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THE SECOND PART OF MORALL PHILOSOPHIE.

hee. And here then ſayde the Woolfe before theſe Judges I doe vnſaye it againe. Naye ſayde the Judges (knowing his malice) it will not ſerue thee, vnleſſe thou wert faſt tied in the ſnare euen as he founde thee. The Woolfe glad to be releaſed of his promiſe (being indeede a ſubtile beaſt, but yet not drawing ſo deepe as the Judge vpon the ſodeine) beaſtly ſuffered himſelfe to be fnared againe as the ſhepeherde found him. O, now thou art ſafe ſayde the ſhepeherde, keepe thee there, denie it nowe a Gods name, I giue thee leaue, thou ſhalt mocke me no more I warrant thee. Whileſt this matter was doing thus, the other ſhepeherde commeth in the nicke that firſt had pitched his ſnare, and ſo tooke the Woolfe for praye (as of right hee might) and forth with he ſlue him with his ſheepehooke. So that now you may heare how they fare that liue upon deceyt. Go not therefore I ſaye, if thou meane to clyme to high degree by ſuch vnlawful and diſhoneſt meanes. Then ſayde the Aſſe unto the Moyle his brother as followeth.

Brother Moyle our Mother hath reaſon, and ſure me telleth thee true. Thou promiſeſt largely to thyſelfe. Thou ſeekeſt when thou art caught not to loſe thyſelfe, but to catch others, with no profit to thee but hurt to others: and this is not