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The fabulist metamorphosed and mytholigized, or, The fables of Esop translated out of Latine into English verse, and moralized, by R.A. ...
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Good Sir t' will not be taken ill If on your selfe you show your skill Or if your worship hold it fit Goe sell your salves and buy more wit Morall Those are the mortal'st cruell foes Which murther under friendly showes And Iudas like say nought's amisse When murther's harbour'd in a kisse A wise man therefore still will be Fore-arm'd with wit and Pollicie And lanus like have double sight To judge betweene the wrong and right The Horse and Asse Fab. 32. A Horse adorn din all his rich array Ran a fierce course and running loud did neigh And in full speed or'e tooke a loaden Asse Which staid him for a while he could not passe The fierce Horse trampleth on the ground in rage Champing his bit his choller to asswage And to the slow foot Beast in scorne doth neigh To cleere the passage and to give him way The asse for feare of this hot Horses heeles Out of the path silent and fearfull reeles The Horse pursues his race and runs so fast He bursts his winde and tir'd falls downe at last But when the owner doth his Courser finde Bemyr'd with foundred legs and broken winde Unfit to ride unapt to make a warrior For little coine he sells him to a Carrior Who claps a wooden pannell on on his backe By this the Asse o're-takes him with his packe And to the Horse braies friend what have they done With thy guilt bit and rich Capparison The Horse asham'd answer'd no word at all Well quoth the Asse Thus pride will have a fall The Birdes and Beastes Fab. 33. THe winged Creatures made a brall With Birds and Beasts quadrupidall And certaine who had seene the fight Would have beheld it with delight The Regiments were strong and great Each wing Commanders had compleat Both Armies full of hope and feare Courage and danger equall were The Eagle which Joves Bird some call Once of the Birds was Generall And wheresoe're his Colours wave Assured victorie they gave But yet the false faint hearted Bat Dispairing turn'd base Renegate And to the adverse partie goes Whom th' Eagle that day overthrowes The Bat perceiv'd the bataile lost Mounted on wing doth flie in post But is discri'd and forthwith tooke For what God treacherie can brooke Brought back The Birds a Counsell call Commanded by their Generall Where in cold blood they guiltie finde The Bat of Treason against kind And although death she hath deserv'd Her life was by one voice preserv'd But as an Exile shee must sweare The winged Armie to forbeare And never more abroad to flie While daylight doth inrich the skie Morall He that forsakes his friends in their distresse Deserves not to pertake their happinesse The Wolfe and Fox Fab. 34. A Ravening Wolfe hunting one day to dot A bootie yeelding food for many a day The subtill Fox soone had it in the wind And to her trots in hope to share the prey Gossip quoth she I gladly would inquire The cause you keep your house and lie so quiet Oh quoth the Wolfe I 'm ready to expire I did mistruâ—◠〈◊〉 Reynard you were nie it Therefore I 'm come to visite my deare friend And the best service I can do to profer I thank you quoâ—h the Wolfe pray then commend My health unto the Gods when next you offer Meane time pray leave me for I faine would rest The Fox perceiv'd the Wolfe his craft discri'd Went thence away with heavinesse opprest As if the Wolfe indeed had like to di'd The Wolfe laughes in in his sleeve the Fox meane while Runs to a Shepheard as he kept his sheepe And tells him how the Wolfe he may beguile While in his den he lieth fast asleepe The Shepheard takes his dog his staffe his sling And with the Fox he goes for she was guide Who to the hole him readily doth bring Where the poore Wolfe betrai'd on sodaine di'd The Fox for her good service had the den And whatsoevever goods therein were found The Shepheard shortly after comes agen And there the treacherous Fox he doth confound And as the Fox his gossips death devis'd In the same trap he falls slaine and surpris'd Morall The envious man that doth repine At 's neighbours happinesse and good Oft for him digs a pit or mine Wherin he sheddeth his owne blood The Hart. Fab. 35. Upon a Sunne shine day a Hart Repairing to a Fountaine cleere Stooping to drinke perceiv'd each part As in a glasse he looking