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THE SECONDE PART OF MORALL PHILOSOPHIE.
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where ſhe ſate, and at a trice came downe to ſeaſe on hir. This pore Leueret ſeeing hir ſelfe thus diſtreſſed vpon the ſodeine, called on the Beetell that was makinge certayne little Balles, I can not tell what, and bade him helpe hir. The Beetell fiercely turning on the Eagle, bade hir get hir thence, and let hir alone, for ſhe was his. The Eagle beholding the fooliſhe Beetell, how he ſtoode on his feete ſlowtly aduancing himſelfe ſmyled, and laughing ſtill ſedde on the vnfortunate Leueret till ſhe had deuoured hir all, not weyghing the Beetell one of the woorſt and leaſt feathers on hir backe. The Beetell looked vppon hir, and put his finger to his mouth, and threatning hir went thence attending his balles agayne, as who ſhoulde ſaye: tyme will come when I will bee euen wyth thee. Within a whyle after the Betell carying this iniurie in minde, ſawe thys Eagle in loue, and dodging hir to hir neaſt, hee came thither ſo oft, that at length he founde egges, and lifting up his tayle hee beganne to rowle them vp and downe (the Eagle being abrode) and rowled them quite out of the neft, euen in maner when the yong Eagles were almoſt readye to bee hatched, and with the fall the laye at the foote of the rocke broken, and qualſhed all to peeces. When the Eagle re-