Esops eables [sic] translated grammatically, and also in propriety of our English phrase; and, euery way, in such sort as may bee most profitable for the grammar-schoole
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             Esops eables [sic] translated grammatically, and also in propriety of our English phrase; and, euery way, in such sort as may bee most profitable for the grammar-schoole
             Aesop's fables. English
             Aesop.
             Brinsley, John, fl. 1581-1624.
          
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             London :
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           ESOPS
           EABLES
           Translated
           Grammatically
           ,
           and
           also
           in
           propriety
           of
           our
           English
           phrase
           ;
           and
           ,
           euery
           way
           ,
           in
           such
           sort
           as
           may
           bee
           most
           profitable
           for
           the
           Grammar-schoole
           .
        
         
           The
           vse
           of
           it
           is
           according
           to
           the
           directions
           in
           the
           prefaces
           ,
           and
           more
           fully
           set
           downe
           in
           
             Ludus
             Lit
             ▪
          
           or
           the
           Grammar-schoole
           .
        
         
         
           LONDON
           .
           Printed
           by
           
             H.
             L.
          
           for
           
             Thomas
             Man.
          
           1617.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Worshipfull
           ,
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Harper
          
           ,
           Knight
           ,
           all
           true
           prosperity
           .
        
         
           RIght
           worshipfull
           ,
           I
           may
           not
           bee
           forgetful
           of
           the
           loue
           which
           you
           haue
           shewed
           towardes
           the
           furtherance
           of
           my
           indeuours
           ,
           for
           the
           Grammar-schoole
           .
           Accept
           therfore
           this
           small
           pledge
           of
           my
           thankefull
           acknowledgement
           .
           Though
           it
           be
           little
           in
           valew
           and
           in
           the
           esteem
           of
           the
           most
           ,
           yet
           the
           b●nefit
           of
           it
           will
           (
           I
           trust
           )
           help
           to
           make
           amends
           ,
           and
           further
           the
           perfecting
           of
           my
           desires
           .
           By
           the
           right
           vse
           heereof
           ,
           may
           the
           little
           ones
           from
           their
           first
           yeares
           get
           much
           profitable
           vnderstanding
           &
           
           wisdome
           ,
           yea
           such
           ,
           as
           whereof
           they
           may
           haue
           worthie
           vse
           ,
           all
           their
           dayes
           ,
           in
           what
           place
           soeuer
           they
           shall
           be
           imployed
           ;
           And
           may
           moreouer
           haue
           euery
           point
           &
           part
           of
           the
           learning
           in
           it
           ,
           so
           imprinted
           in
           their
           memories
           as
           they
           shall
           neuer
           forget
           them
           ,
           but
           haue
           them
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           liuely
           before
           their
           faces
           :
           That
           so
           they
           may
           learne
           to
           embrace
           the
           vertues
           therein
           taught
           and
           to
           flee
           the
           vices
           ,
           to
           foresee
           dangers
           and
           how
           to
           auoid
           them
           ,
           to
           behaue
           themselues
           wisely
           and
           discreetly
           in
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           their
           life
           .
           As
           for
           example
           ,
           to
           giue
           a
           taste
           hereof
           ;
           in
           the
           first
           fable
           of
           the
           cock
           esteeming
           a
           barley
           corne
           aboue
           a
           precious
           stone
           ,
           to
           see
           the
           foolishof
           men
           ,
           especially
           of
           children
           preferring
           play
           before
           learning
           ,
           a
           little
           pleasure
           and
           folly
           ,
           before
           the
           most
           exellent
           and
           diuine
           wisdome
           :
           
           to
           teach
           them
           to
           followe
           after
           and
           to
           embrace
           learning
           and
           wisedome
           ,
           euen
           from
           their
           tender
           yeares
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           ashamed
           of
           misspending
           their
           precious
           time
           in
           play
           and
           idle
           vanities
           .
           So
           in
           the
           second
           fable
           of
           the
           wolfe
           and
           the
           lambe
           ,
           to
           teach
           them
           to
           take
           heede
           all
           their
           life
           long
           how
           they
           haue
           to
           deale
           with
           or
           any
           way
           prouoke
           cruell
           men
           ,
           that
           are
           too
           hard
           for
           them
           :
           Because
           they
           ,
           when
           they
           list
           ,
           can
           take
           any
           occasion
           to
           prey
           vpon
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           doe
           them
           a
           mischiefe
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           is
           matter
           enough
           ,
           If
           they
           bee
           not
           able
           to
           resist
           them
           .
           Thus
           likewise
           in
           the
           third
           fable
           of
           the
           mouse
           and
           the
           frog
           ,
           being
           at
           war
           together
           ,
           about
           the
           regiment
           of
           the
           marish
           ground
           ,
           vntill
           the
           kite
           snatch
           them
           both
           away
           and
           deuoure
           them
           ,
           to
           teach
           children
           in
           all
           their
           time
           to
           beware
           
           of
           discord
           and
           dissension
           with
           others
           ,
           especially
           contention
           for
           superiority
           &
           preferment
           :
           Because
           such
           vsually
           as
           will
           goe
           to
           wa●re
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           for
           euery
           trifle
           ,
           make
           themselues
           a
           prey
           to
           others
           ,
           especially
           to
           the
           common
           aduersary
           .
           And
           but
           onely
           to
           name
           the
           fourth
           ,
           In
           the
           Apologue
           of
           the
           dogge
           swimming
           ouer
           the
           riuer
           ,
           which
           through
           ouer
           much
           greediness
           ,
           chopping
           at
           the
           shadowe
           of
           the
           flesh
           which
           he
           sawe
           in
           the
           water
           ,
           lost
           the
           flesh
           it selfe
           which
           hee
           carried
           in
           his
           chops
           ,
           to
           teach
           children
           alwaies
           to
           take
           heed
           of
           too
           much
           greedinesse
           ,
           and
           euer
           to
           keep
           a
           measure
           in
           their
           desi●es
           ,
           lest
           that
           by
           ouer
           much
           earnestnesse
           in
           seeking
           more
           than
           is
           fit●e
           ,
           they
           come
           to
           lose
           all
           &
           to
           repent
           when
           it
           is
           too
           late
           .
           Now
           beside
           this
           sound
           wisedome
           ,
           and
           besides
           all
           the
           other
           
           helps
           concerning
           the
           more
           certaine
           ,
           easie
           ,
           and
           speedy
           means
           of
           attaining
           the
           Latine
           tongue
           (
           as
           happy
           experience
           hath
           taught
           very
           many
           ,
           who
           haue
           giuen
           plentifull
           testimony
           hereunto
           ;
           for
           construing
           ,
           pa●sing
           ,
           making
           Latine
           ,
           getting
           phrase
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           by
           such
           translations
           )
           they
           may
           learne
           hereby
           chiefly
           to
           make
           report
           of
           a
           fable
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           like
           narration
           ,
           or
           history
           in
           good
           sort
           &
           fit
           wordes
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           small
           commendation
           to
           any
           whosoeuer
           .
           For
           the
           manner
           of
           effecting
           hereof
           ,
           I
           haue
           set
           it
           downe
           shortly
           in
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Reader
           ,
           and
           more
           fully
           in
           my
           Grammar-schoole
           .
           And
           thus
           (
           that
           you
           may
           see
           my
           constant
           desire
           in
           creeping
           forwarde
           by
           little
           and
           little
           ,
           for
           perfo●ming
           my
           promise
           ,
           in
           accomplishing
           my
           seruice
           for
           the
           perpetuall
           benefit
           of
           
           schools
           &
           of
           all
           posterity
           ,
           by
           learning
           still
           of
           all
           the
           learned
           to
           help
           the
           vnlearned
           ,
           &
           by
           propounding
           to
           all
           what
           I
           haue
           found
           by
           experience
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           find
           the
           like
           and
           be
           partakers
           of
           al
           my
           trauels
           )
           haue
           I
           presumed
           vpon
           your
           loue
           to
           present
           this
           little
           translation
           vnto
           you
           .
           Which
           you
           accepting
           accordingly
           I
           shal
           be
           more
           incouraged
           to
           striue
           forward
           for
           perfecting
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           to
           spend
           my
           last
           thoughts
           for
           the
           commō
           good
           .
           And
           thus
           with
           all
           thankefull
           acknowledgement
           vnto
           your self
           with
           your
           worthy
           Lady
           and
           all
           yours
           I
           humbly
           take
           my
           leaue
           ,
           and
           rest
        
         
           
             Your
             Worships
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             I.
             Brinsley
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           painefull
           Schoolemaster
           .
        
         
           FIrst
           ,
           cause
           your
           scholar
           ,
           by
           reading
           this
           translation
           ,
           to
           tell
           you
           in
           euery
           fable
           what
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           fable
           is
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           to
           what
           ende
           and
           purpose
           it
           was
           inuented
           ,
           what
           it
           is
           to
           teach
           ,
           and
           what
           wisedome
           hee
           can
           learne
           out
           of
           it
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           how
           to
           make
           a
           good
           report
           of
           the
           fable
           ,
           both
           in
           English
           and
           Latine
           ,
           especially
           in
           English.
           Fourthly
           and
           lastly
           ,
           to
           make
           right
           vse
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           all
           matters
           concerning
           Grammar
           ,
           as
           for
           construing
           ,
           parsing
           ,
           making
           and
           proouing
           the
           Latine
           ;
           and
           so
           for
           reading
           forth
           of
           English
           into
           Latine
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           directions
           in
           my
           former
           translations
           ,
           as
           namely
           ▪
           in
           
             Sententiae
             ▪
             Ca●o
             ,
             Cord.
             &c.
             
          
           And
           principally
           for
           obseruing
           the
           best
           phrases
           both
           English
           and
           Latine
           ;
           thus
           shall
           you
           receiue
           your
           desire
           .
           Those
           things
           which
           are
           too
           harsh
           to
           be
           vttered
           in
           English
           ,
           word
           for
           word
           ,
           according
           to
           
           the
           Latine
           phrase
           ,
           I
           haue
           referred
           to
           the
           margent
           ,
           with
           an
           Asteriske
           or
           little
           Star
           :
           and
           variety
           of
           English
           phrase
           ,
           I
           haue
           set
           also
           in
           the
           margent
           ,
           noted
           with
           a
           little
           r.
           But
           for
           these
           I
           referre
           you
           to
           that
           which
           I
           haue
           written
           in
           my
           former
           translations
           ,
           and
           in
           my
           Grammarschole
           .
           Vouchsafe
           mee
           your
           better
           derection
           ,
           in
           loue
           ;
           and
           what
           is
           defectiue
           ,
           I
           shall
           (
           God
           willing
           )
           labour
           to
           supply
           in
           the
           next
           edition
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           *
           r
           Esops
           Fables
           .
        
         
           
             1
             *
             Of
             a
             Cocke
             .
             [
             This
             fable
             setteth
             out
             the
             foolish
             contempt
             of
             learning
             and
             wisedome
             .
             ]
          
           
             *
             WHen
             on
             a
             time
             a
             cock
             *
             scratched
             in
             a
             dunghill
             ,
             hee
             found
             a
             precious
             stone
             ▪
             r
             saying
             ,
             what
             ,
             doe
             I
             finde
             *
             so
             gay
             a
             thing
             ?
             If
             a
             *
             Ieweller
             had
             found
             [
             it
             ]
             *
             none
             *
             could
             haue
             beene
             more
             *
             iocund
             than
             hee
             ,
             r
             as
             who
             knew
             the
             price
             [
             of
             it
             .
             ]
             [
             But
             ]
             *
             intruth
             r
             it
             is
             *
             of
             no
             vse
             to
             mee
             ,
             neither
             doe
             I
             
             *
             r
             greatly
             esteem
             it
             :
             yea
             *
             I
             in
             very
             deed
             *
             had
             rather
             haue
             r
             a
             graine
             of
             barley
             ,
             than
             r
             all
             precious
             stones
             .
          