were When he surveyes his goodly hornes And seeth what bredth and branch they beare He shakes his head for joy but scornes His legs which small and spindle were Whil'st thus himselfe the Hart survei'd And his owne beautie did adore The Huntsman winds whereat afraid He flies as leaves the winde before The Dogs pursue he takes a wood Thick growne and high where in the bushes Fast fettered by the hornes he stood Nor could get loose with friskes and brushes He sigh'd and wept before he did As Harts some say are wont to doe To see how he had magnifi'd Those parts had brought him all his woe When those that had him still befriended With scornefull words had vilepended Morall We love the things which we should flie What hurts us most oft times most please Wee looke on things showes faire and high And onely fix our hearts on these Tillsnar'd by pride our woes begin By that we most did glorie in The Viper and file Fab. 36. ASmith one day you know Smiths are good fellowes To th'Alehouse went leaving his shop and bellows A Viper steales into his shop meane while And with her teeth began to grinde his sile Foole quoth the sile what 's this thy rashnes doth Sooner than hurt me thou wilt burst thy tooth The tuffest iron and the strongest steele When I to bite dispose my sharpnesse feele Morall Beware with whom thou doest contend On stronger force they force who spend With shame are vanquish't in the end The Wolfe and Sheepe Fab. 37. BEtween the Wolfe and Lambe we see Nature hath put Antipathy Yet these two once would undertake To make peace for performance sake Each gave their pledge the silly Sheepe Gave up their Dogs they us'd to keepe The subtil Wolves their young ones gave For while the inÌ„ocent sheep were feeding And neither thought of wars or bleeding The young Wolves howle in strong desire To sucke the Damme and see the Sire The Old Wolves hearing the young ones crie Rais'd an Alarum presently And on the guiltlesse Lambkins fall Slaying them in a moment all Suggesting they the truce did breake The cause they found the Lambkins weake Morall When thou doest make a league or seale a peace Beware of giving too good hostages For under friendships colour and pretence Some first get power then wreake malevolene The Wood and Countrie-man Fab. 38. WHen trees could speake and had their native speech A Swaine comes to the wood and doth beseech To give him so much Timber as would make His Axe an helve It
56. A Falconer tooke a Partridge once alive And as he went to nip her on the head With teares she praies and thus to him she sed Sir if you 'l spare my life and me reprive I le play the stale and bring into your snare Whole covies of my kind Will you be true And what for feare you promise will you doe Quoth he she vowes she will the Falconer sware Were there no more her life he would not spare That would for feare of death betray a friend Would every traitor had this Partridge end Morall The traiterous person who in hope to save His owne life by betraying of his friends So much the neerer drawes unto his grave By how much he such treacherie intends For every one will bury him alive Who to save one would thousands else deprive The Tortoise and Hare Fab. 57. THe Tortoise and the Hare by chance did meet The nimble Hare derides the Tortoise feet Whereat the Tortoise mov'd doth brave and dare To run a course with this light footed Hare Dull pated as slow footed didst thou know Quoth wat my speed thou would st not dare me so But I accept the challenge name the place And Judges who shall say who wins the race Astutious Reynard of all brutes most cunning Was made the Judge of this new kind of running Who points the place and doth for Justice sake To view who wins the goale sit at the stake The Tortoise laies all obstacles apart And makes her course with all her speed and art The Hare who scorn'd her slownesse by the way As foot-men use did dance and skip and stay Meane time the slow pac'd Tortoise gathers ground And long before the Hare at stake was found Which when the Hare perceiv'd she did confesse The Tortoise wit outwent her nimblenesse Morall Hereby we see through industrie and braine How sleighted persons great things may attaine And how the minde doth outward gifts out-run For what force never could wisdome hath done The Sallow and Axe Fab. 58. THe Sallow of all trees did first give way To helve the Axe so doth the fable say Who in requitall first of all did put Her to