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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75953	The Phrygian fabulist or, The fables of Æsop: extracted from the Latine copie, and moraliz'd. By Leonard Willan Gent.; Aesop's fables. English	Willan, Leonard.; Cross, Thomas, fl. 1632-1682, engraver.	1649 (1649)	Wing A732; Thomason E1371_1; ESTC R177	74,993	215

the Pain a sicknes grew MORAL Art and Industrie thus are both left void When on Subjects incapable imploid Who strive the force of Nature to o'recom Sooner then change work Dissolution 181. The Crow and Swallow THe Crow and Swallow did contend Which of them did in Form transscend The Crow objected against him His Color flourish't but in Spring Whereas her tincture was so pure It ev'rie Season would endure MORAL Those Parts of Beautie best affect the Sens On which Time's changes have no Influence The Superficial varnish may the skin But that win's Prize that take's his Source within 182. The Bittour A Bittour in a Window hung The Bat ask't why by night hee sung And cheerfull Daie past silently To whom the Bittour made Replie I heertofore singing by daie Became the Fowlers heedless Preie From whence I cautious am to vent Such Seasons my Divertizement The Bat said now 'twill little stead Before the Ill thou shouldst take heed MORAL So shallow Judgments out of Season shun Those fatal Tracts by which they were undon And after practise what they should before When the Steeds stoln they shut the Stable Dore 183. The Cockles A Rustick Boie som Cockles had Which hee to rost i' th fire laid VVherein the Cockles hissing hee Cri'd out worst of Mortalitie Do you so pleasantly now sing Your Houses when on fiering MORAL Man's exterior Demeanour Decencie Wil's with his present Fortune to agree Philosophie with Reason doth commence Nor is that Reason which belie's the Sens Extremes are but distempers which arise From strugling Natures too weak Faculties But when th' Effect's contrarie to the Caus Reason revolteth from her proper Laws 184. The Sorceress A Sorceress who undertook t' appeas The divine wrath in humane miser'es Manie strange things t' effect perserver'd had Whereby shee long had no small profit made At length accus'd detected and condemn'd Shee was led forth to make a shameful end To see whose execution manie flock't VVhere One amongst them thus her follie mock't You the Decrees that could decline of Heav'n VVhy could you not the Councels change of men MORAL Vain Boasters so when in Distress they fal With their Defects derided are of All While vulgar Scorn evil on evil set's When their own Damage prov's them counterfeits 185. The Husbandman A Husbandman digging the Ground A secret heap of Treasure found For which hee thankfull crown'd the Earth To him enlarg'd this fruitfull Birth Fortune arriving ask't why hee Asscribed her Benignitie Unto the Earth Since if the time His late found treasure should resign Unto Another's Hand hee then Would for the Loss strait Her condemn MORAL So worldly Men to the exterior Means Attribute still the caus of all their Gains But of their Loss the Autor judg to bee Som secret Pow'r in the Divinitie 186. The Travellers TWo Men together travelled One whereof an Ax finding sed Unto the Other I have found For a share to frame som Ground The Other thereto made Replie Saie Wee have found and saie not I. Soon after who it lost them view'd And in great Haste them both pursu'd Who found it seeing this cried Wee Shall perish now infallibly Whereto the Other answered Not wee saie I as you first sed MORAL In civil Commerce faithless Men do use With doubtfull Words thus to plaie fast and loos They in the Profit sharers may disclame But in the Damage might them entertain 187. Two Frogs TWo Frogs there were nigh Neighbours bred Whereof One in a deep Pool fed In shallow slows the Other laie Adjoining were to the High-waie The Frog who in the Pool was fed His Fellow oft admonished To com to him into the Flood More safe to get his livelihood The slow Frog not assenting said Custom had that his firm seat made Till a Cart passing on him rush't And suddenly to pieces crush't MORAL Custom the use of Reason take's awaie Where Practice onely can the Will o're swaie Error most Men hold well Authorized When time hath Error once established But like Success will in the Issue prove What need may bee long habits to remove So manie Changes in a State wee see Good Laws prove bad if they not chang'd may bee 188. The Bees A Pilf'ring Knave the Owner beeing from home Went to a Bee-hive whence he took the Comb. Th' Owner return'd finding the Stock bereft Sta'd there amuz'd to gather