Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Abstemius

by Laurentius Abstemius

THE

FABLES

OF

ABSTEMIUS, &c.

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Chapters (not listed in original)

Fable CCLIII: Demades the Orator		219
Fable CCLIV: A Fox and a Hedge Hog		220
Fable CCLV: A Mouse in a Chest		222
Fable CCLVII: A Husbandman and Ceres		222
Fable CCLVII: A Country-man and a Hawk		223
Fable CCLVIII: A Swallow and a Spider		224
Fable CCLIX: A Country-man and a River		226
Fable CCLX: A Pigeon and a Pye		227
Fable CCLXI: A Cuckow and a Hawk		227
Fable CCLXII: A Country-man and an Ass		228
Fable CCLXIII: A Fox and a Knot of Gossips		229
Fable CCLXIV: Capons Fat and Lean		230
Fable CCLXV: Oxen and a Piece of Timber		231
Fable CCLXVI: Trees Straight and Crook'd		232
Fable CCLXVII: A Swan and a Stork		232
Fable CCLXVIII: The Inconsolable Widow		233
Fable CCLXIX: A Wench Parting with her Sweet-heart		235
Fable CCLXX: A Fly upon a Wheel		236
Fable CCLXXI: An Eel and a Snake		237
Fable CCLXXII: Seaman Praying to Saints		237
Fable CCLXXIII: The Fishes and the Frying-pan		238
Fable CCLXXIV: A League of Beasts and Fishes		239
Fable CCLXXV: A Covetous Ambassador		239
Fable CCLXXVI: An Old Friend and a Cardinal		240
Fable CCLXXVII: A Young Droll and a Crooked Old Man		242
Fable CCLXXVIII: An Old Fellow, and a Young Wench		242
Fable CCLXXIX: An Eagle and a Pye		243
Fable CCLXXX: A Country-man and a Mouse		244
Fable CCLXXXI: A Sick Hermit		245
Fable CCLXXXII: A Rich Man and a Foolish Servant		246
Fable CCLXXXIII: A Widow had a Mind to Marry		247
Fable CCLXXXIV: Town Dogs and Country Dogs		248
Fable CCLXXXV: A Snake to Jupiter		249
Fable CCLXXXVI: The Frogs and Tortoises		249
Fable CCLXXXVII: The Mice and the Oak		250
Fable CCLXXXVIII: A Runaway Dog and his Master		251
Fable CCLXXXIX: The Birds and the Beetles		252
Fable CCXC: A Bear and Bees		253
Fable CCXCI: A Fowler and a Chaffinch		253
Fable CCXCII: A Soldier and Two Horses		254
Fable CCXCIII: A Spaniel and a Sow		255
Fable CCXCIV: Oxen and Timber		256
Fable CCXCV: A Goldfinch and a Boy		257
Fable CCXCVI: A Droll and a Bishop		257
Fable CCXCVII: A Lap'wing Preferr'd		259
Fable CCXCVIII: A Priest and Pears		260
Fable CCXCIX: A Horse and a Hog		260
Fable CCC: A Huntsman and a Currier		261
Fable CCCI: A Hermit, and a Soldier		262
Fable CCCII: A Husband and Wife Twice Married		264
Fable CCCIII: A Lion and a Mouse		265
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Fable CCCXVIII: A Cat and Mice		279
Fable CCCXIX: A Boar and a Fox		279
Fable CCCXX: A Wolfe and a Porcupine		280
Fable CCCXX: A Mouse and a Kite		280
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Fable CCCXXVII: An Impertinent and a Philosopher		285
Fable CCCXXVIII: A Wolfe in a Sheeps-skin		286
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Fable CCCXLII: A Lad Robbing an Orchard		299
Fable CCCXLIII: A Nightingale and a Hawk		299
Fable CCCXLIV: A Lyon and a Hog		300
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Fable CCCXLVII: Pigeons Reconcile the Hawks		303
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