Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Aesop

by Aesop

THE

FABLES

OF

ÆSOP, &c.

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Chapters (not listed in original)

Fable I: A Cock and a Diamond		1
Fable II: A Cat and a Cock		2
Fable III: A Wolf and a Lamb		2
Fable IV: A Frog and a Mouse		3
Fable V: A Lion and a Bear		4
Fable VI: A Dog and a Shadow		5
Fable VII: A Lion, an Ass, &c. a Hunting		6
Fable VIII: A Wolf and a Crane		7
Fable IX: A Countryman and a Snake		8
Fable X: A Lion and an Asse		9
Fable XI: A City Mouse and a Country Mouse		10
Fable XII: A Crow and a Muscle		1
Fable XIII: A Fox and a Raven		1
Fable XIV: An Old Lion		1
Fable XV: An Asse and a Whelp		1
Fable XVI: A Lion and a Mouse		1
Fable XVII: A Sick Kite and her Mother		17
Fable XVIII: A Swallow and other Birds		18
Fable XIX: The Frogs chuse a King		19
Fable XX: The Kite, Hawk, and Pigeons		21
Fable XXI: A Dog and a Thief		22
Fable XXII: A Wolf and a Sow		23
Fable XXIII: A Mountain in Labour		23
Fable XXIV: An Asse and an Ungrateful Master		24
Fable XXV: An Old Dog and his Master		24
Fable XXVI: An Asse, an Ape and a Mole		26
Fable XXVII: The Hares and the Frogs		26
Fable XXVIII: A Wolf, Kid, and Goat		28
Fable XXVIX: A Dog, a Sheep, and a Wolf		28
Fable XXX: A Countryman and a Snake		29
Fable XXXI: A Fox and a Stork		30
Fable XXXII: A Fox and a Carv'd Head		31
Fable XXXIII: A Daw and Borrow'd Feathers		32
Fable XXXIV: An Ant and a Fly		33
Fable XXXV: A Frog and an Oxe		34
Fable XXXVI: An Asse and a Wolf		35
Fable XXXVII: A Horse and a Lion		35
Fable XXXVIII: A Horse and an Asse		36
Fable XXXIX: A Bat and a Weazle		42
Fable XL: A Bat, Birds, and Beasts		42
Fable XLI: An Estriche, Birds, and Beasts		42
Fable XLII: A Wolfe and a Fox		44
Fable XLIII: A Stag Drinking		45
Fable XLIV: A Snake and a File		46
Fable XLV: A League betwixt the Wolves and the Sheep		46
Fable XLVI: An Axe and a Forrest		47
Fable XLVII: A Tree and a Wedge		48
Fable XLVIII: The Eagle and Arrow		48
Fable XLIX: A Thrush taken with Birdlime		48
Fable L: The Belly and Members		50
Fable LI: An Ape and a Fox		51
Fable LII: A Lark and her Young Ones		52
Fable LIII: The Stag and the Oxen		53
Fable LIV: The Fox and a Sick Lyon		54
Fable LV: A Fox and a Weazel		55
Fable LVI: A Boare and a Horse		56
Fable LVII: A Stag and a Horse		56
Fable LVIII: Two young Men and a Cook		58
Fable LIX: A Dog and a Butcher		59
Fable LX: A Wolfe, a Lamb, and a Goat		60
Fable LXI: A Cat and Venus		60
Fable LXII: A Father and his Sons		62
Fable LXIII: A Laden Asse and a Horse		63
Fable LXIV: A Collyer and a Fuller		64
Fable LXV: A Thruſh and a Swallow		64
Fable LXVI: A Fowler and a Pigeon		65
Fable LXVII: A Trumpeter taken Prisoner		65
Fable LXVIII: A Dog and a Wolfe		66
Fable LXIX: A Farmer and his Dogs		68
Fable LXX: A Camel at First Sight		69
Fable LXXI: A Fox and a Lyon		69
Fable LXXII: An Eagle and a Fox		71
Fable LXXIII: A Husbandman and a Stork		72
Fable LXXIV: A Boy, and False Alarums		73
Fable LXXV: An Eagle and a Daw		74
Fable LXXVI: A Dog in a Manger		75
Fable LXXVII: A Sheep and a Crow		76
Fable LXXVIII: A Camel Praying for Horns		77
Fable LXXIX: A Fox and a Hare to Jupiter		77
Fable LXXX: A Peacock to Juno		77
Fable LXXXI: An Old Weazle and Mice		79
Fable LXXXII: An Old Tree Transplanted		79
Fable LXXXIII: A Fox and a Goat		80
Fable LXXXIV: Cocks and a Partridge		81
Fable LXXXV: A Bragging Traveller		82
Fable LXXXVI: An Impostor to the Oracle		83
Fable LXXXVII: A Woman and a Fat Hen		84
Fable LXXXVIII: A Man Bit by a Dog		84
Fable LXXXIX: A Hunted Beaver		85
Fable XC: A Thunny and a Dolphin		86
Fable XCI: Two Enemies at Sea		86
Fable XCII: A Fortune-Teller		87
Fable XCIII: A Cunning woman		87
Fable XCIV: An Astrologer and a Traveller		88
Fable XCV: A Doctor and his Patient		89
Fable XCVI: A Fowler and a Black-Bird		90
Fable XCVII: Mercury and a Traveller		91
Fable XCVIII: A Boy and his Mother		92
Fable XCIX: A Shepherd turn'd Merchant		93
Fable C: An Old Man and a Lyon		94
