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Delightful fables in prose and verse. None of them to be found in Aesop; but collected from divers ancient and modern authors, with pictures and proper morals to every fable, some very pertinent to the present times. Published as a means which in all ages hath been found useful for pleasure, and likewise for instruction in the prudent conduct of our lives and actions. / By R.B.
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R. B., 1632?-1725?
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A Fool sent out to fetch the Goslings home When they unto a Rivers brink were come Through which their Passage lay was in much fear His Dames best Brood might have been drowned there Which to avoid he thus did shew his Wit And his good Nature in preventing it He underneath his Girdle thrusts their Heads And then the Coxcomb through the Water wades His Folly we deride and yet may be Guilty of Fooleries as great as he Therefore to Beasts and Birds we here are brought Morality and Wisdom to be taught Delightful FABLES In Prose and Verse None of them to be found in Aesop But Collected from divers Ancient and Modern Authors With Pictures and proper Morals to every Fable some very pertinent to the present Times Published as a means which in all Ages hath been found useful for pleasure and likewise for Instruction in the prudent conduct of our Lives and Actions By R. B. Licensed and Entred London Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultrey near Cheapside 1691. To the READER FAbles in all Ages and by many wise Men have been accounted excellent ways of instruction Neither ought we to think that they were invented only to please Children since if well considered we may find many excellent Precepts in Philosophy Morality and Policy contained in them But that which gives a full answer to this Objection is the many Parables or Fables contained in Holy Writ and wisely contrived for convincing Men of their Folly and Impiety What else is that of the Thistle which sent Ambassadors to the Cedar that was in Lebanon saying Give me thy Daughter in Marriage to my Son and to punish this pride of the Thistle a wild Beast of the Forrest coming thither trod it down and destroyed it Or that which passed among the Trees when they assembled together to chuse a King Judges 9.8 The Trees went forth on a time to chuse a King over them and they said to the Olive Tree Reign thou over us But the Olive Tree said unto them Should I leave my Fatness wherewith by me they honour God and Man and go to be promoted over the Trees And the Trees said to the Fig-Tree Come thou and Reign over us but the Fig-Tree said unto them Should I forsake my sweetness and my good Fruit and go to be promoted over the Trees Then said the Trees unto the Vine Come thou and Reign over us and the Vine said unto them Shall I leave my Wine which cheereth God and Man and go to be promoted over the Trees Then said all the Trees to the Bramble Come thou and reign over us and the Bramble said unto the Trees If in truth you anoint me to be King over you then come and put your trust in my shadow and if not let Fire come out of the Bramble and destroy the Cedars of Lebanon And what was the Message that God sent by Nathan to David after his Adultery with Bathsheba and his Murder of Uriah to convince him of his great Crimes when the Prophet tells him That there was a Rich Man who had exceeding many Flocks and Herds but the Poor Man had nothing save one little poor Ewe Lamb which he had brought and nourished up and it grew up together with him and with his Children it did eat of his own Bread and drank of his own Cup and lay in his Bosom and was unto him as a Daughter And there came a Traveller to the Rich Man and he spared to take of his own Flock and of his own Herd to dress for the Way-faring Man that was come to him What were these but mysterious Relations whereby the Divine Spirit touched the Heart of that great King and brought him to repentance In short when our Blessed Lord was upon Earth what were his discourses to the hard-hearted and rebellious Jews but only Parables for it is said Without a Parable spake he not so that Jesus Christ who was Truth it self thought fit to make use of this method as knowing that Truth could be no way more nâ—bly nor profitably represented than by them And though Fables may seem ridiculous for their bringing in Beasts Birds and Trees speaking to each other yet they are to be highly esteemed for the Wisdom and Knowledge contained in them And therefore the Famous Orator Demosthenes when he observed the careless demeanour of the Judges of Athens at the Tryal of Capital Offenders He by a Fable did sharply reprimand their unconcernedness And suddenly cried out aloud O ye Judges I will tell you a very strange Story if you please of the shadow of an Ass At which the Judges gave great Attention and commanding silence bid him proceed There was a young Man saith the Oratour who in an hot Season hired an Ass to carry some Goods and about Noon being very faint with the heat he took off his Load intending to lye down and refresh himself under the shadow of the Ass which the Owner who went with him to bring back his Beast