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-&SOPS FABLES. Who, while the Clock ftruck Twelve, did run a Mile, And fliakes with thund'ring Hoofs the rotten Soil. And now the day was come, the hour drew on, When (even Steeds, fwift as...
Show more -&SOPS FABLES. Who, while the Clock ftruck Twelve, did run a Mile, And fliakes with thund'ring Hoofs the rotten Soil. And now the day was come, the hour drew on, When (even Steeds, fwift as thofedrcvv Phaeton, Were match'd to run for a huge Golden Bowl; Which,crown'd with Wine,muft glad his Mailer's foul That wins the Cup. Dafle fo well was known On his fide all would Bet, but 'gainft him, none. To the firft Poft they came, Jochps were weigh'd, Great Cracks on each fide were^and Wagers laid. The Signal's given, at once fevcn Champions ftart, i/,, Now Spurjnow Switch,Hank,Loofe,no little Art Their Riders fhew : Low as theirHorfer Ear Bending their Heads, they break refilling Air. The Earth with Hoofs, the Skies with Clamors rore, While Voices tumbled eccho on the Shore. But as Swift Dafle far did all out-ftrip, Ah dire Miichance! he ftrain'd and fhot his Hip; ' Thus fhaken out, he and his Rider droop, While in a duffy Cloud on goes the Troop. Here our f<xd Tale begins,This Steed unfit To run the Race, or with a burnifh'dBit To bear his wealthy Lord with Proud fhort Steps, Difgrace for all his former Service reaps: They take from him his Trappings, Silk, and Gold, And to a cruel Car-man he is fold, Labour'd all Day,and fed at Night with Grains^ He Dreams of Loads, fteep HiJ%a|id' narrow Lanes. With's Cart at's Back, weary and ill Arrai'd"; ; The Afs elpi'd him,an,d thus vapp.uring Brai'd j ' v, A Sir, I'm miftakenif I did nof-meet v , : ; Your Horf-iliip lately in.^his, vy^iqdingStj-eqt^: -.-.,: \ \ But you'r much alter'd in a little time, You'r lean, and poor, then fat,and in your prime; N 2 Where's
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Where's all the gallant Furniture you had ? How ruftily you look in Leather clad ? Nor your fbft Neck bends proudly in a Trot, With Ladies in a Belgick Chariot, Bounding on Velvet Beds; nor I...
Show more Where's all the gallant Furniture you had ? How ruftily you look in Leather clad ? Nor your fbft Neck bends proudly in a Trot, With Ladies in a Belgick Chariot, Bounding on Velvet Beds; nor I difcern No golden Scutcheons,on your gilded Stern; Your Wheels not thunder,nor your Axes flame; This is a Cart ; you draw as if you'r lame. Thus are proud Mortals paid, and them that fyiow No Mean in Blifs^Jball have no Mean of Woe ; And this fhall be the greateft Gall to Pride, W^hom they fcorn'd rich,grown poor,fhall them deride. Moral. Let no Profterity move Arrogance; Lity April are the fickle Brows of Chance : But when foe moft feemsfor theey then provide With Caution to allay dr-fwelling Pride. Fab.
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Fab. XXXVI. Of the Husbandman and the Wood. NEer a vail: Commons, was a mighty Grove, Protected by the(<) Hama-dryades, Which then had Manfion in thofe long-liv'd Trees; There flouriOi'd &...