           
             
               r
               
                 The
                 Moral
              
               .
               ]
               r
               Vnderstand
               by
               the
               precious
               stone
               ,
               r
               art
               &
               wisedome
               .
               *
               By
               the
               cocke
               a
               foolish
               man
               r
               giuen
               to
               pleasure
               .
               *
               Neither
               fooles
               loue
               r
               liberall
               arts
               ,
               sith
               they
               knowe
               not
               the
               vse
               of
               them
               :
               nor
               r
               a
               man
               giuen
               ouer
               to
               pleasure
               ,
               r
               as
               *
               whom
               onely
               pleasure
               doth
               delight
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             2
             Of
             a
             Wolfe
             and
             a
             Lamb
             [
             shewing
             the
             nature
             of
             cruell
             oppressors
             ,
             
             that
             they
             can
             easily
             take
             any
             occasion
             to
             prey
             vpon
             &
             spoyle
             the
             poore
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Wolfe
             drinking
             at
             the
             r
             head
             of
             a
             *
             spring
             ,
             seeeth
             
             a
             lambe
             drinking
             r
             farre
             beneath
             .
             Hee
             *
             runneth
             to
             [
             and
             ]
             r
             rateth
             the
             lamb
             ,
             *
             for
             that
             hee
             *
             marred
             the
             spring
             .
             The
             lambe
             *
             trembled
             ,
             besought
             [
             him
             ,
             ]
             that
             hee
             would
             spare
             [
             him
             ]
             beeing
             innocent
             .
          
           
             *
             That
             hee
             neither
             could
             indeed
             marre
             the
             drinke
             of
             the
             wolfe
             ,
             sith
             hee
             dranke
             farre
             beneath
             ,
             nor
             yet
             *
             would
             .
             The
             wolfe
             r
             contrarily
             r
             thundereth
             :
             [
             saying
             ,
             ]
             Thou
             r
             church
             robber
             ,
             r
             thou
             doest
             nothing
             :
             thou
             alwaies
             *
             hurtest
             [
             mee
             :
             ]
             [
             thy
             ]
             father
             ,
             mother
             ,
             all
             thy
             *
             odious
             r
             kinde
             is
             against
             me
             *
             by
             all
             meanes
             .
             *
             Thou
             shalt
             r
             smart
             for
             it
             this
             day
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               It
               is
               an
               olde
               saying
               :
               *
               that
               It
               is
               an
               easie
               matter
               to
               finde
               a
               st●ffe
               to
               beate
               a
               dogge
               .
               A
               mighty
               man
               easily
               taketh
               an
               *
               occasion
               
               of
               hurting
               ,
               if
               r
               hee
               list
               to
               hurt
               .
               Hee
               hath
               r
               offended
               sufficiently
               who
               *
               cannot
               resist
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             3
             Of
             a
             mouse
             and
             a
             frog
             ,
             [
             setting
             
             out
             the
             fruit
             of
             discord
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Mouse
             r
             made
             war
             with
             a
             frogge
             .
             *
             The
             contention
             was
             concerning
             the
             r
             empire
             of
             the
             r
             fenne
             .
             The
             r
             battell
             was
             r
             vehement
             &
             doubtfull
             .
             The
             crasty
             mouse
             r
             lurking
             vnder
             the
             *
             weeds
             ,
             sets
             vpon
             the
             frog
             by
             *
             policy
             .
             The
             frogge
             r
             beeing
             better
             in
             strength
             ,
             *
             pu●lant
             in
             breast
             and
             in
             *
             bouncing
             ,
             r
             prouokes
             the
             r
             enemy
             *
             in
             open
             warre
             .
             r
             A
             bulrush
             was
             the
             speare
             to
             either
             of
             them
             ,
             which
             *
             battell
             being
             seene
             farre
             off
             ,
             the
             *
             kite
             maketh
             haste
             vnto
             [
             them
             :
             ]
             
             and
             whilst
             neither
             [
             of
             them
             ]
             *
             taketh
             heed
             to
             *
             themselues
             ,
             for
             the
             *
             earnestnesse
             of
             the
             battell
             ,
             the
             〈◊〉
             away
             ,
             and
             teareth
             in
             peeces
             *
             both
             the
             warriours
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               It
               is
               wont
               *
               euen
               so
               to
               fal
               out
               to
               factious
               citizens
               ,
               who
               being
               *
               inflamed
               with
               a
               *
               desire
               of
               bearing
               rule
               ,
               whilst
               they
               *
               contend
               amongst
               themselues
               r
               to
               bee
               made
               magistrate●
               ,
               doe
               put
               their
               *
               weal●h
               and
               also
               their
               life
               *
               very
               oft
               in
               danger
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             4
             Of
             a
             dogge
             and
             a
             shadow
             ,
             [
             war●ing
             
             to
             beware
             of
             too
             much
             greedinesse
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Dogge
             swimming
             ouer
             a
             riuer
             carried
             *
             a
             peece
             of
             flesh
             in
             [
             his
             ]
             *
             chap.
             The
             sunne
             shining
             ,
             *
             as
             it
             fell
             out
             ,
             the
             shadowe
             of
             the
             flesh
             shined
             
             in
             the
             waters
             :
             which
             r
             being
             seene
             hee
             greedily
             catching
             at
             ,
             lost
             that
             which
             was
             in
             his
             r
             iawes
             .
             Therefore
             being
             r
             sore
             smitten
             with
             the
             losse
             both
             of
             the
             r
             thing
             and
             also
             of
             his
             hope
             ,
             first
             ,
             hee
             was
             r
             amazed
             ,
             *
             afterwardes
             getting
             heart
             againe
             ,
             hee
             *
             howled
             out
             thus
             :
             O
             wretch
             *
             there
             wanted
             a
             measure
             to
             thy
             *
             greedinesse
             .
             r
             The●
             was
             enough
             ,
             &
             more
             than
             enough
             ,
             *
             if
             thou
             hadst
             not
             doated
             :
             *
             now
             thou
             hast
             lesse
             than
             nothing
             by
             thy
             foolishnesse
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               Wee
               are
               *
               put
               in
               minde
               of
               modesty
               by
               this
               fable
               ,
               wee
               are
               put
               in
               minde
               of
               wisedome
               ,
               that
               there
               be
               a
               measure
               *
               in
               our
               desire
               ;
               lest
               wee
               lose
               certain
               things
               for
               vncertain
               .
               Surely
               that
               *
               San●io
               in
               Terence
               [
               speaks
               ]
               *
               wittily
               :
               I
               ,
               quoth
               he
               ,
               will
               not
               buy
               hope
               *
               so
               deare
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             5
             
             Of
             a
             lion
             and
             certaine
             other
             beasts
             ,
             [
             teaching
             that
             it
             is
             the
             safest
             to
             deale
             with
             our
             equalls
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Lion
             had
             *
             made
             an
             agreement
             with
             a
             sheep
             and
             with
             certain
             other
             [
             beast
             ,
             ]
             *
             that
             there
             should
             bee
             a
             common
             hun●ing
             .
             *
             They
             goe
             to
             hunt
             .
             *
             there
             is
             a
             Hart
             taken
             .
             They
             diuide
             *
             [
             him
             ]
             *
             Euery
             
             one
             [
             of
             them
             .
             ]
             Beginning
             to
             take
             vp
             their
             *
             seuerall
             parts
             ,
             *
             as
             it
             was
             agreed
             ,
             the
             lion
             roared
             out
             :
             Saying
             one
             part
             is
             mine
             ,
             because
             I
             am
             the
             worthiest
             .
             r
             Also
             another
             part
             is
             mine
             ,
             because
             I
             am
             r
             most
             excelling
             in
             strength
             .
             Furthermore
             ,
             I
             chalenge
             a
             third
             part
             ,
             because
             I
             haue
             sweat
             more
             in
             *
             catching
             the
             Hart.
             And
             lastly
             ,
             vnlesse
             you
             will
             grant
             me
             a
             fourth
             part
             ,
             *
             farewell
             
             friendship
             .
             *
             His
             fellows
             
             hauing
             heard
             this
             ,
             doe
             depart
             empty
             and
             *
             still
             ,
             not
             *
             being
             so
             bolde
             as
             to
             mutter
             against
             the
             lion
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               *
               Faithfull
               dealing
               hath
               been
               euer
               rare
               ,
               it
               is
               more
               rare
               *
               in
               this
               age
               :
               [
               but
               ]
               it
               is
               and
               hath
               been
               alwaies
               most
               rare
               amongst
               r
               mighty
               men
               .
               Wherefore
               it
               is
               better
               [
               that
               ]
               you
               liue
               with
               your
               r
               equall
               .
               For
               he
               that
               liueth
               with
               a
               mightier
               [
               man
               ]
               *
               must
               necessarily
               *
               depart
               oft
               times
               from
               his
               owne
               right
               .
               *
               You
               shall
               haue
               r
               equall
               right
               with
               your
               equall
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             6
             Of
             a
             wolfe
             and
             a
             crane
             ,
             [
             teaching
             
             what
             it
             is
             ,
             to
             doe
             good
             to
             a●
             vnthankefull
             body
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Wolf
             deuouring
             a
             sheep
             ,
             *
             r
             bechance
             the
             boanes
             stucke
             in
             his
             r
             throate
             .
             Hee
             
             r
             goeth
             about
             ,
             desireth
             help
             ,
             [
             but
             ]
             no
             man
             r
             helpeth
             [
             him
             .
             ]
             *
             All
             say
             ,
             *
             that
             he
             had
             got
             *
             a
             iust
             reward
             of
             his
             *
             rauening
             .
             At
             length
             he
             r
             induceth
             a
             crane
             by
             many
             r
             flatteries
             and
             moe
             promises
             ,
             that
             her
             *
             long
             necke
             beeing
             thrust
             into
             his
             throat
             ,
             shee
             would
             pluck
             out
             the
             boane
             fastened
             [
             in
             it
             .
             ]
             But
             [
             shee
             ]
             asking
             [
             her
             ]
             rewarde
             ,
             hee
             mocked
             [
             her
             .
             ]
             *
             Thou
             foole
             ,
             quoth
             he
             ,
             *
             goe
             thy
             way
             :
             r
             Hast
             thou
             not
             enough
             that
             thou
             liuest
             ?
             *
             Thou
             owest
             mee
             [
             thy
             ]
             life
             .
             *
             If
             I
             had
             listed
             ,
             *
             it
             was
             in
             my
             power
             to
             bite
             off
             thy
             neck
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               It
               is
               an
               *
               olde
               [
               prouerbe
               ]
               that
               all
               is
               lost
               which
               thou
               doest
               to
               an
               vnthankfull
               [
               body
               .
               ]
            
          
        
         
           
           
             7
             Of
             a
             countrie
             man
             and
             of
             *
             a
             
             snake
             ,
             [
             shewing
             also
             the
             thanks
             to
             bee
             looked
             for
             from
             a
             wicked
             man.
             ]
          
           
             A
             Countrie
             man
             brought
             home
             *
             a
             snake
             found
             in
             the
             snow
             almost
             killed
             with
             colde
             .
             Hee
             *
             layed
             him
             to
             the
             fire
             .
             The
             snake
             receiuing
             strength
             from
             the
             fire
             ,
             and
             poyson
             ,
             and
             afterwardes
             not
             *
             induring
             the
             flame
             ,
             r
             infected
             all
             the
             *
             shed
             with
             hissing
             .
             The
             countrie
             man
             runneth
             vnto
             [
             him
             .
             ]
             [
             and
             ]
             *
             snatching
             vp
             a
             stake
             ,
             r
             ●lateth
             the
             iniury
             with
             him
             ,
             with
             wordes
             and
             *
             strokes
             ,
             Whether
             r
             hee
             requite
             this
             thanke
             ?
             whether
             r
             hee
             be
             about
             to
             take
             away
             life
             *
             from
             him
             ,
             *
             who
             gaue
             him
             [
             his
             ]
             life
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               *
               It
               commeth
               to
               
               passe
               sometimes
               ,
               that
               they
               will
               doe
               you
               an
               *
               ill
               turne
               ,
               to
               *
               whom
               you
               haue
               done
               good
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               *
               will
               r
               deserue
               euilly
               of
               you
               ,
               r
               of
               whom
               you
               haue
               deserued
               vvell
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             8
             Of
             a
             boare
             and
             an
             asse
             ;
             teaching
             
             to
             contemne
             iniuries
             offered
             from
             base
             persons
             .
          
