Page:Batrachomyomachia, or, the wonderfull and bloudy Battell betweene Frogs and Mice.djvu/68

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The conclusion of the Translator.

Loe, in a vaile presented to thine eye,
Among more lessons worthy due regard,
Of trifling jarres and foolish enmity,
The ominous successe and just reward.
See then from strife and discord thou refraine,
Lest sad repentance breed thy further paine:
For if [1] blacke Crabs doe chance to part the fray,
Small is their gaine that beare the best away.


Et facit ad mores ars quoque nostra bonos.

FINIS.

  1. Hodie sub hominum specie, Caneri cansas agunt

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