The Hind and the Panther.
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But they abus'd that Grace to make Allyes,
And fondly clos'd with former Enemies;
For Fools are double Fools, endeav'ring to be wise.
And fondly clos'd with former Enemies;
For Fools are double Fools, endeav'ring to be wise.
After a grave Consult what course were best,
One more mature in Folly than the rest,
Stood up, and told 'em, with his head aside,
That desp'rate Cures must be to desp'rate Ills apply'd:
And therefore since their main impending fear
Was from th' encreasing race of Chanticleer:
Some Potent Bird of Prey they ought to find,
A Foe profess'd to him, and all his kind:
Some haggar'd Hawk, who had her eyry nigh,
Well pounc'd to fasten, and well wing'd to fly;
One they might trust, their common wrongs to wreak:
The Musquet, and the Coystrel were too weak,
Too fierce the Falcon, but above the rest,
The noble Buzzard ever pleas'd me best;
Of small Renown, 'tis true, for not to lye,
We call him but a Hawk by courtesie.
One more mature in Folly than the rest,
Stood up, and told 'em, with his head aside,
That desp'rate Cures must be to desp'rate Ills apply'd:
And therefore since their main impending fear
Was from th' encreasing race of Chanticleer:
Some Potent Bird of Prey they ought to find,
A Foe profess'd to him, and all his kind:
Some haggar'd Hawk, who had her eyry nigh,
Well pounc'd to fasten, and well wing'd to fly;
One they might trust, their common wrongs to wreak:
The Musquet, and the Coystrel were too weak,
Too fierce the Falcon, but above the rest,
The noble Buzzard ever pleas'd me best;
Of small Renown, 'tis true, for not to lye,
We call him but a Hawk by courtesie.
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