           
             *
             r
             AS
             on
             a
             time
             a
             sluggish
             asse
             r
             mocked
             a
             boar
             ,
             hee
             disdayning
             ,
             r
             gnashed
             [
             his
             ]
             teeth
             ,
             [
             saying
             ;
             ]
             O
             most
             sluggish
             asse
             ,
             truely
             thou
             hadst
             deserued
             euill
             ,
             but
             al
             though
             r
             thou
             haddest
             beene
             worthie
             of
             punishment
             ,
             yet
             I
             am
             *
             vnmeet
             *
             that
             I
             should
             be
             reuenged
             of
             thee
             .
             Mocke
             *
             safely
             ,
             *
             thou
             maiest
             freely
             ,
             for
             thou
             art
             safe
             for
             thy
             sluggishnesse
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               Let
               vs
               *
               doe
               our
               
               indeauour
               that
               when
               wee
               heare
               or
               suffer
               things
               *
               vnbefitting
               vs
               ,
               we
               speake
               not
               ,
               not
               doe
               things
               *
               vnbeseeming
               vs
               :
               for
               r
               euill
               men
               &
               *
               past
               hope
               ,
               *
               doe
               for
               most
               part
               reioyce
               ,
               if
               *
               any
               good
               man
               resist
               them
               .
               *
               They
               highly
               esteeme
               of
               it
               ,
               *
               that
               they
               should
               bee
               accounted
               worthie
               r
               to
               be
               reuenged
               of
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               Let
               vs
               imitate
               horses
               and
               great
               beasts
               ,
               which
               passe
               by
               little
               dogges
               barking
               at
               them
               ,
               with
               contempt
               [
               of
               them
               .
               ]
            
          
        
         
           
             9
             Of
             a
             citie
             mouse
             and
             a
             countrie
             
             mouse
             ,
             [
             shewing
             the
             feares
             and
             dangers
             that
             rich
             men
             are
             alwaies
             in
             .
             And
             that
             therfore
             a
             little
             with
             safety
             ,
             is
             better
             than
             abundance
             with
             continuall
             feare
             and
             danger
             .
             ]
          
           
             IT
             pleased
             a
             city
             mouse
             to
             walke
             into
             the
             countrey
             .
             
             A
             countrie
             mouse
             saw
             *
             him
             ,
             inuiteth
             [
             him
             ,
             ]
             *
             preparation
             is
             made
             ,
             *
             they
             goe
             to
             supper
             .
             The
             countrie
             mouse
             fetcheth
             forth
             whatsoeuer
             hee
             had
             laid
             vp
             against
             winter
             ,
             and
             *
             bring●th
             out
             all
             his
             *
             store
             ,
             that
             hee
             might
             *
             satisfie
             the
             dainti
             nesse
             of
             so
             great
             a
             guest
             .
             r
             Yet
             notwithstanding
             ,
             the
             city
             mouse
             *
             frowning
             ,
             condemneth
             the
             r
             scarsity
             of
             the
             coūtrey
             ,
             r
             and
             then
             praiseth
             the
             r
             plenty
             of
             the
             citie
             .
             [
             And
             ]
             going
             back
             ,
             he
             leadeth
             the
             coūtrie
             mouse
             with
             him
             into
             the
             city
             ,
             that
             hee
             might
             *
             approoue
             in
             deede
             ,
             that
             which
             hee
             had
             bragged
             of
             in
             words
             .
             They
             goe
             to
             the
             banquet
             which
             the
             city
             mouse
             *
             had
             gorgeously
             prepared
             .
             *
             As
             they
             were
             at
             the
             banquet
             ,
             the
             noyse
             of
             a
             key
             is
             heard
             in
             the
             lock
             .
             *
             They
             trembled
             ,
             &
             running
             fled
             away
             .
             The
             countrey
             mouse
             both
             vnaccustomed
             ,
             and
             ignorant
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             
             *
             hardly
             saued
             himselfe
             .
             The
             seruant
             departing
             ,
             the
             citie
             mouse
             returneth
             vnto
             the
             table
             ,
             calleth
             the
             coūtry
             mouse
             .
             *
             Hee
             ,
             scarsely
             at
             length
             hauing
             put
             away
             his
             feare
             ,
             creepeth
             out
             :
             [
             And
             ]
             asketh
             the
             ci●y
             mouse
             *
             drinking
             vnto
             him
             ,
             whether
             this
             r
             perill
             bee
             often
             .
             Hee
             answered
             ,
             *
             that
             it
             was
             daily
             ,
             that
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             contemned
             .
             Then
             the
             *
             countrie
             mouse
             ,
             daily
             quoth
             hee
             ?
             *
             In
             good
             sooth
             ,
             your
             dainties
             sauour
             more
             of
             gall
             than
             of
             hony
             .
             I
             in
             truth
             *
             had
             rather
             haue
             my
             scarsity
             with
             security
             ,
             than
             this
             abundance
             with
             such
             *
             feare
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               Riches
               *
               haue
               indeed
               a
               shew
               of
               pleasure
               ,
               but
               if
               you
               looke
               within
               [
               them
               ]
               they
               haue
               r
               perils
               and
               bitternesse
               .
               There
               was
               one
               Eutrapilus
               ,
               who
               when
               hee
               would
               hurt
               his
               enemies
               most
               of
               all
               ,
               made
               
               them
               rich
               ,
               *
               saying
               that
               he
               would
               *
               reuenge
               himselfe
               of
               them
               ,
               for
               that
               *
               they
               should
               receiue
               with
               their
               riches
               *
               a
               great
               packe
               of
               r
               cares
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             10
             Of
             an
             eagle
             and
             a
             iack-daw
             :
             
             warning
             vs
             to
             beware
             of
             whom
             and
             what
             counsell
             we
             take
             .
          
           
             AN
             eagle
             hauing
             gotten
             a
             cockle
             ,
             could
             not
             *
             pluck
             out
             the
             fish
             by
             force
             ,
             or
             by
             art
             .
             A
             iackdawe
             comming
             vnto
             [
             her
             ]
             giues
             [
             her
             ]
             counsell
             .
             [
             Shee
             ]
             perswadeth
             [
             her
             ]
             r
             to
             fly
             aloft
             ,
             and
             *
             to
             hurle
             downe
             the
             cockle
             *
             from
             an
             high
             ,
             vpon
             the
             stones
             :
             *
             For
             that
             it
             would
             so
             come
             to
             passe
             ,
             that
             the
             shell
             would
             be
             broken
             .
             The
             iackdawe
             tarieth
             vpon
             the
             ground
             ,
             that
             shee
             may
             wait
             for
             the
             fall
             .
             The
             eagle
             
             *
             throweth
             [
             it
             ]
             downe
             ,
             the
             shell
             is
             broken
             ,
             the
             fish
             
             is
             r
             snatched
             away
             by
             the
             iackdawe
             ,
             the
             eagle
             being
             deluded
             *
             grieueth
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               Doe
               not
               *
               giue
               credite
               *
               to
               euery
               one
               ,
               and
               *
               see
               [
               that
               ]
               you
               looke
               into
               the
               counsell
               which
               you
               shall
               receiue
               of
               others
               .
               For
               many
               beeing
               *
               consulted
               with
               ,
               doe
               not
               r
               giue
               counsell
               *
               for
               them
               who
               aske
               counsell
               of
               them
               ,
               but
               for
               themselues
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             11
             Of
             a
             crow
             and
             a
             fox
             cub
             ,
             [
             aduising
             
             vs
             to
             take
             ●eed
             of
             beeing
             ouer
             greedy
             of
             praise
             .
          
           
             A
             Crowe
             hauing
             gotten
             a
             prey
             ,
             maketh
             a
             noyse
             in
             the
             boughes
             [
             of
             a
             tree
             .
             ]
             A
             foxe-cubbe
             seeth
             [
             him
             ]
             *
             vaunting
             ,
             runneth
             vnto
             [
             him
             .
             ]
             The
             fox
             (
             quoth
             [
             she
             ]
             )
             *
             doth
             very
             kindly
             greet
             the
             crowe
             .
             I
             *
             haue
             heard
             very
             often
             
             r
             fame
             to
             be
             a
             lyer
             ,
             now
             *
             I
             finde
             it
             in
             very
             deed
             .
             For
             as
             bechance
             I
             passe
             by
             this
             way
             ,
             *
             spying
             you
             in
             a
             tr●
             ,
             I
             *
             come
             running
             vnto
             you
             ,
             blaming
             r
             fame
             .
             For
             the
             fame
             is
             ,
             *
             that
             you
             are
             blacker
             than
             pitch
             ,
             and
             I
             see
             [
             you
             ]
             whiter
             than
             snow
             .
             Tru●ly
             in
             my
             iudgement
             you
             *
             surpasse
             the
             swans
             ,
             and
             are
             fai●er
             than
             the
             white
             iuy
             .
             If
             so
             bee
             that
             *
             as
             [
             you
             excell
             ]
             in
             feathers
             ,
             you
             so
             excell
             also
             in
             voyce
             ,
             in
             trueth
             ,
             *
             I
             will
             call
             you
             the
             queene
             of
             all
             the
             birds
             .
             The
             crowe
             beeing
             *
             allured
             by
             this
             *
             pretty
             flattery
             ,
             prepares
             [
             himselfe
             ]
             to
             sing
             .
             But
             the
             cheese
             falleth
             our
             of
             [
             his
             ]
             r
             bil
             ,
             *
             as
             hee
             was
             preparing
             [
             to
             sing
             ,
             ]
             which
             beeing
             snatched
             vp
             ,
             the
             fox-cub
             taketh
             vp
             *
             a
             lowd
             laughter
             .
             Then
             at
             length
             it
             shames
             the
             miserable
             crow
             ,
             and
             ●rketh
             him
             of
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             the
             losse
             of
             the
             thing
             beeing
             mixed
             with
             shame
             it
             
             grieueth
             [
             him
             .
             ]
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               Some
               are
               so
               r
               greedy
               of
               praise
               ,
               that
               they
               loue
               a
               flatterer
               with
               their
               owne
               reproach
               and
               losse
               .
               Such
               *
               silly
               men
               are
               [
               made
               ]
               a
               prey
               to
               parasites
               .
               If
               so
               be
               that
               you
               will
               r
               auoid
               boasting
               ,
               you
               may
               ●sily
               *
               escape
               [
               that
               ]
               pestilent
               kinde
               of
               flatterers
               .
               If
               you
               will
               bee
               Thraso
               ,
               *
               you
               shall
               neuer
               want
               a
               Gnato
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             12
             Of
             a
             lion
             spent
             with
             olde
             age
             ;
             
             admonishing
             vs
             euer
             to
             beware
             of
             cruelty
             ,
             or
             beeing
             ouer
             fierce
             in
             prosperity
             .
             
          
           
             A
             Lion
             which
             had
             made
             very
             many
             [
             his
             ]
             enemies
             by
             his
             r
             fierceness
             in
             [
             his
             ]
             youth
             ,
             *
             paid
             for
             it
             in
             [
             his
             ]
             old
             age
             .
             The
             boar
             *
             setteth
             on
             him
             with
             his
             *
             ●ush
             ,
             the
             bull
             *
             with
             his
             horne
             .
             *
             Especially
             ,
             
             
             the
             olde
             asse
             desiring
             to
             *
             put
             out
             vtterly
             the
             olde
             name
             of
             sluggishnesse
             ,
             *
             layeth
             at
             him
             r
             stoutly
             with
             words
             and
             with
             [
             his
             ]
             heeles
             .
             Then
             the
             lion
             *
             sighing
             deeply
             [
             said
             ,
             ]
             these
             whom
             I
             haue
             hurt
             in
             times
             past
             ,
             hurt
             [
             mee
             ]
             now
             againe
             ,
             and
             *
             worthily
             .
             But
             they
             whō
             I
             haue
             r
             sometimes
             *
             done
             good
             vnto
             ,
             doe
             not
             now
             *
             doe
             mee
             good
             *
             again
             ,
             *
             yea
             they
             also
             *
             hurt
             mee
             without
             cause
             .
             *
             I
             was
             a
             foole
             that
             made
             [
             me
             ]
             many
             enemies
             ,
             [
             but
             ]
             more
             foolish
             *
             that
             trusted
             false
             friends
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               *
               Be
               not
               lift
               vp
               in
               prosperity
               ,
               bee
               not
               fierce
               .
               For
               if
               fortune
               r
               shal
               change
               [
               her
               ]
               countenance
               ,
               they
               whom
               you
               haue
               hurt
               will
               r
               auenge
               [
               themselues
               .
               ]
               And
               see
               that
               you
               *
               make
               a
               difference
               amongst
               [
               your
               ]
               friends
               .
               For
               there
               are
               *
               som
               that
               are
               not
               *
               your
               friends
               ,
               
               but
               of
               your
               table
               &
               estate
               .
               Which
               *
               estate
               in
               very
               deed
               *
               so
               soone
               as
               euer
               it
               shall
               be
               changed
               ,
               they
               also
               will
               be
               changed
               :
               *
               it
               shall
               goe
               very
               well
               with
               you
               if
               they
               bee
               not
               enemies
               .
               Ouid
               cōplaineth
               *
               iustly
               .
            