the sword and off her armes did cut Wedges wherewith shee might the sooner cleave The grieved Sallow doth the wrong perceive And thus in teares she doth her moane expresse To be hewne downe by man I must confesse Doth not so much afflict mee as to be Mangled and torne by mine owne progenie And by those armes to whom I being gave This wounds my heart with griefe and makes me rave Morall In adverse time the injuries we find From friends untrue or done by kin unkind Doth more afflict us than wrongs done by foes Doubly he falls whom his owne overthrowes Iupiter and the Serpent Fab. 59. IOve keeps his Nuptials on which day All creatures to his Court repaire Bringing such presents as they may Amongst the rest the snake comes there And in her teeth shee brings a rose A dainty early fragrant flowre The smell whereof ascends his nose She offers it the God doth lowre And doth it utterly refuse For though quoth he I be the King Of all things breathing and doe use To accept the presents which they bring A Serpents gift I ever hate So sent her hissing forth his gate Morall A bad mans gift though faire in sight Good men reject and bantsh quite For ili effects doe closely lurke In such when most they friendly worke An old man and his Wives Fab. 60. AN aged lecher in the spring Best time some say for marrying Because he would be soundly sped A brace of wives at once did wed The one was young the other old Himselfe twice thirty years had told These three together dwelt and fed The old wife oft would scratch his head And that she might be held most deare Pulls out those haires did black appeare The younger wife that shee might hold All the affection from the old A thing not hard to doe they say As fast did pull out all the gray That in short time it came to passe As bald as any Coot he was And lookt so uncothly and ill Men pittied him a while untill They knew the cause but then with laughter They mockt and gier'd him ever after Morall From scofs and giers he cannot well befree That matches in old age for venerie Digresse Yet many such old dotards now adaies To match their goutie bones to wanton laies Count it a glorie though they know they weave A cap to hide their hornes more than their haire The Lion Beare and Fox Fab. 61. A Lion and a Beare upon a day With hunger bitten went abroad to prey And as they ranging were upon a lawne They overtook and slew a tender fawne The Lion claim'd the prey as his by right The Beare deni'd it so they fell to fight And fought so fiercely till for want of wind Both fell to ground the Fox who stai'd behind And dogd them at the heels to see the fray And the successe stept in and tooke the prey Which they contended for and ran his way The Beare and Lion lying like dead stocks Roare out revenge against the saucie Fox Meane while Vulpone hies him to the hole Leaving the wearied warriers to condole Who grieve not halfe so much for want of meat As that a stinking carren should them cheat Morall Two falne at ods a third that takes lesse paine Oft times steps in and beaves away the gaine So have I seene a craftie Lawyer thrive By getting that for which two Clients strive The sicke Lion Wolfe and Fox Fab. 63. A Crazie Lion growing sick and old Betakes him to his den and to his hold Which knowne unto his habitation The beasts repaire on visitation All but the Fox The Wolfe that Reynard hates Observing it thus to the Lion prates Sir be of comfort for you now behold Your subjects love though you be weake and old Her 's not a creature as your grace may see But loves your person and your Majestie And of their zeale to make a demonstration All but the Fox are come to visitation Reynard alone if any ill affected T is he siuce he his dutie hath neglected The Fox comes in as it had bin his Q And heard the Wolfs speech what it tended to And though the Lion to indignation Was mov'd by the Wolfes insinuation To shew himselfe a wise and righteous prince He first would heare before he would convince The Fox with low obeisance doth beseech His royall person libertie of speech And saies Thrice sacred Sir which of these by Hath done such service to your Grace as I As I poore worme borne for no other thing Than thus to spend my meanes to helpe my King Whilst these about your person gaze and talke Unto the learn'd Physitians I walke And now at last after great paines have found A soveraigne salve to make my Soveraigne sound Nor was my absence as some by did presse Out