S FABLES. Fab. XXIII. Of the Lyon grown old. COme all, come all, take your revenges full, My Coufin Horfe, the Boar, the Bear and Bull; Come all you free-born beafts, and now no more Tr... Show more
S FABLES. Fab. XXIII. Of the Lyon grown old. COme all, come all, take your revenges full, My Coufin Horfe, the Boar, the Bear and Bull; Come all you free-born beafts, and now no more Tremble to htar the cruel Lyon rore The Forreft now is ours, that Tyrant which So long proud Scepters fwai'd, in yonder Ditch Lyes bed-rid, brays the AfTe; then come each one And give him ample Retribution. And I'll redeem my R eputation loft: The Lyon now fhall know unto his coft, The Afs is no fuch daftard, nor fo dull; Then come, come all, and take R evenges full. This faid, the Vulgar rufh, both wild and tame, Where the old Lyonhy, Weak, Sick, and Lame : His Crown they feize, upon his Scepter tread, And pull his Royal Ermine o'r his Head. When round his Eyes the dying Monarch caft, And as he view'd them, groaning/pake his laft; I did not well, when I had Strength and Power, So many loving Sub/e&s to devour, Whofe friends take ;uft revenge: But where are they Who drank with me their blood, and Hiar'd the Prey To guard my perfbn from their cruel R age? Some my dim fight prefents, who now engage With greater Malice: ah ! for which good deed Friends doe you tear my fides ? You make me bleed ? 'Twas no well grounded Policy of State By Arbitrary Power to purchafe Hate; K But
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FABLES. But I did worfe, in choofing fuch falfe Friends, That ;oyn with Foes, having obtain'd their ends. Moral. When Kings are weatyhen affive SubjcBs jlrive To raife their Power above Prer... Show more
FABLES. But I did worfe, in choofing fuch falfe Friends, That ;oyn with Foes, having obtain'd their ends. Moral. When Kings are weatyhen affive SubjcBs jlrive To raife their Power above Prerogative : Both Friends and Foes confpire with Time and Fates, Oft to reduce proud Kingdoms into States. Fae
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I FABLES. Fab. XXIV. Of the Dog and the Afs. / / haft thou got Thy breakfaft yet, fpeak Sirrah, haft thou not ? Your whining and colloging will not ferve, Thy fat fides, Villain, ... Show more
I FABLES. Fab. XXIV. Of the Dog and the Afs. / / haft thou got Thy breakfaft yet, fpeak Sirrah, haft thou not ? Your whining and colloging will not ferve, Thy fat fides, Villain, fay thou doft not fterve, The Mafter faid to's Dog; then ftrokes his Head, And claps his Back, and Neck : the Cur well bred With fawning poftures firft plays with his Knee, Then leaps up to his Breaft, next who but he, His Mafter's lap's his Cufhion, where at eafe He lyes, and torments the tormenting Fleas. This put the fallen Aft in woful dumps, W"ho his deep Judgment for a Reafon pumps Why he fhould toyl, and eat the bread of Care; And th' idle Dog like his rich Mafter fare. Then with a figh he faid; Have I with Patience,and Packfadles, broke My heart and fides, my back fo many a ftroke Endur'd, to make my greedy Mafter rich > When his proud Steed lay fainting in a Ditch, And cry'd no more he'd be a Pack-Horfe made : I took the Burthen from the pamper'd Jade, And bore it ftoutly through a tedious Rode. And yet this Whelp, this cringing A-la-mode With Bels, and Collar,Hair in th' Ifland guife, Feeds with his Lord, and on fbft Couches lyes. And why ? becaufe hee'l fport, and fawn, and cog, He knows no other Duty of a Dog. This keeps no Sheep, nor takes foul Swine by th' ear, Ne'r barks at Thievs. nor playes at Bull or Bear, ' K2 But
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JB.SOTS FABLES. But a meer Foifting-Hound; well, now I fee, Not always Strength ..nor Wit, nor Induftry Gains Fortune's Smile; too oft in Princes Courts Great Favourites rife by Jefts and i... Show more
JB.SOTS FABLES. But a meer Foifting-Hound; well, now I fee, Not always Strength ..nor Wit, nor Induftry Gains Fortune's Smile; too oft in Princes Courts Great Favourites rife by Jefts and idle Sports And Complements: if fo, there's none furpafies For Complement your Complemental Ajfes. I am refolv'd their Dog-fhips, Ape-fhips all This day to imitate, fall what my fall. This faid, the Afs pricks his notorious Ear, And like a Hobby-horfe, or dancing Bear, Begins to move, now like a Spaniel plays, But ftill his own Voyce frights him when he brays. Then to his Mafter boldly he drew neer, At laft charg'd him with a full Career: Then rifing up takes with a rough im brace, About the Neck, offers to lick his Face, And with foul Hoofs wanders all or hisBreaft. With wonder then and fuddain fear oppreft, Th' affrighted Mafter calls aloud for aid ; Then Ajfinego for his folly paid: Who,while his bones Swains made with beating fore, Did thus his Fortune patiently deplore; My Genius, and my Perfon I miftake, Not every Block a Mercury will make ,* Foul ways, and heavy Burthens better fuit With Ruftick Ajfes, than the Ivory Lute. All things befit not all,and Imitation Is for the Ape, more than the Afs,in fajhion. Moral. Oft airy Jefiers, and fh ant ajlicDr oils: Tahg more than wife,learn d, or indnjlrious Souls : A handfome Mien, a varnijh'd Out-fide,can More than the golden Linings of a Man. Fab.