             
               *
               Lo
               ,
               I
               sometimes
               [
               was
               ]
               *
               guarded
               *
               with
               no
               small
               company
               of
               friends
               ,
            
             
               Whilst
               *
               the
               winde
               blowed
               prosperously
               to
               my
               sailes
               :
            
             
               But
               after
               that
               the
               r
               fierce
               seas
               *
               began
               to
               swell
               with
               the
               r
               stormy
               winde
               ,
            
             
               *
               I
               am
               left
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               waters
               ,
               r
               my
               ship
               being
               all
               torne
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             13
             Of
             a
             dog
             and
             an
             asse
             ,
             [
             shewing
             
             the
             foolishnesse
             of
             them
             ,
             who
             will
             attempt
             any
             thing
             against
             nature
             .
             ]
          
           
             *
             WHenas
             of
             a
             time
             a
             
             dogge
             *
             flattered
             [
             his
             ]
             master
             and
             the
             r
             family
             ,
             [
             both
             ]
             the
             master
             and
             the
             family
             r
             cherished
             the
             dogge
             .
             The
             *
             asse
             seeing
             that
             ,
             r
             groaneth
             *
             very
             deeply
             .
             It
             began
             to
             r
             i●ke
             him
             of
             his
             *
             condition
             :
             hee
             thinks
             it
             *
             vnequally
             dealt
             ,
             *
             that
             the
             dogge
             should
             bewelcome
             to
             all
             ,
             and
             bee
             fed
             from
             his
             masters
             table
             ,
             and
             also
             r
             attaine
             that
             by
             idlenesse
             and
             play
             ,
             r
             and
             contrarily
             himselfe
             to
             carry
             *
             packs
             ,
             be
             r
             beaten
             with
             a
             whip
             ,
             r
             neuer
             to
             bee
             idle
             ,
             and
             yet
             [
             to
             bee
             ]
             odious
             to
             all
             .
             If
             these
             things
             *
             be
             gotten
             by
             *
             flatteries
             ,
             hee
             determineth
             to
             follow
             that
             art
             which
             *
             is
             so
             profitable
             .
             Therfore
             *
             at
             a
             certaine
             time
             [
             his
             ]
             master
             returning
             home
             ,
             hee
             about
             to
             try
             the
             matter
             ,
             runs
             forth
             to
             meet
             [
             him
             ▪
             ]
             hee
             leapes
             [
             vpon
             him
             ]
             beares
             [
             him
             ]
             with
             [
             his
             ]
             *
             hooues
             .
             [
             His
             ]
             master
             crying
             out
             ,
             the
             seruants
             ran
             vnto
             [
             him
             ,
             ]
             and
             the
             foolish
             
             asse
             ,
             which
             *
             thought
             himselfe
             ciuill
             is
             beaten
             with
             a
             *
             club
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               All
               [
               of
               ]
               vs
               cannot
               doe
               all
               things
               ,
               as
               Virgil
               saith
               in
               [
               his
               ]
               Bucolicks
               ,
               neither
               doe
               all
               things
               become
               all
               men
               .
               *
               Let
               euery
               one
               desire
               that
               ,
               let
               him
               r
               try
               that
               which
               hee
               is
               able
               .
               For
               wee
               knowe
               that
               which
               is
               spoken
               more
               significantly
               in
               Greek
               ,
               *
               An
               asse
               to
               the
               harpe
               :
               So
               also
               Boetius
               ,
               An
               asse
               *
               set
               to
               the
               harpe
               .
               Nature
               resisting
               ,
               our
               labor
               is
               in
               vaine
               .
               *
               You
               shall
               neither
               do
               nor
               say
               any
               thing
               ,
               if
               r
               Minerua
               be
               vnwilling
               ,
               *
               as
               Horace
               saith
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             14
             Of
             a
             lion
             and
             a
             mouse
             ,
             [
             teaching
             
             great
             men
             to
             deale
             kindly
             with
             the
             meanest
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Lion
             beeing
             weary
             with
             heate
             and
             with
             running
             ,
             rested
             in
             the
             shadowe
             vpon
             *
             greene
             leaues
             :
             *
             and
             a
             flock
             of
             mise
             running
             ouer
             his
             back
             ,
             hee
             awaking
             catched
             *
             one
             of
             them
             .
             The
             captiue
             beseecheth
             him
             ,
             cryeth
             *
             that
             hee
             was
             not
             worthy
             that
             the
             lion
             should
             bee
             angry
             at
             him
             .
             Hee
             *
             bethinking
             him selfe
             *
             that
             there
             was
             no
             praise
             in
             the
             death
             of
             such
             a
             silly
             little
             beast
             ,
             le
             ts
             goe
             the
             *
             prisoner
             .
          
           
             *
             And
             not
             very
             to
             long
             after
             ,
             as
             the
             lion
             bechance
             runnes
             through
             the
             laund
             ,
             hee
             falles
             into
             net●
             ,
             *
             he
             may
             roare
             ,
             but
             hee
             cannot
             gette
             forth
             .
             The
             mouse
             heareth
             the
             lion
             roaring
             miserably
             ,
             acknowledgeth
             [
             his
             ]
             voyce
             ,
             creepeth
             into
             
             the
             holes
             ,
             seeketh
             the
             kno●s
             of
             the
             nets
             ,
             *
             findeth
             them
             being
             sought
             ,
             gnaweth
             them
             being
             found
             ,
             the
             lion
             escapeth
             out
             of
             the
             nets
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               This
               fable
               perswadeth
               r
               clemency
               to
               mighty
               men
               .
               For
               as
               humane
               things
               are
               vnstable
               ,
               [
               so
               ]
               mighty
               men
               sometimes
               need
               the
               helpe
               of
               the
               baser
               .
               Wherefore
               a
               wise
               man
               although
               hee
               may
               ,
               will
               bee
               affraid
               to
               hurt
               any
               *
               man
               whosoeuer
               .
               But
               hee
               that
               feareth
               not
               to
               hurt
               another
               ,
               *
               doth
               exceeding
               foolishly
               .
               Why
               so
               ?
               Because
               although
               ,
               *
               trusting
               in
               his
               owne
               power
               ,
               hee
               feareth
               no
               man
               ,
               *
               it
               will
               peraduenture
               come
               to
               passe
               in
               time
               that
               hee
               may
               feare
               .
               For
               it
               is
               euident
               that
               it
               hath
               happened
               to
               famous
               and
               great
               kings
               ,
               that
               they
               haue
               either
               r
               needed
               the
               fauour
               
               *
               of
               base
               men
               ,
               or
               r
               feared
               their
               anger
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             15
             Of
             a
             sicke
             kite
             ,
             [
             shewing
             what
             
             sacrilegious
             and
             wicked
             persons
             can
             expect
             from
             God
             in
             their
             miseries
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Kite
             *
             lay
             sick
             in
             [
             his
             ]
             bed
             ▪
             now
             *
             ready
             to
             die
             .
             He
             intreates
             his
             mother
             to
             go
             to
             pray
             to
             the
             gods
             .
             [
             His
             ]
             mother
             answered
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             help
             to
             bee
             hoped
             for
             from
             the
             gods
             ,
             whose
             holy
             things
             and
             alters
             he
             had
             so
             oft
             violated
             with
             his
             rapines
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               It
               becommeth
               [
               vs
               ]
               to
               reuerence
               the
               gods
               .
               For
               they
               helpe
               the
               godly
               ,
               *
               are
               enemies
               to
               the
               vngodly
               ,
               being
               neglected
               in
               *
               prosperity
               they
               *
               will
               not
               heare
               vs
               in
               [
               our
               ]
               misery
               .
               Wherefore
               r
               be
               mindefull
               of
               them
               in
               prosperity
               ,
               that
               
               they
               may
               bee
               present
               beeing
               *
               called
               vpon
               *
               in
               [
               our
               ]
               aduersitie
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             16
             Of
             a
             swallowe
             and
             other
             little
             
             birds
             ,
             [
             teaching
             to
             vse
             all
             ad●
             and
             to
             preuent
             dangers
             in
             time
             .
             ]
          
           
             AS
             soone
             as
             r
             flaxe
             began
             to
             bee
             sowen
             ,
             the
             swallowe
             perswadeth
             the
             little
             birds
             to
             hinder
             the
             seednesse
             ,
             telling
             them
             often
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             *
             a
             conspiracy
             against
             them
             .
             They
             laugh
             at
             her
             ,
             calling
             the
             swallow
             a
             foolish
             prophet
             .
             The
             flaxe
             *
             growing
             vp
             and
             waxing
             green
             ,
             hee
             admonisheth
             them
             againe
             to
             pluck
             vppe
             that
             which
             was
             sowen
             .
             They
             laugh
             at
             her
             again
             .
             The
             flaxe
             waxeth
             ripe
             ,
             she
             exhorts
             them
             to
             d●stroy
             *
             the
             croppe
             .
             When
             they
             would
             not
             heare
             her
             aduising
             ,
             no
             not
             then
             indeed
             ,
             the
             swallowe
             *
             leauing
             
             the
             company
             of
             the
             birds
             ,
             gets
             vnto
             her selfe
             the
             friendshippe
             of
             man
             ,
             *
             makes
             a
             league
             with
             him
             ,
             dwels
             together
             [
             with
             him
             ]
             ch●ereth
             him
             with
             singing
             .
             Nettes
             and
             snares
             are
             made
             for
             r
             the
             other
             birds
             ,
             of
             the
             flax
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               Many
               *
               neither
               know
               to
               *
               aduise
               well
               for
               themselues
               ,
               *
               nor
               will
               heare
               him
               who
               aduiseth
               thē
               well
               .
               But
               when
               they
               are
               in
               perils
               &
               losses
               ,
               then
               r
               at
               length
               they
               begin
               to
               be
               wise
               ,
               and
               to
               condemne
               their
               owne
               slothfulnesse
               .
               *
               Now
               are
               they
               wise
               enough
               .
               This
               say
               they
               ,
               &
               that
               *
               ought
               to
               haue
               been
               done
               .
               But
               it
               is
               better
               
               to
               be
               Prometheus
               than
               Epimetheus
               .
               These
               *
               were
               brethren
               .
               r
               The
               names
               are
               Greek
               .
               *
               One
               of
               them
               took
               counsell
               before
               the
               thing
               [
               to
               be
               done
               ,
               ]
               the
               other
               after
               it
               :
               which
               the
               interpretation
               
               of
               [
               their
               ]
               names
               doth
               declare
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             17
             Of
             frogs
             and
             *
             their
             king
             ,
             [
             ●arning
             
             vs
             to
             be
             content
             with
             our
             present
             estate
             .
             ]
          
