for Hares and Aſſes, is to be Thankful for what they Are, and what they Have, and not to Grumble at the Lot that they muſt bear in ſpite of their Teeth.
Fab. XXVIII.
A Wolf, Kid, and Goat.
A Goat that was going out one Morning for a Mouthful of Freſh Graſs, Charg'd her Kid upon her Bleſſing, not to Open the Door till ſhe came back, to any Creature that had not a Beard. The Goat was no ſooner out of fight, but up comes a Wolf to the Door, that had Over-heard the Charge; and in a Small Pipe calls to the Kid to let her Mother come in. The Kid ſmelt out the Roguery, and bad the Wolf ſhew his Beard, and the Door ſhould be Open to him.
The Moral.
REFLEXION.
Here is Prudence, Caution, and Obedience, recommended to us in the Kids refuſal to Open the Door ; and here is likewiſe ſet forth in the Wolf , the Practice of a Fraudulent, and a Bloody Impoſtor. This Moral runs through the Whole Buſineſs of Humane Life, for ſo much as the Plot is carry'd on againſt the Simple and the Innocent, under Falſe Colours, and Feigned Pretences. There are Wolves, in Policy, as Well as in Mythology; and if the Kids Obedience had not been more than her Sagacity, ſhe would have found, to her Coſt, the Teeth of a Wolf, in the mouth of a Goat; and the malice of an Enemy cover'd under the Voice and Pretence of a Parent.
Fab. XXIX.
A Dog, a Sheep, and a Wolf.
A Dog brought an Action of the Caſe againſt a Sheep, for ſome Certain Meaſures of Wheat, that he had lent him. The Plaintiff prov'd the Debt by Three Poſitive Witneſſes, The Wolf, the Kite, and the Vultur, (Teſtes Probi & Legales) The Defendent was caſt into Coſts and Damages, and forc'd to ſell the Wool off his Back to Satisfie the Creditor.