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JSOPS FABLES. Fab. XXV. Of the Husband-man and Snake. 1~~"^Here dwelt a learned Serpent neer a Grove,, W^hom Fortune did not love. She gave him want, whom Nature had made And Induftry had t... Show more
JSOPS FABLES. Fab. XXV. Of the Husband-man and Snake. 1~~"^Here dwelt a learned Serpent neer a Grove,, W^hom Fortune did not love. She gave him want, whom Nature had made And Induftry had taught all Sciences. (wife, He knew each walk in Heaven's great board of Chefs VKhere Games not end in many thousand years : Could golden Hieroglyphicks all expre/s Which fill the Volume of nine mighty Spheres : He could the Mufters of Heaven's Army tell, And when Stars ruling Seafbns rofe, and fell. There was a Shepherd,who by his advice Grew wealthy in a trice. His thousands wandring on Sicilian Hils. Twice every day a milky River ills His fnowy Pails j his numbers not decreafe: When from the Sky fome dire Contagion falls, fmefs When Herds & Flocks fcarce make up Death one Thijifon raging in full Coats and Stalls. This Swain invites the Snake his Houie to grace, And live with him, the w Genius of the place. U) Snakes were generally the En-gn of a place confecrared to the ods, as may be coa jeftur'd from this Verfe of Perjins Satyr i. Tinge Ams atigues; fueri, facer efl h- He that the wi/efr. Charmer would not hear Gave to this R uftick ear, Refolv'd to leave fad Hunger, Cold, and Care, For roofs, where Joy,and Warrrith,and plenty were. Nor long he fb/ourn'd, when th'illnatur'd Swain, Vex'd that he could not fell a ftubborn Oke, With the fame hatchet would his Gheft haveflain, And raging charg'd him with a mighty Stroke; y p Tombs of Heroes.- of which Plutarch in the life of ^.r gives this i i ii fol! duct Serpents: phich the Mutants ei-fcrvitig, of til animals Jid efpecUllj appropriate them to the Heroes. The fame Author reports, that a .Serpent was taken about the dead body of Cleomcxesflnd Paaltts lALmilias writes that one was found in the Tomb of Charles Marttl, where there was nothing but the Corps to produce it.-and Pliny affirms that he hath heard of Hardly *-
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6'Z FABLES. Hardly with life the wounded Serpent fled To his own feats,and frighted hides his Head. Thofe whom we wrong^we hate: what Arts the ftern R uftick before did learn From the wife S... Show more
6'Z FABLES. Hardly with life the wounded Serpent fled To his own feats,and frighted hides his Head. Thofe whom we wrong^we hate: what Arts the ftern R uftick before did learn From the wife Serpent, now feem'd poor, and cheap : Who Winds and Stars obferve, not Sow,, nor Reap. Him Induflry, and Fortune happy made; But not long after Udders full wax dry, A chaffie Ear fhoots from a wither'd Blade; His Corn is Wafted, Sheep and Cattel dy. Suppliant heftands then at the Serpentsdore, And thusdefires his company once more. Wife as thy felf, than Doves more innocent., The injury I repent ; And though 'tis Juftice,fince thy Head did fed My cruel Axe, that thou friouldft brui/e my Heel ; Yet pardon me, and once more I entreat, That thou wouldft blefs my little Houie again. Then Ipoke the Serpent from his low-roof'd feat, Though the W'ound's whole, the memory I retain; Yet I'll forgive the WVong, but never more While thou a hatchet haft come in thy dore. Moral. What pleafure hath fill Boards jwhen or our Head, A ponderous Sword hangs on a twijled Thread? Fly dangerous Company j&hen Choler burns, Oft Princely Cheer to bloody Banquets turns. Fab.