Show more Fab. XXXVI. Of the Husbandman and the Wood. NEer a vail: Commons, was a mighty Grove, Protected by the(<) Hama-dryades, Which then had Manfion in thofe long-liv'd Trees; There flouriOi'd < Efcuks the Delight of Jove, And PbtbkfW LoVe; And there were Plants had Senfe, and feme could feed, And fruitful Palms did Male and Female breed ; Wool-bearing Stocks grew there,and fome of old Whofe Leaves were Spangles,and the Branches Gold; In aged Trees InduilriousBees Built FortrefTes, And did their waxen Kingdoms frame, And fbme, they fame, (came. From whofe hard Womb Man's knotty Of-lpring This wealthy Grove, the Royal Cedar grac'd, Whofe Head was fix'd among the wandring Stars, Above loud Meteors arid Elements Wars, His Root in th' Adamantine Centre fall:; This all furpaft Crown'd Libanus ; about him Elmy Peers, Ajh, Fir, md Pine /had flourilh'd many years, By him prote&ed both from Heat and Cold. Eternal Plants, at leaft ten Ages old, All of one mind, Their ftrength conioyn'd, And icorn'd the Wind: Here ni, (liven.and The laft of which we e ot HomtdrjMiis; andthefewere lieved to live and die with the T in their protection, according to A ianis hit j njferedfor hit Sire who aurft prt- vtke The Dryades ij cutting isun their Ok'. The Njmfh full (ft fetitim'd him with To fpgrt her Trie if equal bWth and JlUrt ; Since both their livtt didflwriji in that bole. But mi intre&ts could his r*fb youth central; fVh he-vs it dMn.The Njmfb riveng'd her Fall, T him and to his Ijfue tragical. (b) Plinj in his Natural Hiftory, lib.ra. c. I. Arborumgenera Nmii-bus fuis dicnto perfetm fervantur, nt Jovi EIchIms , Apollini Lauras , Mi-nenrac Olea, Veneri Mjrtus, Herculi Pefulus. The Ceremony of dedicating this and that kind of Tree to feveral Gods vtat nlwaiesobferved ; for the Ef-culus is ccnficrated to Jupiter, the Lv-rel to Apollo , the Olive-tree to Minerva, the Myrtle to Venus , ani the /-plar to Hercules. (0 The Laurel.
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JliSOTS FABLES. (d) M DtubtiA in Etirus w-s the molt ancient and famous Oracle of fi-fitrr. The Story of it is thus related by' Helens, the antiemelr of the Grttk Hifioriant, whofeems to ha...
Show more JliSOTS FABLES. (d) M DtubtiA in Etirus w-s the molt ancient and famous Oracle of fi-fitrr. The Story of it is thus related by' Helens, the antiemelr of the Grttk Hifioriant, whofeems to have b;tn irq;:ifitivc after the original of it. (he Pneflsof 7*^><-r, ztThtbe, a City in Efjft, told me that the Phe-mei.-.ns hnfilonaway formerly two Oftl.ai [Vieflefles, & fold one of them into Litjn,the other into Crtt. f,which Women firft conftituted.anhey under. Rood,Oracles in ihofe places. But the PrielUflVs ac Didona fay , that tliere flew two bbek Pigeons from Th. bes of Eipt ; the one into Libya, the other to il.rm, uhuh lighting on an Oak, faid with a humane voice, that there ought to be an Oracle of Jupiter there. '! :>ey, (iippo!;ng itto be a Divine com-nur.d, u>'d one to be built there. The reft of the Doimtans agreed with them in their i elation. My opinion of them, flits t-hrcdotHi , is this; If it be true tb f/fcPhenicuns ctrritd aV/ay theft w/o Libya, the ctbtr into Hellas itfecms t? me th.it tbisvomM-nxuftld to the Ihcfp:-o:ians in tfoCountnj how lal-W Hellas, ^ffcrt Pelafgia, wbire during kr SUvtrj fhe cenftcrated the fUi. i mtr x neighbourinr O.ik., it being rnbMt llut fluluv.ng ho,operated to Jup:ter, Egypt "wcMnuhthe minor] of him ben Not* thefe m-n>, vert etll'd bj the Dodoneans mmxJ'H Pigeons , facasfe nfin o unknown Language, thtjfeem'd totally like Buds, tuttlutlbii f'er White fpk_? mthah^m^e voice, baaufe Jbi by cojtverfation hid lurn'd the Greek. T',**:<e ; when th;] fa] the Piytu was ,tby t-gmfiethttthefromtnwts .- I gypiian. The Oracle nt Thebes i pyi'r, .