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A26488	Æsops fables, with the fables of Phaedrus moralized, translated verbatim, according to the Latine, for the use of grammar schooles, and for children ... / published by H.P.; Aesop's fables. English.	Aesop.; Phaedrus. Fabulae.; H. P.	1646 (1646)	Wing A686; ESTC R17850	20,151	78

AESOPS FABLES WITH THE FABLES OF PHAEDRVS Moralized TRANSLATED VERBATIM ACCORDING to the Latine FOR THE VSE OF GRAMMAR SCHOOLES AND FOR CHILDREN That with the more delight they may learne to reade the English Tongue Published by H. P. LONDON Printed by I. L. for Andrew Hebb at the sign of the Bell in Pauls Church-yard 1646. THE PUBLISHER TO the READER TO make an Apologie for the Translation of schoole-Schoole-books into English were vaine the great fruit that hath redounded thereby to the Teacher and the Learner hath sufficiently approved it my part at this time is to testifie my approbation of this Worke after perusall to satisfie the Printers motion accordingly I have compared it with the Originall Latine and find it an exact Grammaticall Translation thereof and therfore commend it to the use as well of young Grammer Schollers as to the new learners of the English Tongue who by reason of the pleasant Fables therein will be much allured and delighted to learne to read English Vale The Printer to the Reader THat this young AEsop might not prejudice the old one it is thought good to give the Reader notice that there is extant another larger edition of AEsops Fables not Grammatically construed as this is Primed of an English Letter to be sold where this Edition is containing the Life of AEsop at large together with the Fables of Avian of Alfonce and of Poge the Florentine THE TABLE OF AESOPS FABLES Fable 1. OF the Cocke 2. Of the Wolfe and the Lambe 3. Of the Mice and the Frogs 4. Of the Dogge and the Shadow 5. Of the Lion and certain other Beasts 6. Of the Wolfe and the Crane 7. Of a Countrey-man and a Serpent 8. Of the Boare and the Asse 9. Of the Citie-Mouse and the Countrey-Mouse 10. Of the Eagle and the Crow 11. Of the Crow and the Fixon Fable 12. Of the Lion spent with Age 13. Of the Dogge and the Asse 14. Of the Lion and the Mouse 15. Of the Kite being Sicke 16. Of the Swallow and other Birds 17. Of the Frogs and their King 18. Of the Doves and the Kite 19. Of the Thiefe and the Dogge 20. Of the Wolfe and the Sow 21. Of the Birth of the Mountaines 22. Of the Hound 23. Of the Hares and the Frogs 24. Of the Kid and the Wolfe 25. Of the Hart and the Sheep 26. Of the Country-man and the Snake 27. Of the Fox and the Storke 28. Of the Wolfe and the Carved-head 29. Of the Iay 30. Of the Fly and the Emmet 31. Of the Frogge and the Oxe 32. Of the Horse and the Lion 33. Of the Horse and the Asse 34. Of the Birds and Foure-footed Beasts Fable 35. Of the Wolfe and the Fox 36. Of the Hart. 37. Of the Viper and a File 38. Of the Wolves and the Lambs 39. Of the Wood and the Countrey-man 40. Of the Belly and the rest of the Members 41. Of the Ape and the Fox 42. Of the Hart and the Oxen. 43. Of the Lion and the Fox 44. Of the Fox and the Weesill 45. Of the Horse and the Hart. The Table of Phaedrus Fables Fable 1. OF the Wolfe and the Lambe 2. The Frogs desired a King 3. The proud Iay and the Peacocke 4. A Dogge carrying flesh over a River 5. A Cow and a Goat a Sheep and a Lion 6. The Frogs to the Sunne 7. The Fox to a Mans Image 8. The Wolfe and the Crane 9. The Sparrow Counseller to the Hare 10. The Wolfe and the Fox with my Lord Iudge the Ape 11. The Asse and the Lion a Hunting 12. The Hart at the Fountaine 13. The Fox and the Raven 14. Of a Cobler a Physitian 15. The Asse to an old Shepherd Fable 16. The Sheep the Hart and the Wolfe 17. The Sheep a Dog and a Wolfe 18. A Woman in Labour 19. A Bitch a Whelping 20. Hungry Dogges 21. An old Lion the Bull and an Asse 22. A Cat and a Man 23. A faithfull Dogge 24. The bursten Frog and an Oxe 25. The Dogge and the Crocodile 26. The Fox and the Storke 27. A Dogge and a Treasure and the ravenous Vulter 28. A Fox and an Eagle 29. The Asse scorning the Boare 30. The Frogs fearing the warres of the Bull-battell 31. The Kite and the Pigeon FINIS AESOPS FABLES Of the Cocke Fable 1. WHilst the dunghill Cocke scratched in the dunghill he found a precious stone saying Wherefore doe I find a thing so bright if the Jeweller had found it none should have been more glad then he because