Fable CI: A Fox who lost his Tayle		94
Fable CII: A Fox and a Bramble		96
Fable CIII: A Fox and a Crocodile		97
Fable CIV: A Fox and Huntsmen		98
Fable CV: A Man and a Wooden God		99
Fable CVI: A Dog Invited to Supper		100
Fable CVII: An Eagle and a Man		101
Fable CVIII: A Father and Sons		101
Fable CIX: A Fisherman and his Pipe		102
Fable CX: A Fisherman's Good Luck		103
Fable CXI: Large Promises		103
Fable CXII: Fishermen Disappointed		104
Fable CXIII: Death and an Old Man		105
Fable CXIV: A Doctor and Patient with Sore Eyes		106
Fable CXV: A Cat and Mice		107
Fable CXVI: An Ape and a Fox		108
Fable CXVII: A Smith and his Dog		110
Fable CXVIII: A Boasting Mule		110
Fable CXIX: A Dog and a Wolfe		111
Fable CXX: A Lyon and a Bull		112
Fable CXXI: A Lyon in Love		113
Fable CXXII: A Lyoness and a Fox		114
Fable CXXIII: Two Cocks Fighting		115
Fable CXXIV: A Fawn and a Stag		116
Fable CXXV: Jupiter and a Bee		117
Fable CXXVI: Wasps in a Honey-pot		117
Fable CXXVII: A Young Man and a Swallow		118
Fable CXXVIII: Mercury and a Carpenter		119
Fable CXXIX: A Fox and Grapes		120
Fable CXXX: A Wolfe and a Lyon		120
Fable CXXXI: A Boy and a Snake		121
Fable CXXXII: A Fowler and a Partridge		122
Fable CXXXIII: A Hare and a Tortoise		123
Fable CXXXIV: Apples and Horse-Turds		124
Fable CXXXV: A Peach, an Apple, and a Blackberry		124
Fable CXXXVI: A Mole and her Dam		125
Fable CXXXVII: Wasps, Partridges, and a Husbandman		126
Fable CXXXVIII: Jupiter and a Serpent		126
Fable CXXXIX: A Flea and a Man		127
Fable CXL: A Flea and Hercules		128
Fable CXLI: A Man and Two wives		129
Fable CXLII: Two Frogs that wanted Water		129
Fable CXLIII: A Dog and a Cock upon a Journy		131
Fable CXLIV: A Bat, Bramble and Cormorant		131
Fable CXLV: A Lark in a Net		132
Fable CXLVI: A Miller Burying his Gold		132
Fable CXLVII: A Stag with One Eye		133
Fable CXLVIII: A Stag and a Lyon		134
Fable CXLIX: A Goat and a Vine		135
Fable CL: An Asse, a Lyon, and a Cock		135
Fable CLI: A Gardiner and his Dog		137
Fable CLII: A Sow and a Dog		137
Fable CLIII: A Sow and a Bitch		138
Fable CLIV: A Snake and a Crab		139
Fable CLV: A Shepherd and a Wolves Whelp		140
Fable CLVI: A Lyon, Fox, and a Wolfe		140
Fable CLVII: A Wife and a Drunken Husband		141
Fable CLVIII: A Swan and a Goose		142
Fable CLIX: A Washing of a Blackmore		143
Fable CLX: A Raven and a Swan		143
Fable CLXI: A Swallow and a Crow		143
Fable CLXII: A Nightingale and a Bat		144
Fable CLXIII: A Boy and Cockles		145
Fable CLXIV: Two Travellers and a Bag of Money		145
Fable CLXV: Two Neighbour-frogs		146
Fable CLXVI: A Bee-matter		146
Fable CLXVII: A Kingsfisher		147
Fable CLXVIII: Fishing in Troubled Waters		148
Fable CLXIX: An Ape and a Dolphin		149
Fable CLXX: Mercury and a Statuary		150
Fable CLXXI: Mercury and Tiresias		151
Fable CLXXII: A Hound and a Mastiffe		152
Fable CLXXIII: An Unhappy Match		153
Fable CLXXIV: A Wolfe and a Kid		146
Fable CLXXV: A Fox and a Crab		146
Fable CLXXVI: A Musician		147
Fable CLXXVII: Thieves that Stole a Cock		148
Fable CLXXVIII: A Crow and a Raven		148
Fable CLXXIX: A Crow and a Dog		149
Fable CLXXX: A Raven and a Snake		150
Fable CLXXXI: A Daw and Pigeons		151
Fable CLXXXII: A Daw with a String at's foot		152
Fable CLXXXIII: Jupiter and Fraud		153
Fable CLXXXIV: Jupiter and Modesty		154
Fable CLXXXV: Jupiters Wedding		155
Fable CLXXXVI: A Wolfe and a Sheep		156
Fable CLXXXVII: Hares, Foxes, and Eagles		157
Fable CLXXXVIII: An Ant formerly a Man		158
Fable CLXXXIX: Travellers by the Sea-side		158
Fable CLXXXX: A Wild Ass and a Tame		159
Fable CXCI: Asses to Jupiter		161
Fable CXCII: An Ass and the Frogs		162
Fable CXCIII: A Gall'd Ass and a Raven		163
Fable CLXXXXIV: A Lyon, Aſs and Fox		164
Fable CLXXXXV: A Hen and a Swallow		165
Fable CXCVI: A Pigeon and a Picture		166
Fable CXCVII: A Pigeon and a Crow		167
Fable CXCVIII: A Woman and her Two Daughters		168
Fable CXCIX: A Shepherd and his Sheep		169
Fable CC: Jupiter and a Herds-man		170
Fable CCI: A Gnat Challenges a Bull		171