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other_o work_n to_o have_v in_o a_o manner_n exhaust_v the_o subject_a vavasor_n too_o de_fw-fr ludicra_fw-la dictione_n ascribe_v the_o present_a fable_n to_o maximus_n planudes_n and_o not_o to_o aesop_n himself_o see_v also_o a_o great_a deal_n upon_o this_o head_n in_o the_o late_a historical_a dictionary_n of_o mr._n bail_n all_o which_o make_v i_o look_v upon_o sir_n w._n t.'s_n mighty_a commendation_n of_o the_o aesopean_a fable_n now_o extant_a which_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o this_o treatise_n to_o be_v a_o unhappy_a paradox_n neither_o worthy_a of_o the_o great_a author_n nor_o agreeable_a to_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o excellent_a book_n for_o if_o i_o do_v not_o much_o deceive_v myself_o i_o shall_v soon_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o of_o all_o the_o composition_n of_o the_o aesopic_a fable_n these_o that_o we_o have_v now_o leave_v we_o be_v both_o the_o last_o and_o the_o worst_a though_o i_o do_v not_o intend_v a_o set_a discourse_n but_o only_o a_o few_o loose_a thing_n that_o i_o fancy_n may_v have_v escape_v the_o observation_n of_o other_o i._o it_o be_v very_o uncertain_a if_o aesop_n himself_o leave_v any_o fable_n behind_o he_o in_o writing_n the_o old_a man_n in_o 357._o in_o in_o vespis_n p._n 357._o aristophanes_n learn_v his_o fable_n in_o conversation_n and_o not_o out_o of_o a_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v another_o 387._o another_o in_o avibus_fw-la p._n 387._o passage_n in_o the_o same_o poet_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o 〈◊〉_d which_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suidas_n and_o from_o he_o erasmus_fw-la scaliger_n etc._n etc._n affirm_v to_o be_v use_v proverbial_o you_o have_v not_o read_v so_o much_o as_o aesop_n speak_v of_o idiot_n and_o illiterate_v from_o whence_o one_o may_v conclude_v that_o aesop_n write_v his_o own_o fable_n which_o be_v in_o every_o body_n hand_n but_o it_o plain_o appear_v from_o the_o poet_n himself_o that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o proverbial_a 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of_o the_o scholiast_n it_o be_v extant_a in_o vespis_n p._n 330._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o he_o interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o one_o aesop_n a_o ridiculous_a actor_n of_o tragedy_n but_o our_o scholiast_n himself_o be_v more_o ridiculous_a if_o it_o be_v he_o that_o write_v this_o and_o not_o some_o trifler_n that_o foist_v it_o in_o among_o the_o other_o annotation_n for_o there_o be_v no_o aesop_n a_o greek_a actor_n in_o the_o day_n of_o aristophanes_n he_o mistake_v he_o for_o the_o famous_a aesop_n in_o cicero_n time_n a_o actor_n of_o tragedy_n on_o the_o roman_a stage_n and_o far_o from_o be_v ridiculous_a quae_fw-la gravis_fw-la aesopus_n quae_fw-la doctus_fw-la roscius_n egit_fw-la but_o the_o aesop_n mean_v by_o our_o poet_n be_v the_o phrygian_a himself_n who_o fable_n be_v call_v jest_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o in_o the_o other_o passage_n already_o cite_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hesychius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 631._o 〈◊〉_d orat._n lxxii_o p._n 631._o dion_n chrysostom_n speak_v of_o our_o aesop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d avienus_n in_o his_o preface_n aesopus_n responso_fw-la delphici_n apollinis_fw-la monitus_fw-la ridicula_fw-la orsus_fw-la est_fw-la ii_o the_o first_o that_o we_o know_v of_o who_o assay_v to_o put_v the_o aesopic_a fable_n into_o verse_n be_v socrat._v be_v plato_n in_o phaedone_n plutarch_n de_fw-fr aud._n poet._n laert._n in_o socrat._v socrates_n the_o philosopher_n laertius_n seem_v to_o hint_n that_o he_o do_v but_o one_o fable_n and_o that_o with_o no_o great_a success_n the_o beginning_n of_o it_o be_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v observable_a again_o that_o socrates_n do_v not_o say_v he_o make_v use_v of_o a_o book_n of_o fable_n but_o i_o write_v say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d those_o that_o i_o know_v and_o that_o i_o can_v first_o call_v to_o mind_n and_o this_o fable_n too_o do_v not_o appear_v in_o our_o present_a collection_n if_o we_o may_v gather_v so_o much_o from_o his_o name_v the_o corinthian_n iii_o after_o socrates_n time_n demet._n time_n laert._n in_o demet._n demetrius_n phalereus_n make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d collection_n of_o aesopean_a fable_n which_o perhaps_o be_v the_o first_o in_o their_o kind_n commit_v to_o writing_n i_o mean_v in_o form_n of_o a_o book_n these_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v in_o prose_n and_o some_o perhaps_o may_v imagine_v that_o they_o be_v the_o same_o that_o be_v now_o extant_a i_o wish_v they_o be_v for_o than_o they_o will_v have_v be_v well_o write_v with_o some_o genius_n and_o spirit_n but_o i_o shall_v demonstrate_v we_o to_o be_v of_o a_o modern_a date_n and_o the_o composition_n