finds. When a refra&ed R ay, a golden Beam In the grofs Medium of the darker Stream Pencil'd an other Shoulder like to that The Dog had purchas'd, (('; but more large, and fat. To him who oft had fed from Beggars Caps, Shar'd in the Dole, and quarrell'd for fain Scraps, With twenty more for a gnawn bone would fiuhr^ A greedy W orm, a dogged Appetite Gave (ad advice, to ieize one Shoulder more. ( Some Mortals till tbey'r Rich are never Poor. ) Too rafli he bites: down to the deepcft Stream The Shadow and thcSubftance, like a Dream la) It is obfen 'd by the antienr Au-thours of Natural Hutory, that the Alqon ( or King fifTier) breeds a-bout the Winter Solftice, when the Seas are mo'l fmooth and calnr whence MpH ditsgrn aP.overb amongft them for ferene weather and the Poets ufeto attribute thecaufeof it to them : as ThtocriiHt in his Buco-lik The HMcyon fmctth flail th' Ocean, til. Ad calm t'htfe lluflerhrfrittJs that fia needs (hake. The Halcyc of all Bird, that haunt tht Is mrf 'ttlev'dtfthe Nereides. We cannot better give an account of thefe Birds then in ihe words of p.'irj who writes thus; nia Hslcyonum janm mr.r,a,Vnqm navigant,mvcre .-Fattficatit bruma, tjui dies Hxlcycmde: vecantur, fUiido mart per ets & uavi-gabili, Sicuh maxime^c. The very Seas, and they that fail thereon know when the Halcyons fit and breed They lay and fir about Mid-winter, when daies befhorreft, and ihe time whilft they are brooding is cali'd the Halcj-<m-die, : for during that feafon the Sea is calm and navigable efpecially on the Coaft o( siilf. |n other parts alfo the Sea is not fo boyfterons but more quiet then at other times! But fure the Sicilian <*a is very ecn-tje, both in the Streights, and alfo in the open Ocean. Now within feven da.es before Mid-winter they build andwuhin as many after they have' Obncit h-ic vdtit alt fyxram, Multo majertm frtd '", id r..idk, 'vifm diffurfit & no, i p<H velut infteculoqMC rc- Another Dog 'mi bears, Becsufe th' airs medium is more tt and bright, WiMih!n>che.vend ar.d ' l :-,;vs thefipht, r the fi n Mir l h W figure, as in Mirrors takes Which by refra&ional! things larger
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Text: reprcfented a cloud be the form of Juno, which attempted , and begoc iceptions of Ambition. Theltory which thisFable was founded is thi,; (.,V;i;iR o( Thefa/j.vihok Country i i;,;c;',l...
Show more reprcfented a cloud be the form of Juno, which attempted , and begoc iceptions of Ambition. Theltory which thisFable was founded is thi,; (.,V;i;iR o( Thefa/j.vihok Country i i;,;c;',l v/iih wild Culls proclaimed Cloud , whence rife the Fable of their ori^nal) mounted on Horfcs (therirlt in thofc parts that had made ufc or any) hy the addition of theirfpeed,overtook the Bulls and kill'd them with their lTreU%Jtneycaii^hLCSntaur.i m dum ftrr J,rtf!rtvolmt: ver Nccqutmfttcbtt*, dtmifit cibm, icoptmt att^crc. S**f, with his prize, whilftoreabrook hefwam. Saw in the cryft.i 1 Mirroar of the ftream, Himfelf tranfporti: g fuch another Prey, A fecond Courfe ; fuch fond hopes him betray. Provok'dbyAppetite ,the greedy wretch Drops the fwreet Boi ic, afaplcfs fliade Thus both the vain . refemblance , and his own Were , gaping for t wo Benefice*, son. JB.SO? S FABLES. Vanifli'd together ; thrice he dives in vain -t For the fwift Current bore it to the Main, To furnifh Triton's Banquet, who that day Married the famous Mermaid Galate. The Virgin (mil'd, but yet the eafie Nymph Ret urn'd not, for the Preient, one poor Shrimp. Thrice round he looks, raifing his woful head, To fee which way the Feather'djoynt was fled; But finding none, he is refblv'd to die, And with his Love dear Lady Mutton lie. Yet hating a wet Death, he fwam to more, Then /et a Throat up made the Welking rore; To hang himfelf in his own collar he Is next refblv'd, could he but find a Tree. Full of defpair, there down himfelf he flung Then thus his howling Recantation fung ; Here I the Emblem of fond Mortals fit, That lofe the fubftance for an Empty bit: Whom fair pretences, and a hollow fliade Of future Happinefs, Unhappy made: Nay States, and mighty Realms,with plenty proud, Thus for Rich W Juno oft imbrace a Cloud. He is too bleft that his own happinefs fyiorps. And Mortals to themjelves are greatefl Foes. Moral. Foul Avarice is of pregnant Mony bred; He that loves Gold^ftarves more, the more hes fed: Doubling ofthoufands ZJfurers to their coft Know, when both ZJfe and Principall is loft.
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