he would know the worth of it it is to me uselesse neither doe I esteeme it much yea truly I had rather have one graine of barley then all the precious stones in the world Of the Wolfe and the Lambe Fab. 2. THe Wolfe drinking at the head of a fountaine seeth the Lambe drinking farre beneath him he ran to him and rebuketh the Lambe because that he made muddy the water the Lambe beginneth to tremble and to intreat him that he would spare him who was innocent that he sith that he drank farre beneath him could not trouble the drinke of the Wolfe neither truly would he the Wolfe on the other side rayleth upon him Thou cursed thiefe it is to no purpose what thou saist thou doest wrong me alwayes thy father thy mother and all thy hatefull stocke are enemies to me by all manner of wayes thou shalt be punished to me to day Of the Mice and Frogs Fab. 3. THe Mouse did wage warre with the Frogs they did strive concerning the Government of the Marsh the battell was very hot and doubtfull the Mouse being craftie hiding himselfe under the grasse setteth upon the Frogge treacherously the Frog being stronger in brest and better at leaping provoketh his enemy in open fight a bulrush was a speare to each one of them which battell being seene afarre off the Kite draweth neere and whilst neither of them taketh heed to themselves for the desire of the battell the Kite snatcheth and teareth both the fighters Of the Dogge and the Shadow Fab. 4. THe Dogge swiming over a River carried a piece of flesh in his mouth the Sunne shining even as it happened the shadow of the flesh did shine in the waters the which shadow being seene the Dogge snatching at it greedily did lose that which was in his chaps therefore he being amazed with the losse of the thing which he had in his mouth as also of hope at first he was astonied afterwards taking a courage he cryed out so Wretch measure was onely wanting to thy lust or desire there was enough yea more then enough if thou hadst not been a foole now through thy foolishnesse thou hast lesse then nothing Of the Lion and certaine other Beasts Fab. 5. THe Lion had made a bargain with the Sheep and certain other beasts to make a common hunting they went to hunt an Hart is taken they divide him they begin to take every part to every one as was

Wolfe and the Fox Fab. 35. THe Wolfe when he had enough prey he lived in idlenesse the Fox came unto him and enquireth the cause of his idlenesse The Wolfe perceived that deceits were a making for his banquets pretendeth that a disease was the cause of it and intreateth the Fox that she would go to pray unto the gods She sorrowing that her subtiltie had no better successe She goes to a Shepherd tels him that the Dens of the Wolfe were openly known for his enemy now carelesse might be oppressed unawares the Shepherd runneth upon the Wolfe killeth him The Fixon getteth the Den and the prey yet she had but a short joy in her wickednesse for not long after the same Shepherd taketh her also Of the Hart. Fab. 36. THe Hart beholding her selfe in a cleare fountaine praiseth the height of her forehead and her craggie hornes but dispraiseth the slendernesse of her legges whilest that she thus doth judge the Huntsman came upon her The Hart more swift then any bullet flyeth away and swifter then the Easterne wind driving the clouds the Dogs doe follow her flying but when as she entreth in a great wood her hornes were intangled in the bryers then at length she praiseth her legges and dispraiseth her hornes which made her that she was a prey to the Dogs Of the Viper and the File Fab. 37. THe Viper finding a File in a shop began to gnaw it The File smiled saying What foole what doest thou Thou shalt weare first thy teeth before thou shalt weare me who doe use to bite off the hardnesse of brasse Of the Wolves and the Lambs Fab. 38. AT a certaine time the Wolves and the Lambs had a truce who by nature have an enmitie hostages were given on either side the Wolves gave their Whelps the Sheep gave a band of Dogs the Sheep being in rest and feeding the little Wolves they howle for the desire of their Mother then the Wolves fall upon them they cry that faith and truth was broken and they devoure the Sheep destitute of the help of the Dogs Of the Wood and the Countrey-man Fab. 39. AT what time the Trees also had their speech the Countrey-man came into the Wood asking that he might take a handle to his Axe the Wood