>,./ th.:tm Dodona art very lk h J Here highly honour'd flood the facred Whom Swains invoke^ Which Oracles^ like that of W Dodony /poke. But in the neighbouring Commons dwelt a Swain That to his Hatchet long did want a Heft; Which only was the R oyal Cedars Gift: When to the under Cops (that did complain Their Soveraign A Tyrant was) he fu'd., they promis'd Aid : No Helve of Brier} or Thorn,ivas ever made. Some rotten-hearted Elms, and Wooden Peers, R un wiffi the Stream, fpurr'd up by Hopes or Fears; Avarice, Pride, Make others fide; Hoping more wide, Some mighty Trees remov'd, they in their ftead Branches might /pread From Sea to Sea, and raife to Heaven their Head. Then to theCedar he his Sute prcfents, About whom round his whifpering Counfel grows; Hot they debate^ fome fide,and fbme oppofe,' Whenj but unwilling, the fore'd King consents, And loon repents : Arm'd by his Gift, Trees fall in Ranks and Files, Friends, Foes, in Stacks to Heaven the Ruftick piles; Then hollow Vines firft cut with Sails unfurl'd Lines, that, like Nets, are drawn about the World; Great Trees and /mall Together fall, He ruins all: But fir/I the Grove told Oracles expires, And all their Quires, Enough t* have made twelve Cafars Funeral Fires. At
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uSOPS FABLES. At Lift the Shepherd Handing on a Hill, Beheld the Havock his own Hands had made. And with a deep fetcht Sigh, thus weeping faid ; Where is the Mad, and Akorns that did fill My...
Show more uSOPS FABLES. At Lift the Shepherd Handing on a Hill, Beheld the Havock his own Hands had made. And with a deep fetcht Sigh, thus weeping faid ; Where is the Mad, and Akorns that did fill My brifly Cattelftill? Ill-gotten Wealthy ah me ! is ill imploy'd., And I am poorer the whole Wood deftroy'd. Where fhall my Kids browfe ? How fhall I maintain My board with Nuts, and blufhing Fruit again ? Thus Avarice brings People, and Kings, Their ruinings. Thus Grants of Princes have themfeivs brought low, And oft o'r-throw Them, by their Fall on whom they did beftow. Moral. ions put into a mad Mans Hands3 May be tbefirft the Error underjiands: But Kings that Subje&s with their S&ordintrujl, If they dofitfer}feems not much nnjufi. Fab.
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Fab. XXXVII. Of the Hart and Oxen. AH me! poor Hart3ah Whither malt thou fly? A pack of cruel Hounds in a full Cry Are at thy Heels,on the bold Hunts-men ruftj In Woods there is no Safety, ev...
Show more Fab. XXXVII. Of the Hart and Oxen. AH me! poor Hart3ah Whither malt thou fly? A pack of cruel Hounds in a full Cry Are at thy Heels,on the bold Hunts-men ruftj In Woods there is no Safety, every Bufh My Horns will tangle in: ah ! where s the Stream Whofe Waves commiferating would from them To further Shores in Safety me convey, W^here I at laft my weary Limbs might lay ? Thus the chas'd Deer his woful Chance bcmones To Hils and Dales, deaf Trees and fenflels Stones; When his own Fate, by ill Advice, did call Him to feek Refuge, at the Oxens Stall. To whom he (aid; Ah ! for Acquaintance fake, Since we in one Park dwelt, fome Pity take, Receive me in; a thoufand waies you may Save this poor Life; I'll hide in yonder Hay. W hen one repli'd, He might in fafety ly There till the Men, and cruel Dogs pa(s by ; But if their Mafter or his Man came in, The Danger greater was,fliould he be feen. Keep Counfel, Sirs, and I will venture here: Under the Cock,at All-hid plays the Deer. W^hen a dull Servant enter'd, one that did Not half the Work his careful Mailer bid, Returning when the Beafts were ferv'd with Hay. Then flatt'ring Hope did the glad Hart betray. But an experienced 0x} whom Livie made Once ipeak before,to him rejoycing,faid; Unhappy Friend, thou haft imall caufeto vant; Wert thou as mighty as an Elephant, Stood
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jESOFS FABLES. Stood where I ftand, a Cattle on thy back, This Gown had left theefeeding at the Rack. This is a clod heavier than Earth; ruch Souls, Were all Heaven Sun, would fee no more t...
