Fab. CCXVIII.
A Bull and a Goat.
A Bull that was Hard Preſs'd by a Lyon, ran directly toward a Goats-Stall, to Save Himſelf. The Goat made Good the Door, and Head to Head Diſputed the Paſſage with him. Well! ſays the Bull, with Indignation, If I had not a more Dangerous Enemy at my Heels, then I have Before me, I ſhould ſoon Teach you the Difference betwixt the Force of a Bull, and of a Goat.
The Moral.
REFLEXION.
IT is Matter of Prudence, and Neceſſity; for People in many Caſes to put up the Injuries of a Weaker Enemy, for fear of Incurring the Dilpleaſure of a Stronger. Baudoin fancies the Bull to be the Emblem of a Man in Diſtreſs, and the Goat Inſulting over him; and Moralizes upon it after This Manner. [There’s Nothing that a Courtier more Dreads and Abhors, then a Man in Diſgrace; and he is preſently made All the Fools and Knaves in Nature upon't: For He that’s Unfortunate is Conſequently Guilty of All manner of Crimes.] He Applies This Character to thoſe that Perſecute Widows and Orphans, and Trample upon the Afflicted; though not without tome Violence Methinks, to the Genuine Intent of This Figure; for the Goat was only Paſive; and his Bus’neſs was, without any Inſolence, or Injuſtice, to Defend his Free-Hold
Fab. CCXIX.
A Nurſe and a Wolfe.
AS a Wolfe was Hunting up and down for his Supper, he paſs'd by a Door where a Little Child was Bawling, and an Old Woman Chiding it. Leave your Vixen-Tricks, ſays the Woman, or I'l throw ye to the Wolfe. The Wolfe Over-heard her, and Waited a pretty While, in hope the Woman would be as good as her Word; but No Child coming, away goes the Wolfe for That Bout. He took his Walk the Same Way again toward the Evening, and the Nurſe he found had Chang’d her Note; forſhe