granteth it the Countrey-man began to cut down the trees with a new made Axe then truly too late it grieves the Woods for his light leave she grieved that her selfe was the cause of her own destruction Of the Belly and the rest of the Members Fab. 40. IN time past the Foot and the Hand accused the Belly because that their gaines were devoured of her being idle they command her that either she should labour or she should not desire to be fed she intreateth once and againe notwithstanding the Hands deny food the Belly being starved with hunger when as all the limbes began to faint then at the length the hands would needs be kinde but that was too late for the Belly being weake for lacke of victuals refused her meat so whiles that all the members envie the belly they perish with the belly perishing Of the Ape and the Fox Fab. 41. THe Ape prayed the Fox that she would give part of her taile to cover her buttocks for saith the Ape that that is a burthen to her which might be profit and honour to the Ape the Fixon made answer that she had nothing too much and that she had rather that the ground should be swept with her taile then that the buttocks of the Ape should be covered therewith Of the Hart and the Oxen. Fab. 42. A Hart flying the Huntsman tooke himselfe to a stall and intreateth the Oxen that he might have licence to hide himselfe in the crib the Oxen say they cannot be sure for both the Master and the Servant will be present anon he saith that he would be secure so that they would not betray him the servant entreth in and seeth not the hidden Hart under the hay and goeth forth againe then the Hart beginneth to rejoyce and nothing now to feare then one of the Oxen grave both for age and counsel saith it was an easie thing to deceive the servant who is as blind as a Mole but that thou mayest escape my Master who is most sharp in sight this is the matter this the paine incontinent afterwards the Master cometh in who that he might redresse the oversight of the servant looking on all things with his eyes and groping the crib with his hand findeth the hornes of the Hart under the hay he calleth in his servants they come running to him and lay hands on the fierce Hart and kill him Of the Lion and the Fox Fab. 43. THe Lion was sicke and other beasts did visit him only the Fixon did delay his dutie The Lion sendeth a messenger unto her with a letter the which warned her to come for that her onely presence would be most acceptable to the sicke Lion neither should there be any danger wherefore the Fixon should feare for truly saith he first of all the Lion is the greatest friend to the Fixon and therefore doth desire her conference and furthermore that he was sicke and kept his bed that although he would desire that which was not lawfull notwithstanding he might not hurt him the Fixon writeth backe againe that she desireth that the Lion may recover his health and will pray for that to the gods but will not see him and that she is terrified with his footsteps which foot-steps sith they all are turned towards the Den of the Lion and none turned from it which thing is an argument that many beasts have entred in but none have gone from thence Horat. I will declare that which the subtill Fox heretofore answered to the sicke Lion because the footsteps terrifie me which all looke towards you and none backe again Of the Fox and the Wolfe Fab. 44. THe Fox being slender by long hunger by chance crept through a very narrow chinke into a barne in the which when she was well fed and afterwards her belly being full hindreth her assaying to get forth again the Weesill beholding her striving a farre off at the length she saith if she desired to get forth she must returne to the hole emptie where she came in emptie Of the Horse and the Hart. Fab. 45. THe Horse waged warre with the Hart at length driven from his pastures requested mans help he returneth with the man he cometh into the field though overcommed before now is made the conquerour but notwithstanding his enemy being overcome and captivated the conquerour must of necessitie serve man for he beareth the rider on his backe and a bit in his mouth FINIS PHAEDRVS FABLES The first Booke of AEsops Fables by the worke of Phaedrus fri●●d to Augustus WHat matter or subject AEsop the Author hereof found or invented the selfe same have I polished with Iambick verses There is a double use of this little Book both