           
             WHen
             the
             nation
             of
             *
             the
             frogges
             was
             free
             ,
             *
             they
             besought
             Iupiter
             to
             giue
             them
             a
             king
             .
             Iupiter
             
             laughed
             [
             at
             ]
             the
             r
             desires
             of
             the
             frogs
             .
             They
             notwithstanding
             ,
             were
             r
             instant
             againe
             &
             againe
             ,
             vntill
             they
             inforced
             [
             him
             .
             ]
             *
             Hee
             castes
             [
             them
             ]
             downe
             r
             a
             block
             .
             That
             vaste
             weight
             r
             shakes
             the
             *
             water
             with
             a
             huge
             crash
             .
             The
             frogs
             beeing
             r
             terrified
             r
             are
             silent
             .
             They
             *
             adore
             [
             their
             ]
             king
             :
             [
             And
             ]
             come
             nearer
             *
             by
             little
             and
             little
             :
             at
             length
             *
             casting
             away
             fear
             ,
             they
             *
             bounce
             vpon
             [
             him
             ,
             ]
             and
             down
             again
             [
             from
             him
             .
             ]
             The
             r
             sluggish
             king
             *
             is
             made
             a
             scorne
             and
             a
             
             contempt
             .
             They
             *
             importune
             Iupiter
             againe
             ,
             they
             *
             beseech
             him
             *
             to
             giue
             them
             a
             king
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             stout
             :
             Iupiter
             giues
             them
             a
             stork
             .
             Hee
             walking
             through
             the
             r
             fenne
             very
             stoutly
             ,
             deuoureth
             *
             what
             frogs
             soeuer
             *
             hee
             meeteth
             with
             .
             *
             The
             frogs
             then
             com
             playned
             all
             in
             vaine
             of
             the
             cruelty
             of
             this
             [
             king
             :
             ]
             Iupiter
             *
             heareth
             [
             them
             ]
             not
             .
             For
             *
             they
             as
             yet
             complaine
             euen
             at
             this
             day
             .
             For
             the
             stork
             going
             to
             bed
             at
             euening
             ,
             they
             *
             comming
             forth
             *
             of
             their
             dens
             doe
             *
             secretly
             complain
             with
             a
             hoarse
             *
             croking
             ,
             but
             they
             sing
             *
             to
             a
             deafe
             man.
             For
             *
             Iupiter
             wil
             haue
             it
             so
             ,
             that
             they
             *
             which
             prayed
             against
             a
             r
             gentle
             king
             ,
             should
             now
             endure
             *
             one
             mercilesse
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               It
               is
               wont
               to
               r
               fall
               
               out
               to
               the
               common
               people
               euen
               as
               to
               the
               frogs
               .
               Who
               i●
               *
               they
               haue
               a
               king
               *
               somewhat
               
               more
               milde
               ,
               *
               they
               charge
               him
               to
               be
               sluggish
               and
               r
               cowardly
               ,
               and
               *
               wish
               that
               at
               length
               *
               they
               may
               haue
               r
               a
               man.
               [
               And
               ]
               contrarily
               if
               at
               any
               time
               *
               they
               get
               a
               stout
               king
               ,
               *
               they
               condemne
               *
               his
               cruelty
               ,
               [
               and
               ]
               praise
               the
               clemency
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               whether
               for
               that
               *
               we
               alwaies
               mislike
               our
               pre
               sent
               estate
               ;
               or
               *
               because
               it
               is
               a
               true
               worde
               ,
               *
               That
               new
               things
               are
               better
               than
               olde
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             18
             Of
             pigeons
             and
             the
             glead
             ,
             [
             shewing
             what
             commonly
             followeth
             
             discontentednesse
             vvith
             our
             estate
             .
             ]
          
           
             *
             PIgeons
             on
             a
             time
             made
             warre
             with
             the
             kite
             :
             whom
             that
             they
             might
             *
             conquere
             ,
             they
             r
             chose
             the
             r
             hauk
             *
             [
             for
             ]
             their
             king
             .
             Hee
             being
             made
             *
             their
             king
             *
             playeth
             the
             r
             enemie
             ,
             not
             a
             king
             .
             Hee
             
             *
             plucketh
             and
             teareth
             them
             in
             peeces
             ,
             *
             no
             lesse
             greedily
             than
             the
             kite
             .
             It
             repenteth
             the
             pigeons
             of
             [
             their
             ]
             enterprise
             ,
             thinking
             it
             *
             had
             beene
             better
             [
             for
             them
             ]
             to
             *
             endure
             the
             warres
             of
             the
             kite
             ,
             than
             the
             tyranny
             of
             the
             hawk
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               Let
               it
               irke
               no
               man
               too
               much
               of
               his
               owne
               *
               condition
               :
               [
               for
               ]
               (
               *
               as
               Horace
               saith
               )
               no●hing
               is
               euery
               way
               blessed
               .
               r
               I
               in
               very
               deed
               *
               would
               not
               wish
               my
               r
               lot
               to
               be
               changed
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               be
               tolerable
               .
               Many
               *
               hauing
               gotten
               a
               new
               r
               lot
               ,
               haue
               wished
               the
               old
               againe
               .
               *
               That
               is
               the
               nature
               almost
               of
               vs
               all
               ,
               that
               we
               are
               discontent
               with
               our
               estate
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             19
             Of
             a
             theefe
             and
             a
             dogg●
             ,
             [
             teaching
             
             to
             beware
             of
             flatterers
             .
             ]
          
           
             *
             A
             Theefe
             of
             a
             time
             reaching
             bread
             to
             a
             dog
             ,
             that
             hee
             would
             holde
             his
             peace
             ,
             the
             dogge
             answered
             ,
             *
             I
             know
             thy
             treachery
             .
             Thou
             giuest
             [
             mee
             ]
             bread
             *
             that
             I
             should
             leaue
             off
             barking
             .
             But
             I
             hate
             thy
             gift
             :
             because
             if
             I
             shall
             take
             [
             thy
             ]
             bread
             thou
             wilt
             carry
             away
             all
             things
             *
             out
             of
             these
             houses
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               *
               Beware
               you
               lose
               [
               not
               ]
               a
               great
               commodity
               *
               for
               a
               small
               commodities
               sake
               .
               Take
               heed
               *
               you
               trust
               not
               euery
               man.
               For
               there
               are
               men
               who
               *
               will
               not
               onely
               speake
               curteously
               ,
               but
               also
               deale
               kindly
               ,
               *
               onely
               with
               purpose
               to
               deceiue
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             20
             Of
             a
             wolfe
             ,
             and
             a
             young
             sow
             ,
             
             [
             teaching
             vs
             to
             beware
             of
             them
             
             who
             are
             too
             officioiu
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Young
             sowe
             was
             about
             to
             r
             pigge
             .
             A
             wolfe
             promi●eth
             *
             that
             hee
             will
             bee
             the
             r
             keeper
             of
             [
             her
             ]
             r
             young
             .
             The
             *
             sow
             answered
             ,
             that
             *
             she
             had
             no
             need
             of
             the
             s●ruice
             of
             the
             wolfe
             :
             If
             hee
             *
             would
             be
             accounted
             *
             deuout
             ,
             [
             and
             ]
             *
             if
             hee
             desire
             to
             doe
             her
             a
             kindenesse
             ,
             *
             that
             he
             would
             get
             him
             further
             off
             .
             *
             For
             that
             the
             kindeness
             of
             the
             wolfe
             should
             consist
             not
             in
             [
             his
             ]
             presence
             ,
             but
             in
             [
             his
             ]
             absence
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               *
               Wee
               are
               not
               to
               giue
               credite
               to
               all
               things
               which
               euery
               one
               saith
               .
               *
               Many
               will
               promise
               their
               help
               ,
               not
               for
               the
               loue
               of
               
               you
               ,
               but
               of
               themselues
               :
               seeking
               their
               owne
               cōmodity
               ,
               *
               not
               yours
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             21
             Of
             the
             bringing
             forth
             of
             the
             
             mountaines
             [
             teaching
             to
             beware
             of
             foolish
             boasting
             and
             vaine
             feares
             .
             ]
          
           
             IN
             time
             past
             there
             was
             a
             rumour
             *
             that
             the
             mountains
             brought
             forth
             .
             Men
             run
             vnto
             them
             ,
             stand
             ●ound
             about
             ,
             exspecting
             some
             monster
             not
             without
             feare
             .
             At
             length
             the
             mountaines
             bring
             forth
             ,
             a
             mouse
             *
             creepeth
             out
             .
             Then
             all
             [
             the
             beholders
             ]
             *
             did
             almost
             die
             with
             laughter
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Mor.
                 ]
                 Horace
              
               toucheth
               
               this
               *
               pretty
               fable
               .
               The
               mountaines
               *
               are
               in
               trauell
               quoth
               hee
               ,
               *
               a
               ridiculous
               mouse
               will
               bee
               r
               bred
               .
               But
               hee
               noteth
               boasting
               .
               For
               boasters
               when
               they
               profess
               
               and
               *
               make
               ostentation
               of
               great
               matters
               ,
               scarsly
               *
               performe
               small
               .
               Wherefore
               those
               *
               Thrasocs
               are
               *
               iustly
               a
               matter
               of
               ●est
               &
               *
               scorne
               .
               This
               fable
               doth
               also
               forbid
               vaine
               feares
               .
               For
               the
               feare
               of
               the
               r
               perill
               is
               for
               the
               most
               part
               greater
               than
               the
               p●ll
               [
               it
               selfe
               ,
               ]
               yea
               it
               is
               [
               oft
               ]
               ridiculous
               which
               wee
               feare
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             22
             Of
             ●
             *
             a
             hound
             *
             despised
             of
             his
             
             master
             ,
             [
             snewing
             the
             nature
             of
             ingratitude
             ,
             and
             that
             nothing
             is
             loued
             but
             that
             which
             bri●eth
             
             commodity
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Master
             hastens
             on
             [
             his
             ]
             hound
             ,
             which
             *
             was
             now
             waxen
             olde
             .
             He
             *
             calls
             on
             him
             in
             vaine
             .
             [
             His
             ]
             feet
             are
             sl●we
             ,
             hee
             *
             maketh
             no
             haste
             .
             Hee
             had
             *
             caught
             a
             wilde
             beast
             ,
             the
             beast
             slips
             away
             from
             r
             [
             him
             ]
             being
             toothlesse
             .
             His
             master
             
             *
             rates
             him
             with
             *
             strokes
             and
             with
             *
             words
             .
             The
             dogge
             answered
             *
             that
             he
             ought
             of
             right
             to
             be
             pardoned
             ;
             that
             now
             he
             was
             becomne
             olde
             ,
             *
             but
             that
             hee
             had
             beene
             stout
             when
             he
             was
             young
             .
             But
             as
             I
             see
             ,
             quoth
             hee
             ,
             nothing
             pleaseth
             without
             *
             commodity
             .
             You
             *
             loued
             [
             me
             ]
             being
             young
             ;
             *
             you
             *
             hate
             me
             now
             becomne
             olde
             .
             You
             loued
             mee
             *
             bringing
             in
             preies
             ,
             you
             hate
             mee
             [
             now
             ]
             slowe
             &
             toothlesse
             .
             But
             if
             you
             were
             r
             thankful
             ,
             whom
             you
             loued
             rin
             times
             past
             ,
             being
             yong
             *
             for
             [
             your
             ]
             commodity
             sake
             you
             would
             loue
             [
             now
             ]
             ●eeing
             olde
             for
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             *
             profitable
             youth
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               The
               dogge
               [
               said
               ]
               well
               .
               For
               *
               〈◊〉
               Ouid
               saith
               :
               Nothing
               i●
               *
               loued
               but
               that
               which
               *
               bring●
               commodity
               .
               Beholde
               ,
               take
               away
               from
               a
               greedy
               minde
               the
               hope
               of
               commodity
               ,
               no
               bodie
               
               *
               will
               be
               sought
               for
               .
               There
               is
               no
               remembrance
               of
               a
               cōmodity
               past
               ,
               and
               the
               fauor
               of
               a
               future
               [
               commodity
               ]
               not
               great
               ,
               the
               chiefest
               [
               thankfulnes
               ]
               is
               *
               for
               a
               present
               commodity
               .
               Indeed
               it
               i●
               *
               a
               shame
               to
               bee
               spoken
               ,
               but
               if
               wee
               confesse
               the
               truth
               ,
               The
               common
               sorte
               doth
               approoue
               *
               friendship
               by
               [
               their
               ]
               commodity
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             23
             Of
             hares
             and
             frogs
             ,
             [
             setting
             
             forth
             the
             folly
             of
             timerousnesse
             and
             the
             necessity
             of
             courage
             in
             perils
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Woode
             *
             roaring
             [
             on
             a
             time
             ]
             with
             an
             *
             vnaccustomed
             r
             whirle-winde
             ,
             the
             trembling
             hares
             beginne
             to
             r
             flee
             away
             r
             swiftly
             .
             But
             as
             they
             were
             fleeing
             ,
             *
             whenas
             there
             was
             a
             fe●ne
             in
             their
             way
             ,
             they
             stood
             doubtfull
             ,
             *
             inclosed
             with
             perills
             on
             both
             sides
             .
             
