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The great Y.

Fable II.

The Husbandman and the Stork.

A Stork, thro' Misfortune,
Trepann'd by a Crane,
Was pleading his good Deeds,
But pleaded in vain.
The Crane is a Villain,
The Farmer replies,
And he that's his Comrade
Most certainly dies.