what was left The Bees returning met the Fellon fled And with their Stings him sharply punished Who cri'd i'th'theft yee mee dismist unhurt On your work busied will you mee subvert MORAL So vitious Men do conceal from their Friends The secret Scope of their sinister Ends But rashly their Disorders do expose Vnto the view of circumventing Foes 189. The Halcedon THe Halcedon a Bird which usually In solitude frequent's the vastest Sea Shee lest by men her young should be supprest On a Sea-coasting Rock erect's her Nest Whence issuing abroad to seek for food Wherewith might bee reliev'd her helpless brood The swelling Sea chafe't with a ruffling winde Within her limits could not bee confin'd In whose wilde tumor the Nest overspred The strugling Nestlings at length perished The Dam return'd soon the disaster found Thus her sad Plaints did mournfully resound Earth as suspected rashly I desert To seek thy Refuge far more faithless art MORAL Without more slights A watchfull Jealousie Secure's Man from a constant Enemie But his Assurance in unconstant Friends Betraie's him soonest to their private Ends 190. The subtile Fisher A Fisher had a clear stream met Extended o're the same his Net Which with the stream left floating Hee To either line ti'd cunningly A weightie stone wherewith hee stood Alternately beating the Flood That so the frighted Fish might get More heedlesly into his Net Which by the bord'ring Dwellers seen 'gainst him exclame'd troubled the stream Whereby ' they could not from the Brink Attein clear water for their drink Who made Replie content you Friends My Success on my Art depend's Should I the stream forbear to beat I certainly shall nothing eat MORAL Desp'rate Fortune's Dissentions move in State Securely so wealth to accumulate By their shelter'd disorders when as they In Peace naught act free Laws do not betraie 191. The Ape and Dolphin IT much in use was among Seaf'ring-men Monkies and Apes to have Abord with them To bee their sport it hapned one of these With Men made Shipwrack in the Attick Seas Nature or Imitation taught the Ape To swim as did the Men for their escape A passing Dolphin seeing the Ape swim Among the Men for such believed him Whom hee took up and to the Landward swum Til to th' Athenian Naval harbour com Was cal'd Pyraeus The kinde Dolphin there Ask't of the Ape if hee Athenian were The Ape for such affirm'd himself to bee And in that Place of noble Familie The Dolphin ask't if hee Pyraeus knew Whereon the Ape yet more assured grew Believing it to bee a humane Name Affirmed thereto

Patient poor Who to like slight may justly have recours Since curing one ill they still leav a wors 121. The two Enemies TWo Fencers in one Bark put forth to Sea Betwixt whom was invet'rate Emnitie Which since neer Other neither would allow One to the Poup got t'other to the Prow E're far advanc't arose a hideous storm Wherewith the strugling Bark extremelie torn To sink begining Hee sat in the Prow Ask't of the toiling Sailers which part now Of their wrack't vessel would the first bee drown'd Who made Replie The Poup caus first a ground Whereat hee cri'd Death 's now no grief to mee Since I my Foe to perish first shall see MORAL How strange distemper doth the Soul disguize T' extract such Joie from others Miseries While yet frail Nature cal's us to resent With theirs our own united Detriment Malice doth proper Safetie little prize Her thirstie Furie where shee satisfie's 122. The Calf and Ox. A Fat Calf yet unyok't beheld at Plow A painful Ox to whom hee would allow Compar'd to him in Esteem but Contempt In that th' Ox wrought in eas his daies hee spent But when the Daie of Sacrifice drew nigh Th' Ox was dismis't the Calf retain'd to die Thou wert not wrought th' Ox to him smiling sed Becaus design'd to bee immolished MORAL Fair Industrie the nat'ral Life secure's While wantnn Sloth untimely Ends procure's So the divine Judg doth inflict on those Whom they would save varietie of Woes But pamper's with Excess of worldly joie Whom hee intend's in Justice to destroie 123. The Boie and Fortune A Sillie Boie did Cattle keep Neer to a Well was fal'n asleep Fortune arriving waked him Thus saying drew him from the spring Rise idle Knave from hence bee gon For thy own Follie blame will none If thou heerin shouldst chance to fall But I shall bee condemn'd of All MORAL Wee frail Man's common Error here express His proper Error no Man will confess But rather thus their ill Successes laie On som blinde Pow'rs their Action's overswaie 128. The Mice and Cat A Ravening Cat an antick Fabrick found Where sporting Mice with freedom did abound Thither hee