             And
             which
             was
             a
             *
             prouocation
             of
             greater
             feare
             ,
             they
             see
             frogs
             drowned
             in
             the
             fenne
             .
             Then
             one
             of
             the
             hares
             wiser
             &
             more
             eloquent
             than
             the
             rest
             ,
             *
             said
             ,
             why
             doe
             we
             feare
             *
             without
             cause
             ,
             wee
             haue
             need
             of
             a
             *
             courage
             :
             *
             wee
             haue
             indeed
             nimblenesse
             of
             body
             ,
             but
             wee
             want
             heart
             .
             This
             danger
             of
             the
             whirle-winde
             [
             is
             ]
             not
             to
             be
             fled
             ,
             *
             but
             to
             be
             contemned
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               There
               is
               need
               of
               courage
               in
               euery
               matter
               .
               Vertue
               without
               r
               confidence
               *
               lyeth
               vnder
               foote
               ,
               for
               confidence
               is
               the
               *
               leader
               and
               queen
               of
               vertue
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             24
             Of
             a
             kid
             and
             a
             wolfe
             ,
             [
             teaching
             
             children
             to
             obey
             their
             parents
             .
             ]
          
           
             WHenas
             on
             a
             time
             ,
             a
             goate
             was
             *
             to
             goe
             r
             to
             feed
             ,
             shee
             shut
             vp
             her
             kid
             at
             
             home
             ,
             warning
             *
             him
             to
             open
             to
             no
             body
             vntill
             she
             herselfe
             returned
             .
             The
             wolfe
             which
             *
             heard
             that
             a
             farre
             off
             ,
             *
             after
             his
             dam
             was
             gone
             knockes
             at
             the
             doores
             ,
             r
             imitates
             the
             goate
             in
             voyce
             ,
             commanding
             [
             the
             doores
             ]
             to
             be
             *
             opened
             .
             The
             kid
             *
             perceiuing
             the
             *
             treacheatie
             ,
             *
             I
             will
             not
             open
             them
             quoth
             hee
             :
             for
             although
             the
             voyce
             *
             be
             the
             goates
             voyce
             ,
             yet
             indeed
             I
             see
             a
             wolfe
             thorough
             the
             r
             chinks
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               [
               For
               ]
               children
               to
               obey
               their
               parents
               ,
               is
               profitable
               to
               themselues
               ,
               and
               it
               becommeth
               a
               young
               man
               to
               *
               harken
               to
               an
               old
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             25
             Of
             *
             asta●
             and
             a
             sheep
             ,
             [
             shewing
             
             that
             extorted
             promises
             are
             not
             to
             be
             kept
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Stagge
             *
             accused
             a
             sheep
             before
             a
             wolfe
             ,
             *
             clamoring
             
             [
             against
             her
             ]
             that
             shee
             ought
             him
             *
             a
             bushell
             of
             wheate
             .
             *
             But
             the
             sheepe
             was
             ignorant
             of
             the
             debt
             .
             Yet
             neuerthelesse
             ,
             *
             for
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             wolfe
             ,
             promiseth
             that
             shee
             would
             giue
             it
             .
             *
             There
             is
             a
             day
             appointed
             for
             payment
             ;
             *
             it
             comes
             .
             The
             stagge
             *
             puts
             the
             sheepe
             in
             minde
             [
             of
             the
             debt
             .
             ]
             Shee
             denyeth
             it
             .
             *
             For
             what
             [
             she
             ]
             had
             promised
             ,
             she
             exculeth
             it
             done
             by
             feare
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             wolfe
             :
             [
             and
             ]
             r
             *
             that
             an
             extorted
             promise
             was
             not
             to
             be
             kept
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               The
               sentence
               of
               the
               lawe
               is
               ;
               It
               is
               lawfull
               to
               *
               repell
               *
               violence
               by
               violence
               .
               From
               this
               little
               fable
               a
               certain
               new
               sentence
               doth
               arise
               .
               [
               That
               ]
               it
               is
               lawfull
               to
               r
               refell
               deceit
               by
               deceit
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             26
             Of
             a
             countrie-man
             and
             a
             snake
             ,
             
             [
             teaching
             vs
             to
             learne
             wit
             ,
             by
             that
             which
             is
             past
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Certaine
             countrie-man
             had
             *
             bred
             vppe
             a
             snake
             .
             [
             And
             ]
             being
             angry
             of
             a
             time
             ,
             smit
             *
             him
             with
             [
             his
             ]
             hatchet
             .
             He
             escapeth
             away
             not
             without
             a
             wound
             .
             Afterwards
             the
             coū
             trie-man
             *
             comming
             to
             pouerty
             ,
             supposed
             that
             r
             misfortune
             *
             to
             betide
             him
             for
             the
             iniury
             *
             done
             to
             the
             snake
             .
             *
             He
             therefore
             beseecheth
             the
             snake
             ,
             that
             he
             *
             would
             returne
             .
             Hee
             saith
             *
             that
             he
             would
             pardon
             it
             ,
             but
             that
             hee
             would
             not
             returne
             :
             *
             neither
             that
             hee
             could
             be
             secure
             with
             the
             countrie-man
             ,
             *
             who
             had
             at
             home
             such
             a
             great
             hatchet
             .
             
             *
             That
             the
             blewnesse
             of
             the
             wound
             was
             gone
             ,
             yet
             the
             remembrance
             still
             remained
             .
          
           
             
             
               Mor.
               ]
               It
               is
               scarce
               safe
               *
               to
               giue
               credit
               to
               him
               againe
               ,
               who
               *
               hath
               once
               broken
               [
               his
               ]
               credite
               .
               Indeed
               to
               pardon
               an
               iniury
               ,
               *
               is
               verely
               a
               point
               of
               mercy
               .
               But
               *
               to
               looke
               to
               a
               mans
               selfe
               *
               is
               both
               befitting
               ,
               and
               *
               a
               point
               of
               wisedome
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             27
             Of
             a
             fox-cub
             and
             a
             storke
             ,
             [
             teaing
             
             that
             deceit
             deserues
             to
             be
             rewarded
             with
             deceit
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Fox
             ▪
             cub
             [
             of
             a
             time
             ]
             *
             inuited
             a
             storke
             to
             supper
             .
             Shee
             poureth
             out
             the
             meate
             vpon
             the
             table
             :
             the
             which
             ,
             *
             whereas
             it
             was
             thin
             ,
             the
             stork
             assaying
             in
             vaine
             with
             her
             *
             bill
             ,
             the
             *
             cubbe
             licketh
             vp
             [
             all
             .
             ]
             The
             bird
             goeth
             away
             deluded
             ,
             it
             both
             shameth
             and
             irketh
             her
             *
             for
             the
             iniury
             .
             After
             *
             a
             few
             daies
             *
             shee
             returneth
             ,
             inuiteth
             the
             cub
             .
             There
             
             was
             set
             a
             glasse
             *
             viall
             full
             of
             meate
             ;
             which
             viall
             whereas
             it
             was
             of
             a
             narrowe
             throat
             ,
             the
             *
             fox
             might
             see
             the
             meate
             ,
             and
             also
             hunger
             ,
             but
             shee
             might
             not
             taste
             .
             [
             But
             ]
             the
             stork
             easily
             drew
             vp
             all
             with
             her
             bill
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               *
               Mocking
               [
               deserues
               ]
               mocking
               ,
               iest
               [
               deserues
               ]
               iest
               ,
               *
               deceit
               ,
               deceit
               ,
               and
               fraud
               deserues
               fraud
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             28
             Of
             a
             wolfe
             and
             a
             painted
             head
             ,
             
             [
             shewing
             the
             vanity
             of
             outward
             fairenesse
             without
             inward
             beautie
             .
             ]
          
           
             [
             OF
             a
             time
             ]
             a
             wolfe
             r
             turned
             oft
             [
             vp
             and
             down
             ]
             a
             man●
             head
             *
             which
             hee
             found
             in
             a
             caruers
             shop
             ,
             wonders
             at
             [
             it
             ,
             ]
             thinking
             that
             which
             was
             [
             indeed
             ]
             *
             that
             it
             had
             no
             sense
             .
             O
             faire
             head
             ,
             quoth
             he
             ,
             *
             thou
             hast
             *
             much
             art
             in
             thee
             ,
             *
             but
             no
             sense
             .
          
           
             
             
               Mor.
               ]
               *
               Outward
               beauty
               i●
               pleasing
               ,
               if
               the
               *
               inward
               hee
               present
               *
               with
               it
               .
               But
               if
               *
               wee
               are
               to
               want
               either
               of
               them
               ,
               it
               is
               better
               that
               you
               want
               the
               *
               outward
               than
               the
               inward
               ;
               for
               ,
               that
               without
               this
               doth
               somtime
               *
               incurre
               hatred
               ,
               that
               a
               fool
               *
               is
               somuch
               more
               odious
               the
               fairer
               he
               is
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             29
             Of
             a
             Cornish
             chough
             ,
             [
             shewing
             
             how
             foolish
             it
             is
             to
             be
             proude
             of
             oth●r
             bodies
             feathers
             .
             ]
          
           
             AChough
             [
             of
             a
             tim●
             ]
             tricked
             vp
             himsel●e
             with
             the
             feathers
             of
             a
             peacock
             .
             And
             then
             s●eming
             to
             himself
             *
             very
             gay
             ,
             *
             disdaining
             his
             owne
             kinde
             ,
             hee
             betooke
             himselfe
             to
             the
             *
             company
             of
             the
             peacocks
             .
             They
             at
             length
             *
             vnderstanding
             the
             deceit
             ,
             *
             stript
             the
             foolish
             bird
             of
             [
             his
             ]
             colours
             ,
             and
             *
             whipped
             him
             .
             
             *
             Horace
             in
             ●is
             first
             book
             of
             Epistles
             reports
             this
             little
             fable
             of
             a
             iackdaw
             .
             Hee
             saith
             that
             of
             a
             time
             ,
             a
             iackdaw
             beeing
             *
             trimmed
             with
             feathers
             *
             which
             she
             had
             gathered
             together
             ,
             which
             had
             fallen
             from
             [
             other
             ]
             birds
             ,
             after
             that
             euery
             one
             of
             the
             birds
             pluckt
             againe
             her
             owne
             feather
             ,
             *
             became
             ridiculou●
             .
             Lest
             if
             perchance
             the
             flock
             of
             birds
             shall
             come
             *
             hereafter
             ,
             to
             fetch
             againe
             their
             owne
             feathers
             ,
             *
             the
             ●ackdaw
             moue
             l●ughter
             ,
             beeing
             stript
             of
             [
             her
             ]
             stollen
             colours
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               This
               fable
               *
               raxeth
               them
               ,
               who
               beare
               themselues
               more
               loftily
               than
               is
               meet
               :
               who
               liue
               with
               them
               who
               are
               both
               richer
               and
               more
               noble
               .
               *
               Whereupon
               they
               are
               oft-times
               poore
               *
               and
               a
               scorne
               .
               〈◊〉
               admonisheth
               well
               ;
               This
               sentence
               descended
               from
               heauen
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               that
               
               is
               ,
               Know
               thy selfe
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             30
             Of
             a
             fly
             and
             an
             *
             ant
             ,
             [
             teaching
             
             vs
             to
             vse
             good
             language
             to
             all
             ,
             and
             to
             preferre
             the
             quiet
             kind
             of
             life
             .
          