itself_o speak_v too_o loud_a that_o it_o be_v not_o demetrius_n iv_o after_o he_o there_o be_v some_o body_n who_o name_n be_v now_o lose_v that_o make_v a_o new_a edition_n of_o the_o fable_n in_o elegiac_a verse_n i_o find_v no_o mention_n of_o they_o but_o in_o suidas_n who_o cite_v they_o often_o under_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o will_v set_v down_o a_o few_o fragment_n of_o they_o both_o to_o show_v that_o they_o belong_v to_o the_o aesopic_a fable_n which_o have_v not_o yet_o be_v observe_v that_o i_o know_v of_o and_o to_o enable_v you_o to_o judge_v whether_o if_o we_o can_v change_v our_o modern_a collection_n for_o these_o we_o shall_v not_o get_v by_o the_o bargain_n 〈◊〉_d bargain_n suidaâ—_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o belong_v to_o the_o fable_n about_o the_o two_o bag_n that_o every_o man_n carry_v one_o before_o where_o he_o put_v other_o man_n fault_n another_o behind_o he_o where_o he_o put_v his_o own_o this_o be_v mention_v by_o catullus_n horace_n phaedrus_n galen_n themistius_n stobaeus_n etc._n etc._n and_o it_o be_v a_o blot_n upon_o our_o modern_a sett_n that_o there_o it_o be_v want_v 〈◊〉_d want_v id._n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vulgo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o id._n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o id._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o of_o they_o it_o seem_v be_v all_o hexameter_n 220._o hexameter_n id._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o schol._n aristoph_n p._n 220._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v a_o easy_a matter_n to_o find_v what_o fable_n these_o piece_n relate_v to_o and_o i_o think_v they_o be_v all_o extant_a in_o the_o present_a collection_n v._o this_o you_o see_v by_o this_o specimen_fw-la be_v no_o contemptible_a author_n and_o after_o he_o come_v one_o babrius_n that_o 〈◊〉_d that_o suidas_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d give_v a_o new_a turn_v of_o the_o fable_n into_o choliambic_n no_o body_n that_o i_o know_v of_o mention_v he_o but_o suidas_n avienus_n and_o jo._n tzetzes_n there_o be_v one_o gabrias_n indeed_o yet_o extant_a that_o have_v comprise_v each_o fable_n in_o four_o sorry_a jambic_n but_o our_o babrius_n be_v a_o writer_n of_o another_o size_n and_o quality_n and_o be_v his_o book_n now_o extant_a it_o may_v just_o be_v oppose_v if_o not_o prefer_v to_o the_o latin_a of_o phaedrus_n there_o be_v a_o whole_a fable_n of_o his_o yet_o preserve_v at_o the_o end_n of_o gabrias_n of_o the_o swallow_n and_o the_o nightingale_n suidas_n bring_v many_o citation_n out_o of_o he_o all_o which_o show_v he_o a_o excellent_a poet_n as_o this_o of_o the_o sick_a lion_n 〈◊〉_d lion_n suidas_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o of_o the_o boar_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suidas_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o a_o great_a many_o other_o vi_o i_o need_v not_o mention_v the_o latin_a writer_n of_o the_o aesopean_a fable_n phaedrus_n xuj_o phaedrus_n ausâ—nius_n ep._n xuj_o julius_n titianus_n and_o avienus_n the_o two_o first_o in_o jambic_a the_o last_o in_o elegiac_a but_o i_o shall_v proceed_v to_o examine_v those_o greek_a once_o now_o extant_a that_o assume_v the_o name_n of_o aesop_n himself_o there_o be_v two_o parcel_n of_o the_o present_a fable_n the_o one_o which_o be_v the_o more_o ancient_a cxxxvi_o in_o number_n be_v first_o publish_v out_o of_o the_o heidelberg_n library_n by_o neveletus_n a._n d._n mdcx._n the_o editor_n himself_o well_o observe_v that_o they_o be_v false_o ascribe_v to_o aesop_n because_o they_o 152._o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fab._n 152._o mention_v holy_a monk_n to_o which_o i_o will_v add_v another_o remark_n that_o there_o be_v a_o sentence_n out_o of_o job_n 21._o job_n see_v fab._n 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the_o compliment_n of_o a_o place_n in_o this_o epistle_n 556._o epistle_n laert._n in_o socrat._v plutarch_n aristid_n athen_a xiii_o p._n 556._o there_o be_v cite_v as_o author_n of_o this_o story_n callisthenes_n demetrius_n phalereus_n satyrus_n and_o aristoxenus_n who_o all_o take_v it_o from_o aristotle_n in_o his_o book_n of_o nobility_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o polygamy_n be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o that_o commonwealth_n and_o the_o story_n therefore_o improbable_a hieronymus_n rhodius_n produce_v a_o temporary_a statute_n make_v in_o socrates_n day_n that_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o scarcity_n of_o people_n a_o man_n may_v marry_v two_o wife_n at_o a_o time_n but_o notwithstanding_o such_o a_o flush_a of_o authority_n ib._n authority_n athenaeus_n plutarch_n ib._n panoetius_n the_o stoic_a a_o very_a great_a man_n write_v express_o against_o all_o those_o name_v above_o and_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o plutarch_n 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 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