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JZSOPS FABLES. Fab. XXVI. Of the Fox and the Crane. NOble Sir Crane,1 tarried at my Gate, You^and your Victory to congratulate. I heard the Battel was both (harp and long; The (*> Pigmie... Show more
JZSOPS FABLES. Fab. XXVI. Of the Fox and the Crane. NOble Sir Crane,1 tarried at my Gate, You^and your Victory to congratulate. I heard the Battel was both (harp and long; The (*> Pigmies are a Nation fierce and ftrong. Bepleas'd good Sir to light, And take a Bait with me, 'tis long to night; Thus did the Fox the mounted Crane invite. The Crane not doubted but the Fox could gibe, As well as any of his fubtile Tribe. But the (harp Air amongft Rifhxan Rocks, Where nothing was but Hunger,Cold,and Knoc Provok'd his Appetite; Befides, afavoury Steam did him invite, And his long Nofe now flood in his own light. At laft Fox-hall they enter, where they fbs A Table in a Broathy Deluge drown'd. Broath muft not cool; This piddles with h While young Sir Reynard did whole Rivers Licks up the Mediterrane, Drinks mifty Bays, then guzzles up the Main, Till the boards Weinicot face appears again. When to himfelf the vex'd Crane faid; Did I That Giant Pigmy kill twelve inches high, When breaking of our egs a Sea he made ? Him, fpitted on this Bill,with wings difplai'd I carried or the Rocks: And fliall this long-tail'd Cur, this Fox-furr'd Fox Abufe me ? Muft rny fhoulders bear his Mocks ? W Of the Cranes and Pygmies, fee Note on Fable 15. I
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FABLES. It muft not be. This faid, he wipes his Bill, As if that he had banqueted his fill, And Reynard then invites,with many thanks, To tafte a Dim brought from Caifters Banks, The Fox con... Show more
FABLES. It muft not be. This faid, he wipes his Bill, As if that he had banqueted his fill, And Reynard then invites,with many thanks, To tafte a Dim brought from Caifters Banks, The Fox contents, nor did Believe the Crane to any thing would bid His Worfhip,unlefs Veal,or Lamb, or Kid. ( i) Tdntahs, a friend of the Gods, admitted to their counfels, was cart down into Hell for revealing of them ; where he hungers and thirfls in the midft of plenty. Homer Iliad. 11. Kai ii , Tzt-mKtv bVhAi- "' *)*' suffering^torridTmf A pleafant River clofe up to his Chin . Who thirfty, oft as he defir'd to drink. Dry Sands appear,and fuelling billows (hrink Beneath his Feet,forc'd by feme angry God; About his Head , Trees which rich Fruit did load, Pears, Apples, Figs, and Olives in a throng Their varioai kinds in dangling Clu- flers hung . Oft as th" old man ftrove one of them Th' appointed hour is kep't, and as he wifh'd Choice Gates he found, but in glafs Viols difh'd. This diving with his beak fweet Morfels picks, With watry Jaws dry Glafs Sir Reynard licks: Then (aid ; I have deierv'd With{t) Tantalising Banquets to be fterv'd, And am with trich^sfor trices moftjuftlyfervd. A Wind conceal'd, or blew o of his Whom Ovid follows lib 4. Mtttmn fhtf. Depr(ndnnturijHt, qutq antalns deceitful water flips ch'dat fruit avoids his touched By which the Antients fignificd how fatal a thing it was to difcover the fecrets of Princes. Moral. The mofi ingenious- Scoff's, and bitterft Taunts, Arc befl revenged with the lif^e Affronts : But many times from them fuch Rancor breeds, That he that langlSdatfirftJoon after bleeds.