           
             AFly
             [
             of
             a
             time
             ]
             r
             wrangled
             with
             an
             ant
             ,
             [
             bragging
             ]
             *
             that
             shee
             was
             noble
             ,
             *
             the
             other
             base
             ,
             that
             shee
             did
             fly
             ,
             [
             the
             ant
             ]
             crept
             ,
             that
             shee
             vsed
             to
             bee
             in
             kings
             houses
             :
             the
             other
             to
             lie
             hid
             in
             holes
             ,
             to
             gnaw
             corn
             ,
             to
             drink
             water
             :
             shee
             bragged
             *
             that
             shee
             fared
             daintily
             ,
             and
             yet
             notwithstanding
             ,
             that
             she
             got
             these
             things
             by
             idlenesse
             .
             *
             Of
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             the
             ant
             [
             gloried
             ]
             that
             she
             was
             not
             *
             base
             ,
             but
             content
             with
             her
             owne
             *
             degree
             ,
             *
             that
             
             the
             fly
             was
             a
             vagarant
             ,
             she
             her
             
             selfe
             was
             *
             abiding
             in
             a
             place
             ,
             *
             and
             that
             corne
             and
             *
             running
             water
             did
             taste
             as
             well
             to
             the
             ant
             ,
             as
             pasties
             and
             wine
             to
             the
             
             fly
             ,
             *
             and
             that
             shee
             got
             these
             things
             not
             by
             sluggish
             idlenesse
             ,
             but
             by
             r
             stout
             labour
             .
             Moreouer
             ,
             *
             that
             the
             ant
             was
             merry
             and
             safe
             ,
             *
             beloued
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             to
             conclude
             an
             example
             of
             labour
             :
             *
             that
             the
             fly
             was
             fearfull
             ,
             alwaies
             in
             perill
             ,
             troublesome
             to
             all
             ,
             enu●ed
             *
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             finally
             ,
             an
             example
             of
             slothfulnesse
             .
             r
             The
             ant
             beeing
             mindefull
             of
             winter
             to
             lay
             vp
             foode
             [
             afore
             hand
             ,
             ]
             the
             fly
             to
             liue
             for
             a
             day
             ,
             either
             to
             be
             continually
             hungry
             ,
             or
             certainely
             to
             die
             in
             winter
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               Hee
               that
               r
               proceeds
               to
               say
               what
               hee
               will
               ,
               shall
               heare
               what
               hee
               will
               not
               .
               If
               the
               fly
               had
               spoken
               well
               ,
               she
               had
               heard
               well
               .
               But
               I
               consent
               to
               the
               ant
               .
               For
               an
               obscure
               life
               with
               security
               ,
               seemeth
               to
               be
               more
               to
               be
               wished
               ,
               than
               a
               *
               glorious
               life
               with
               perill
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             31
             Of
             a
             frog
             and
             an
             ox●
             [
             shewing
             
             the
             fruit
             of
             foolish
             emulation
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Frog
             being
             desirous
             *
             to
             match
             an
             oxe
             ,
             stretched
             out
             herselfe
             .
             [
             r
             Her
             ]
             son
             exhorted
             [
             his
             ]
             mother
             to
             desist
             from
             her
             enterprize
             ,
             for
             *
             that
             a
             frog
             was
             nothing
             to
             an
             oxe
             .
             Shee
             swelled
             the
             second
             time
             ,
             [
             her
             ]
             son
             *
             crieth
             [
             vnto
             her
             ,
             ]
             Mother
             *
             you
             may
             burst
             ,
             [
             but
             ]
             you
             shall
             neuer
             ouercome
             the
             oxe
             .
             And
             when
             [
             shee
             ]
             had
             swelled
             the
             third
             time
             ,
             she
             burst
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               Euery
               one
               hath
               
               his
               owne
               gift
               .
               This
               man
               [
               excels
               ]
               in
               beauty
               ,
               r
               he
               in
               strength
               :
               this
               in
               riches
               ,
               he
               excels
               in
               friends
               .
               It
               becommeth
               euery
               man
               to
               be
               content
               with
               his
               owne
               proper
               [
               gift
               .
               ]
               He
               *
               is
               able
               of
               body
               ,
               
               thou
               in
               wit.
               Wherefore
               let
               euery
               one
               *
               aduise
               with
               himselfe
               :
               [
               and
               ]
               let
               him
               neither
               enuy
               [
               his
               ]
               superiour
               ,
               *
               which
               is
               miserable
               ,
               nor
               let
               him
               *
               desire
               to
               striue
               [
               with
               him
               ]
               which
               is
               [
               *
               a
               part
               ]
               of
               foolishnesse
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             32
             Of
             a
             horse
             and
             a
             lion
             ,
             [
             teaching
             
             that
             an
             enemy
             r
             counterfe●ting
             friendship
             ,
             is
             most
             dangerous
             :
             and
             that
             crafty
             dealing
             is
             vsusually
             requited
             with
             craft
             .
          
           
             A
             Lion
             [
             of
             a
             time
             came
             to
             ca●e
             a
             horse
             :
             but
             wanting
             strength
             *
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             age
             ,
             hee
             began
             to
             *
             deuise
             [
             some
             ]
             cunning
             :
             hee
             professeth
             himselfe
             a
             physician
             ;
             *
             holdes
             the
             horse
             with
             a
             *
             long
             circūstance
             of
             words
             .
             *
             r
             The
             horse
             opposeth
             deceit
             to
             deceit
             ,
             &
             *
             cunning
             to
             cunning
             .
             Hee
             faineth
             *
             that
             hee
             had
             lately
             pricked
             [
             his
             ]
             foot
             
             in
             a
             thorny
             place
             ,
             intreateth
             that
             r
             the
             physician
             looking
             into
             it
             *
             would
             drawe
             out
             the
             thorne
             .
             The
             lion
             *
             yeeldeth
             vnto
             him
             .
             But
             the
             horse
             *
             with
             all
             the
             might
             hee
             could
             *
             smit
             at
             the
             lion
             with
             his
             heele
             ,
             and
             *
             forthwith
             betooke
             himselfe
             to
             his
             feet
             .
             The
             lion
             very
             hardly
             comming
             to
             himselfe
             againe
             at
             length
             ,
             (
             for
             he
             *
             was
             almost
             *
             in
             a
             swoone
             by
             the
             blowe
             )
             ●
             *
             beare
             away
             (
             quoth
             hee
             )
             a
             [
             iust
             ]
             reward
             for
             [
             my
             ]
             foolishnesse
             ,
             and
             he
             is
             *
             rightly
             fled
             away
             .
             For
             hee
             hath
             reuenged
             deceit
             with
             deceit
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               *
               Dissembling
               is
               worthy
               hatred
               ,
               and
               to
               bee
               catched
               with
               dissembling
               .
               An
               enemy
               is
               not
               to
               be
               feared
               which
               *
               shewes
               himselfe
               an
               enemy
               .
               But
               hee
               that
               faines
               good
               will
               whenas
               he
               is
               an
               enemy
               ,
               is
               *
               indeed
               to
               be
               feared
               ,
               and
               most
               worthy
               hatred
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             32
             Of
             a
             horse
             and
             an
             ●sse
             ,
             [
             shewing
             
             how
             it
             commonly
             falls
             out
             with
             them
             who
             are
             too
             insolent
             in
             their
             prosperity
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Horse
             [
             of
             a
             time
             ]
             *
             adorned
             with
             trappings
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             saddle
             ,
             ran
             by
             the
             way
             with
             a
             very
             great
             r
             neying
             .
             But
             by
             chance
             *
             a
             loaden
             asse
             hindred
             him
             as
             hee
             was
             running
             .
             The
             horse
             r
             raging
             with
             anger
             ,
             and
             *
             fiercely
             chewing
             [
             his
             ]
             foaming
             bridle
             ,
             What
             quoth
             hee
             ,
             thou
             slowe
             ,
             thou
             sluggish
             [
             asse
             ,
             ]
             doest
             thou
             *
             hinder
             the
             horse
             ?
             r
             Giue
             place
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             or
             *
             I
             will
             trample
             thee
             with
             my
             feet
             .
             The
             asse
             contrarily
             not
             daring
             to
             bray
             ,
             *
             giues
             place
             quietly
             .
             But
             *
             as
             the
             horse
             was
             swiftly
             fleeing
             
             forward
             and
             speeding
             his
             pase
             [
             his
             ]
             groine
             burst
             .
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             *
             〈◊〉
             for
             running
             and
             shew
             ,
             hee
             i●
             *
             stript
             of
             [
             his
             ]
             *
             furniture
             ,
             
             and
             afterwards
             is
             sould
             to
             a
             r
             carman
             .
             Afterwards
             the
             *
             asse
             seeth
             him
             r
             comming
             with
             a
             r
             carre
             and
             speakes
             vnto
             him
             :
             Hoe
             good
             sir
             ,
             what
             fine
             furniture
             is
             there
             ?
             where
             is
             your
             golden
             saddle
             ,
             [
             your
             ]
             *
             studded
             girth
             ?
             where
             [
             is
             ]
             your
             *
             glittering
             bridle
             ?
             Oh
             friend
             it
             must
             needs
             so
             fall
             out
             to
             [
             you
             ]
             being
             [
             so
             ]
             proude
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               Most
               men
               are
               li●t
               vp
               in
               prosperity
               ,
               neither
               r
               mindefull
               of
               themselues
               nor
               of
               modesty
               .
               But
               because
               they
               waxe
               insolent
               in
               prosperity
               ,
               they
               run
               into
               ad●ersity
               .
               I
               *
               would
               admonish
               them
               to
               be
               r
               wary
               who
               seeme
               [
               to
               themselues
               ]
               to
               be
               *
               in
               prosperity
               .
               For
               if
               the
               wheele
               of
               fortune
               shall
               be
               turned
               about
               ,
               they
               shall
               *
               perceiue
               it
               a
               most
               miserable
               kinde
               of
               mi●fortune
               ,
               to
               haue
               〈◊〉
               *
               in
               prospeity
               .
               That
               mischiefe
               also
            
             
             
               *
               is
               added
               vnto
               the
               heape
               of
               their
               vnhappinesse
               ,
               that
               they
               shall
               bee
               contemned
               of
               th●se
               ,
               whom
               *
               they
               haue
               contemned
               and
               those
               will
               mock
               them
               whom
               they
               themselues
               haue
               r
               laughed
               at
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             34
             Of
             the
             birds
             and
             foure
             footed
             
             beasts
             ,
             [
             shewing
             wh●t
             it
             is
             to
             leaue
             our
             friends
             in
             aduersitie
             .
             ]
          
           
             *
             THe
             birds
             of
             a
             time
             had
             a
             battell
             with
             the
             four-footed
             beasts
             .
             [
             There
             vvas
             ]
             hope
             on
             both
             ●ides
             ,
             *
             feare
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             [
             and
             ]
             danger
             was
             on
             both
             sides
             .
             But
             the
             bat
             *
             leauing
             his
             fellowes
             *
             fals
             off
             to
             the
             enemy
             :
             The
             birds
             ouercome
             ,
             *
             hauing
             the
             eagle
             for
             their
             captaine
             and
             *
             leader
             .
             And
             they
             *
             adiudge
             the
             *
             traytorlike
             bat
             *
             that
             shee
             〈◊〉
             
             neuer
             returne
             vnto
             the
             birds
             ,
             that
             *
             she
             should
             neuer
             fly
             in
             the
             day
             time
             .
             *
             This
             is
             the
             cause
             that
             the
             bat
             neuer
             flyeth
             but
             in
             the
             night
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               Hee
               that
               refuseth
               to
               be
               partaker
               of
               aduersitie
               and
               perils
               with
               his
               fellowes
               ,
               shall
               bee
               r
               without
               prosperity
               and
               safety
               [
               with
               them
               .
               ]
            
          
        
         
           
             35
             Of
             a
             wolfe
             and
             a
             fox
             ,
             [
             declaring
             
             the
             fruit
             of
             enuy
             .
             ]
          
           
             WHen-as
             of
             a
             time
             a
             wolfe
             had
             r
             sufficient
             prey
             ,
             hee
             liued
             r
             in
             idlenesse
             .
             The
             r
             fox-cub
             commeth
             vnto
             him
             ,
             r
             demandeth
             of
             him
             r
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             idlenesse
             .
             The
             wolfe
             perceiued
             *
             that
             there
             was
             a
             plot
             laid
             for
             his
             *
             〈◊〉
             ,
             *
             pretendeth
             sicknes
             ●o
             be
             the
             cause
             ,
             intreates
             the
             fox
             to
             goe
             *
             to
             pray
             vnto
             the
             
             gods
             for
             him
             .
             Shee
             grieuing
             *
             that
             her
             wile
             had
             no
             better
             successe
             ,
             goeth
             vnto
             a
             shepheard
             ,
             *
             tells
             him
             that
             the
             den
             of
             the
             wolfe
             was
             open
             ,
             *
             and
             that
             the
             enemy
             beeing
             secure
             might
             easily
             be
             r
             taken
             vnawares
             .
             The
             shepheard
             *
             sets
             vpon
             the
             wolfe
             ,
             kils
             him
             .
             Shee
             obtaines
             [
             both
             ]
             the
             den
             and
             the
             prey
             .
             But
             *
             shee
             had
             
             but
             a
             short
             ioy
             of
             her
             wickednesse
             ,
             for
             *
             not
             very
             long
             after
             ,
             the
             same
             shepheard
             catcheth
             r
             her
             also
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               Enuy
               is
               a
               r
               filthy
               thing
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               r
               pernicious
               euen
               to
               the
               author
               himselfe
               .
               *
               Horace
               in
               his
               first
               booke
               of
               Epistles
               .
            
             
               An
               enuions
               [
               man
               ]
               *
               pineth
               away
               at
               the
               *
               prosperity
               of
               *
               another
               .
            