would not permit alledging that tho' he hired the Ass yet he had paid nothing for the shadow of him The young Man pleaded that having given him Money for his Ass the whole day he might make what use of him he pleased The controversie at length grew high which at last ended in a quarrel wherein they both severely beat each other which yet could not determine the matter so that they resolved to bring it to a Tryal at Law When the Oratour perceived the Court very attentive to the Fable he suddenly stopt and was going away but being recalled and desired by the Judges to proceed in his Story Are you said he so willing to hear an idle Tale of the shadow of an Ass and yet so negligent in regarding a Cause wherein the Life of a Man is concerned Which severe Reproof so affected the Judges that they were afterward very diligent in examining the matter before them As to the ensuing Fables I have related none that are to be found in Aesop but they are collected from divers Ancient and Modern Authors which I have put into easie English both in Prose and Verse with Pictures to each Fable whereby they may delight and profit ingenious Readers both old and young and not only occasion them to laugh but give them wholesome Instructions for the prudent government of their Lives and Actions so that neither they nor I may have cause to repent our pains which is the desire of R. B. FAB I. The Monkey the Cat and the Chesnuts A Monkey observing his Master to lay some Chesnuts in the Fire to roast he was very desirous to tast some of them but yet was likewise much afraid to burn his Fingers so that though he often attempted to rake them out yet he was as often discouraged by the heat of the Fire Whereupon he was a long time contriving with himself how to attain his end At length he perceives a young Kitling lye sleeping by the
by Arch-bishop Vsher Forty years before it happened The Spanish Invasion The Gun-powder-Treason with the several Plots and Contrivances of the Priests and Jesuits for Extirpating the Protestant Religion till the time of our Glorious Deliverance from Popery and Slavery by the Accession of their most Excellent Majesties King William and Queen Mary to the Throne of these Kingdoms With an Abstract of the Cruel Persecutions lately exercised upon the Protestants in France and Savoy in the years 1686 and 1687. Together with a short Account of Gods Judgments upon Popish Persecutors Published for a Seasonable Warning to all Protestants to inform them what they must expect from that bloody Generation of Antichristians Price One Shilling Miscellanies XVIII DElights for the Ingenious in above Fifty Select and choice Emblems Divine and Moral Ancient and Modern Curiously Ingraven upon Copper Plates with Fifty delightful Poems and Lots for the more Lively Illustration of each Emblem Whereby Instruction and Good Counsel may be promoted and furthered by an honest and pleasant Recreation To which is prefixed An Incomparable Poem Intituled Majesty in Misery or an Imploration to the King of Kings written by his late Majesty K. Charles I. with his own Hand during his Captivity in Carisbrook Castle in the Isle of Wight 1648. With a curious Emblem Collected by R.B. Pr. 2 s. 6 d. XIX EXcellent Contemplations Divine and Moral Written by the Magnanimous and truly Loyal A.L. Capel Baron of Hadham Together with some Account of his Life and his affectionate Letters to his Lady the day before his Death with his Heroick Behaviour and last Speech at his Suffering Also the Speeches and Carriages of D. Ham. and the E. of Holl. who suffered with him With his pious Advice to his Son Price 1 s. XX. WInter Evenings Entertainments in 2 Parts Containing 1. Ten Pleasant Relations of many Rare and Notable Accidents and Occurrences with brief Remarks upon every one 2. Fifty Ingenious Riddles with their Explanations and useful Observations and Morals upon each Enlivened with above 60 Pictures for illustrating every Story and Riddle Excellently Accommodated to the Fancies of Old or Young and useful to chearful Society and Conversation Price One Shilling XXI DElightful Fables in Prose and Verse none of them to be found in Aesop but collected from divers Ancient and Modern Authors with Pictures and proper Morals to every Fable Several of them very pertinent and applicable to the present times Published as a means which in all Ages hath been found useful for pleasure and likewise for instruction in the prudent conduct of our Lives and Actions By R. B. 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Lcensed and Entred Price Eight Pence XXVII MOunt Sion or a Draught of that Church that shall stand for ever Together with a view of that World which shall be broken in pieces and consumed By William Dyer Author of Christs Famous Titles and a Believers Golden Chain Price One Shilling XXVIII DIstressed Sion Relieved or the Garment of Praise for the Spirit of Heaviness A Poem Wherein are Discovered the grand Causes of the Churches trouble and misery under the late dismal Dispensation With a compleat History of and Lamentation for those Renowned Worthies that fell in England by Popish rage and cruelty from the Year 1680 to 1688. 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FINIS