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FABLES, Fab. XXVII. Of the File and the Viper. *%^ T""^T T" As't ill-advifing Hunger did perfuade, / / Or Anger,that fondVifer to invade A horrid File^ which had an iron husk Sc... Show more
FABLES, Fab. XXVII. Of the File and the Viper. *%^ T""^T T" As't ill-advifing Hunger did perfuade, / / Or Anger,that fondVifer to invade A horrid File^ which had an iron husk Scorn'd the Sharks tooth,defi'd the wild Boars tusk : It had a skin fo hard, and rough, As that infernal coat of Buff The Luciferian General had on In the firft grand R ebellion : W hich no Celeftial arm Could harm, Or pierce, But his, who guids the Stars, and rules the Univerle. But Anger gave the caufe he fo miftook ; He knew the fweating Artift was no Cook, W7ho with this File that clay had polilhed The Snakes which Periwig the w Gorgon's- head, And had fiPd down the fpeckled Mail, Which ihining arm'd th' old Dragon's Tail: He thought thofe Snakes alive had been, And ftrange Tortures he had fcen. Since on the Man he could not light To bite, He glides Raging with venom'd tooth,to pierce ftxonglr on fides. ( *) We cannot better defcribe the Cordons head than in the words of Si-donitu jiffilUnarii, EfithaUm. Gorgo t Ettranc s medium , f.iBura s; nitet hfidiofa /- The km re File, whilft he did gnaw and bite, Smiling lay ftill; at length it laugh'd out-right; Finding his Foe no Eftridge weapons had, Tomurther Horle-ilioos, and devour a Gad. L Then The Gargcns head, which guards her bofom, would h Changs thee to Statue flionldft thou it behold. The treacherous face fliines proudly and though dead, Lifes beaut)- keep .- Snakes matted round her head, Jn fncckled curies voluminoufly And biting trefles dirclv hifsih" breath. " It was the head of Meduf* cat off by/'/>, while (he was aflp and was carried afterwards in the midii of Mmnvj, (hield , according t0 l!;e defcriptionsof it by Homir and VW-
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66 FABLES. Then thus began ; Defift for ftiame. Thou hurtft not me I'm ftill the fame : When thou begin'ft a War, not only know Thy own, but forces of the Foe : Thou feeft I lye upon my back... Show more
66 FABLES. Then thus began ; Defift for ftiame. Thou hurtft not me I'm ftill the fame : When thou begin'ft a War, not only know Thy own, but forces of the Foe : Thou feeft I lye upon my back, And crack Thy Gums: He is not wife with bis ownjirengtb himfelf or corner Mo RAL Fools that with Spleen and Fury are pojfeft, Not mind their own, nor public^ Inter eft : Some, vext abroad, on their Domeftichg fall; Or bruife their fyiucfyes on afenfelefs Wall. Fab.
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Fab.XXVIIL Of the Hart. ^~-HeHart beholding in a Fountain clear HisftatelyCreft, With Antlers drcft, Admiring /aid,1 am a gallant Dear. How many in the Park like me appear > Where is the ... Show more
Fab.XXVIIL Of the Hart. ^~-HeHart beholding in a Fountain clear HisftatelyCreft, With Antlers drcft, Admiring /aid,1 am a gallant Dear. How many in the Park like me appear > Where is the Beafl that can, Or the CornutedMan. Shew fiich a homey Forrefton his Head? Nor could that mighty Stag, Arms like the/e Weapons brag, Which with the famous Clubman combated, Nor were ABxons branches fairer fpread. But his Supporters did ftir up his Gall; 'Mongft all the ranks Offpindleflianks, None were/o little, none had Legs fo /mall. Both God and Nature he un/uft did call, To mount him like the Crane, On four Limbs lefs than twain. Such /piny Shins ne'r went in any Road ,' Tho/e ufher Dames boail: half, His Legs had ne'r a calf; He wonders that on Stilts he duril: abroad, And why four Sticks bore /uch a gallant Load. Thus while he de/canted on every part, The Wood re/bunds With Horns and Hounds; Like to a Scythian Shaft, or Indian Dart, Or Clouds with Tempeft driven,flysthe Hart: Thofe
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jESOPS FABLES. Thofe Legs he fo much fcorns Did fave him, but his Horns Entangled 'mongft thick boughs made him a Prey, Who fpake with weeping eys; Poor Friends I did defpife, Who me from Dog... Show more
jESOPS FABLES. Thofe Legs he fo much fcorns Did fave him, but his Horns Entangled 'mongft thick boughs made him a Prey, Who fpake with weeping eys; Poor Friends I did defpife, Who me from Dogs and Hunters did convey, But Pride3 vain Pride} did the Proud Hart betray. Moral. Too much we value Beauty, Wit, and Arts, Since oft great Men are ruin'd by their Parts: Some with fmall Learning^and a flender Lift Of Vertues, Frowns officfye Chance rejijl. Fab.
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