went manie made his Preie Till they themselvs perceiving their decaie A Councel cal'd wherein they did conclude Within his Access no One should intrude But to an upper Seiling to confine Themselvs whereto the Cat could no waie clime The Cat their purpose soon discovered Thus counterplotted hee himself feign'd dead Hanging himself up by the heels upon A hook was fast'ned to an inward stone One of the Mice did downward sharply prie Hee of the Cat might make discoverie Cri'd to him Friend did I Cat thee know Though thou wert dead I 'd not descend below MORAL So prudent Men from Others Harms collect Where and on whom to ground a just suspect What Forms soever faithless Men put on They circumvent not their firm Caution 125. The Ape and Fox THe Beast a gen'ral Councel held Which of them in rare Parts excel'd With the Ape's Frisks they so were tane Most votes him for their King proclame The Fox with a repining Eie Him envying this new Dignitie Finding a snare laid in a pit Had a flesh morsel baited it To which that hee the Ape might lead Thus his Prerogative did plead A hidden Treasure brought to light Which by the Law Sir is your Right Not far off lie's this if you pleas Your own hands may assume with Eas The Ape by his persuasion led With thirstie Ardeur hastened Whereat arriv'd with little Care Became intrapped in the Snare The chatt'ring Ape with irefull Eie Reproach't the Fox his Treacherie Who repli'd Others you 'd protect Yet cannot your own waies direct MORAL Who from the Judgment of the Multitude Election for a Government conclude In th' Issue finde what Reason should despise Misled their shallow giddie Fantasies Since of Mankinde the greatest part are fools Such must bee Hee who by their Sentence rule 's Nor is it fit such men preside a State Who their own Actions cannot regulate But on this erring light still fix the Eie Which thus seduceth frail Mortalitie Envie and Malice this also infer's Are unto Craft the sharpest Ministers 126. Jove and the Crow UNto the Fowl of ev'rie kinde A daie of Council Jove assign'd Hee might elect him for their King The fairest Ornaments could bring Which when the Crow perceived Hee Conscious of his Deformitie Of various Colors others Plumes To deck himself forthwith assume's In which when All assembled were To Jove the fairest did appear For whom about to give his Vote Each Bird their own strip't from his Coat Whereat the naked Crow became Expos'd to more then usual Shame MORAL On borrow'd Notions swell the Memorie Ostentive Mindes rais their Sufficiencie Which in their shallow Judgments groundless so Fail in the use and only serv for Show But when each Autor is restor'd his own Their innate weakness is with dishon'r shown 127. The Smith and Dog A Painfull Smith a dul Cur kep't Who while hee forged alwaies slep't But when his Master went to eat Then suddenly Hee up would get And what was under Table thrown With nimble Gesture prei'd thereon The Smith observing this began Against his Cur thus to exclame When I my self applie to work In Sloth thou dost in corners lurk But when I 'gin my Teeth to move Thy fawning tail doth this approve MORAL So idle Drones on Others Labors feed Shrink from the Action doth supplie their need But when the Fruits of Industrie ensue None so Officious as this fawning Crew 128. The Mule A Mule becom with plentie fat Grew wanton in his present state Soothing himself Hee for his Sire A Courser had Active as Fire To whom in all things like was hee Chieflie in his Celeritie Soon after this without Respite Forced to run with all his might Hee restie in his cours became Whereat cri'd out Wretch that I am To think mee of a Horses Race Knowing my Sire was but an Ass MORAL Of mean Extraction ill bred Men there bee Swell in conceit with their Prosperitie Pretending to such S ock and Faculties As Other Persons truly Nobilize But falt'ring in the Practice soon reflect Both on their Nat'ral and Acquir'd defect 129. The Physician and the Dead-Man AN infirm Man did long fick lie Happened under Cure to die Unto whose Fun'ral manie went Encountring there th' Impertinent Physician who did much insert To save the credit of his Art Affirming had the Deceast took Frequently Glisters and forsook The use of Wine hee had not died To whom an Assistant repli'd Friend This Advice you should produce Onely when it might bee of use But now it nothing can avail Your Purpose and our Proofs must fail MORAL Vntimely Counsels sillie Bablers vent Not for the future but past Accident Of mortal Judgments 't is the erring Fate All Men still wise are when it is too late 130. The Dog and Wolf A Dog without Door sleeping laie