Three Hundred Æsop's Fables/The Ass and the Driver

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London: George Routledge and Sons, page 173

THE ASS AND HIS DRIVER.

An Ass being driven along the high road, suddenly started off, and bolted to the brink of a deep precipice. When he was in the act of throwing himself over, his owner, seizing him by the tail, endeavoured to pull him back. The Ass, persisting in his effort, the man let him go and said, "Conquer: but conquer to your cost."