Show more jESOFS FABLES. Stood where I ftand, a Cattle on thy back, This Gown had left theefeeding at the Rack. This is a clod heavier than Earth; ruch Souls, Were all Heaven Sun, would fee no more than Moles: But when our Mailer enters, I adviie That clofe thou ly, for he hath Argus eys; To icape from him, that is a Work, a Task, Would all the Shifts of fubtile w Proteus ask, Scarce iaid, but in the bufy Mailer came, And firfl his Servant's Negligence did blame, Gathers the Offals, did the Litter (pread, The Labouring Yoke-mates with his own Hands fed; Here^ there, he pries, and iearcheth every part, Three Fathom under Hay he finds the Hart. Glad of the Prize,aloud for Aid he cals, Streight on the Deer,i Troup of R ufticks fals; . No hope of Quarter, he with weeping Eys Chief Mourner was at his own Obicquies. ; M Pntea, was King of the Eg)f-titxs about the time of the Trojan war; feign'd tohavechang'd himfelf into fundry forms , now Seining a Beaft, now a Tree nowVire. Ovid Met*-morph 1.8. t tjuibm in plur ttbi compltxi terram n Proteu.erc-. atifiie Others have power themfelves at will to change, As thou blue Proteus, that in Seas doft range. Who now a Man, a Lyon now appears Now a fell Boar.a Serpent'* fliape now A Bull with tbreatning Horns now feem'ft to be, Now like a Stone, now like a fpreading And iometimes I flows, Sometimes like fire fliows. a gentle River verfe to Water, Which he attain'd ,it feems, by his con-rerfation with the Magicians oiE^jft, of whofeftrange performances of that nature the Scripturei make mention. But Diodtrus Sictdu) faies, that the Kings of that Countrey wore fome-times the Shapes of Lyons, Balls, and Dragons on their heads, as marks of Regality ; fometimes Trees, Fire, and i'ic like which was the originil of this Grecian Fable. Mora l. ' When urgent Dangers prefs, 'tis hard tofiun; Stem Fortune loves to end, as/he begun : On Fear, and Haft, bad CounfeUftiU attend; Let none feeJ^Kefuge from unable Friends. o
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JESOPS FABLES. Fab. XXXVIII. Of the Lyon that was fick, ^~1^Hrough all the Foreft was a Rumor fpread, The King the Lyons Sick,fomereport Dead. No fboner was it trumpeted by Fame, But Wild a...
Show more JESOPS FABLES. Fab. XXXVIII. Of the Lyon that was fick, ^~1^Hrough all the Foreft was a Rumor fpread, The King the Lyons Sick,fomereport Dead. No fboner was it trumpeted by Fame, But Wild and Tame, From all parts came, With Countenances fad, Though inly glad; A mighty Throng at the Court Gates appear : But flie Sir Reynard was not there. To whom the King thus with a Porcupin's Quill Writ on a Leaf; Dear Coufin,I am ill, And your Ad vice now want to make my Will. If you fufpedl: ( but Fear is caufle/s, Sir ) Danger at Court,alas! I cannot ftir; The holy Wolf here teacheth Heaven s Commands, Grim Malfyn ftands, Wringing her Hands, The Lamb and Tygre fit Both at my Feet; But none of thefecan comfort ls} like you. You fhall not,Friend,your coming rue, Ah ! let me fee thee e'r my Eys do fail; You oft have help'd me, oft your Wifdom's Tail Made on the ground my Parliament Robes to trail. To whom the fiibtile Fox repli'd again, That he to Heaven would pray,his Soveraign May former Health recover, and once more From more to fliore Be heard torore, And with his Voice to make The Foreft make: But
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