             
               The
               Sicilian
               tyrants
               found
               not
               a
               greater
               torment
               than
               enuy
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             36
             Of
             r
             a
             stag
             ,
             [
             shewing
             that
             wee
             
             commonly
             desire
             such
             things
             as
             are
             most
             hurtfull
             for
             vs.
             ]
          
           
             A
             Stag
             [
             of
             a
             time
             ]
             *
             viewing
             himselfe
             in
             a
             very
             cleare
             r
             fountaine
             ,
             approues
             *
             his
             high
             &
             branching
             horns
             ,
             but
             condemnes
             the
             smaleness
             of
             his
             *
             shankes
             .
             Bechaunce
             *
             as
             hee
             is
             viewing
             and
             iudging
             himselfe
             ,
             the
             hunter
             *
             comes
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             :
             *
             Hee
             fleeth
             more
             *
             swiftly
             than
             darts
             ,
             *
             and
             the
             Eastwind
             driuing
             the
             *
             shoures
             .
             The
             dogges
             *
             pursue
             [
             him
             ]
             fleeing
             .
             But
             whenas
             hee
             *
             entered
             into
             a
             very
             thick
             wood
             ,
             [
             his
             ]
             hornes
             are
             *
             intangled
             in
             the
             r
             boughes
             ,
             and
             then
             r
             at
             length
             hee
             praised
             his
             r
             legs
             ,
             and
             condemned
             [
             his
             ]
             hornes
             ,
             which
             *
             caused
             him
             to
             becom
             a
             prey
             vnto
             the
             dogs
             .
          
           
             
             
               Mor.
               ]
               We
               desire
               things
               to
               bee
               *
               auoided
               ,
               and
               wee
               r
               flee
               the
               things
               which
               are
               to
               bee
               desired
               .
               [
               Those
               things
               ]
               please
               [
               vs
               ]
               which
               hurt
               [
               vs
               ,
               ]
               and
               those
               things
               displease
               [
               vs
               ]
               which
               *
               doe
               vs
               good
               .
               Wee
               *
               desire
               blessednesse
               ,
               before
               wee
               vnderstand
               where
               it
               is
               .
               Wee
               seek
               the
               excellency
               of
               riches
               ,
               and
               the
               r
               loftinesse
               of
               honours
               ▪
               wee
               thinke
               blessednesse
               *
               to
               consist
               in
               these
               things
               ,
               in
               which
               ,
               notwithstanding
               ,
               there
               is
               much
               labour
               and
               griefe
               .
               That
               our
               *
               harping
               Poet
               r
               signifieth
               *
               no●ably
               .
            
             
               The
               r
               huge
               pine
               tree
               *
               is
               more
               often
               tossed
               with
               the
               windes
               ,
               and
               the
               r
               lofty
               towers
               fall
               downe
               with
               the
               greater
               fall
               .
            
             
               *
               The
               lightnings
               also
               smite
               the
               highest
               mountaines
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             37
             Of
             a
             viper
             and
             a
             file
             ,
             [
             teaching
             
             vs
             to
             meddle
             with
             our
             match
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Viper
             [
             of
             a
             time
             ]
             finding
             a
             file
             in
             a
             r
             shop
             ,
             began
             to
             gnawe
             [
             it
             .
             ]
             The
             file
             smiled
             ,
             *
             saying
             ,
             What
             foole
             ?
             what
             doest
             thou
             ?
             Thou
             *
             mayest
             weare
             out
             thy
             teeth
             ,
             before
             thou
             canst
             weare
             mee
             ,
             which
             am
             wont
             to
             bite
             vpon
             the
             hardnesse
             of
             brasse
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               See
               *
               carefully
               ,
               with
               whom
               *
               you
               haue
               to
               doe
               .
               If
               you
               *
               wh●t
               your
               teeth
               against
               *
               a
               stronger
               ,
               you
               shall
               not
               hurt
               him
               ,
               but
               your selfe
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             38
             Of
             wolues
             and
             lambs
             ,
             [
             teaching
             
             vs
             to
             beware
             how
             wee
             trust
             our
             enemies
             ,
             deliuering
             out
             of
             our
             ●ands
             the
             meanes
             of
             our
             safety
             .
             ]
          
           
             THere
             *
             was
             [
             *
             of
             a
             time
             ]
             a
             r
             league
             *
             between
             the
             wolues
             and
             lambs
             ,
             *
             which
             naturally
             doe
             disagree
             ,
             *
             hostages
             beeing
             giuen
             on
             both
             sides
             .
             The
             wolues
             gaue
             their
             r
             whelps
             ,
             r
             the
             sheep
             the
             company
             of
             their
             dogges
             .
             The
             sheep
             beeing
             quiet
             &
             feeding
             ,
             the
             *
             young
             wolues
             *
             howle
             out
             for
             the
             desire
             of
             [
             their
             ]
             *
             〈◊〉
             .
             Then
             the
             r
             wolues
             rushing
             in
             [
             vpon
             them
             ]
             *
             cried
             out
             ,
             complayning
             that
             they
             had
             broken
             [
             their
             ]
             fidelity
             and
             the
             *
             league
             ,
             and
             teare
             in
             peeces
             the
             sheep
             ,
             beeing
             left
             destitute
             of
             the
             r
             aide
             of
             [
             their
             ]
             dogges
             .
          
           
             
             
               Mor.
               ]
               *
               It
               is
               a
               foolishnes
               if
               in
               a
               truce
               you
               deliuer
               the
               meanes
               of
               your
               safety
               to
               the
               enemy
               .
               For
               hee
               that
               hath
               been
               an
               enemy
               ,
               hath
               not
               yet
               perchance
               left
               off
               to
               bee
               an
               enemy
               :
               yea
               peraduenture
               hee
               will
               take
               an
               *
               occasion
               ,
               *
               that
               hee
               may
               set
               vpon
               you
               beeing
               destitute
               of
               succour
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             39
             Of
             a
             wood
             and
             a
             countrie-man
             ,
             [
             teaching
             vs
             to
             beware
             wherein
             
             and
             how
             wee
             gratifie
             our
             enemies
             .
             ]
          
           
             AT
             what
             time
             *
             the
             trees
             spake
             ,
             a
             countrie-man
             came
             vnto
             a
             woode
             ,
             desiring
             *
             that
             he
             might
             take
             a
             r
             helue
             for
             his
             hatchet
             .
             The
             woode
             *
             assenteth
             vnto
             [
             him
             .
             ]
             The
             countrie-man
             *
             hauing
             fitted
             his
             hatchet
             ,
             beganne
             to
             cut
             downe
             the
             trees
             .
             Then
             r
             and
             indeed
             too
             late
             it
             repented
             the
             
             wood
             of
             her
             r
             facility
             .
             It
             grieued
             her
             to
             *
             haue
             beene
             the
             cause
             of
             her
             own
             destruction
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               r
               See
               ,
               of
               whom
               you
               deserue
               well
               .
               There
               haue
               beene
               many
               ,
               vvho
               *
               hauing
               receiued
               a
               benefit
               ,
               haue
               abused
               it
               *
               to
               the
               destruction
               of
               the
               r
               authour
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             40
             Of
             the
             *
             limmes
             and
             the
             belly
             ,
             
             [
             declaring
             the
             necessity
             of
             gratifying
             others
             .
             ]
          
           
             THe
             foote
             and
             hand
             of
             a
             time
             accused
             the
             belly
             ,
             for
             that
             their
             gaines
             were
             deuoured
             by
             it
             *
             liuing
             in
             idlenesse
             .
             They
             command
             that
             it
             labour
             ,
             or
             that
             it
             *
             seeke
             not
             to
             bee
             nourished
             .
             It
             beseecheth
             them
             *
             once
             ,
             or
             twice
             :
             yet
             notwithstanding
             ,
             the
             hands
             deny
             *
             to
             relieue
             it
             .
             The
             belly
             being
             *
             consumed
             r
             thorough
             
             lacke
             of
             foode
             ,
             when
             all
             the
             limmes
             began
             to
             *
             faint
             ,
             then
             at
             length
             the
             hands
             would
             be
             *
             kinde
             :
             but
             that
             too
             late
             .
             For
             the
             belly
             beeing
             *
             feeble
             thorough
             *
             lacke
             of
             vse
             ,
             *
             repelled
             [
             all
             ]
             meate
             :
             so
             whilst
             all
             the
             limmes
             enuy
             the
             belly
             ,
             they
             perish
             *
             together
             with
             the
             belly
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               *
               It
               is
               euen
               so
               in
               humane
               society
               ,
               like
               as
               in
               the
               society
               of
               the
               members
               .
               *
               One
               member
               needs
               another
               ,
               [
               and
               ]
               a
               friend
               needeth
               a
               friend
               .
               Wherefore
               wee
               must
               vse
               r
               mutuall
               kindnesses
               ,
               [
               and
               ]
               mutuall
               r
               workes
               ;
               [
               for
               ]
               neither
               riches
               ,
               nor
               the
               *
               highest
               dignities
               *
               can
               sufficiently
               defend
               a
               man.
               The
               onely
               and
               chiefe
               *
               stay
               is
               the
               friendship
               of
               *
               very
               many
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             41
             Of
             an
             ape
             and
             a
             fox-cub
             [
             teaching
             
             that
             the
             rich
             had
             rather
             hurt
             themselues
             with
             too
             much
             ,
             than
             to
             part
             with
             ought
             to
             the
             poore
             .
             ]
          
           
             AN
             ape
             intreates
             a
             foxecub
             ,
             that
             shee
             would
             giue
             her
             a
             part
             of
             her
             tayle
             ,
             to
             couer
             [
             her
             ]
             buttocks
             :
             *
             for
             that
             ,
             that
             was
             a
             burthen
             to
             her
             ,
             which
             would
             bee
             of
             vse
             and
             an
             honour
             to
             her selfe
             .
             *
             The
             cubbe
             answereth
             ,
             *
             that
             she
             had
             nothing
             too
             much
             ,
             and
             *
             that
             shee
             had
             rather
             haue
             the
             ground
             to
             be
             r
             swept
             with
             her
             tayle
             ,
             r
             than
             the
             buttocks
             of
             the
             ape
             to
             bee
             couered
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               There
               are
               which
               need
               ,
               there
               are
               others
               *
               who
               haue
               too
               much
               ,
               yet
               notwithstanding
               ,
               *
               it
               is
               not
               the
               manner
               of
               any
               of
               the
               
               rich
               ,
               to
               blesse
               the
               needy
               with
               their
               superfluity
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             42
             Of
             a
             *
             stag
             and
             oxen
             ,
             [
             teaching
             
             the
             difficulty
             of
             preseruing
             our selues
             in
             extreame
             perill
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Stagge
             [
             of
             a
             time
             ]
             *
             flying
             from
             the
             hunter
             ,
             *
             betooke
             himselfe
             into
             an
             oxe-house
             ;
             hee
             *
             entreates
             the
             oxen
             that
             *
             he
             might
             hide
             himselfe
             in
             the
             cribbe
             .
             The
             oxen
             *
             tell
             him
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             be
             safe
             ;
             for
             *
             that
             the
             master
             and
             seruants
             would
             be
             present
             by
             and
             by
             :
             hee
             saith
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             bee
             safe
             ;
             so
             that
             they
             betray
             him
             not
             :
             The
             seruant
             entereth
             in
             ,
             seeth
             him
             not
             ,
             being
             hidde
             in
             the
             hay
             ,
             goeth
             out
             .
             The
             stagge
             [
             began
             ]
             *
             to
             bee
             proude
             ,
             and
             to
             feare
             nothing
             now
             .
             Then
             one
             of
             the
             oxen
             beeing
             r
             graue
             both
             in
             age
             and
             counsell
             ,
             *
             It
             was
             an
             
             easie
             thing
             (
             quoth
             hee
             )
             to
             deceiue
             
             him
             which
             is
             a
             *
             mole
             ,
             but
             that
             thou
             shouldest
             lie
             hid
             from
             the
             master
             ,
             who
             is
             *
             as
             quicke
             sighted
             as
             Argus
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             worke
             ,
             [
             and
             ]
             this
             is
             the
             labour
             .
             *
             By
             and
             by
             after
             ,
             the
             master
             entreth
             in
             :
             *
             who
             that
             hee
             may
             correct
             the
             negligence
             of
             his
             seruant
             ,
             viewing
             all
             things
             with
             his
             eyes
             ,
             and
             *
             groping
             in
             the
             crib
             with
             his
             hand
             ,
             catcheth
             holde
             of
             the
             hornes
             of
             the
             stag
             vnder
             the
             hay
             ;
             he
             r
             cries
             out
             vnto
             [
             his
             ]
             seruants
             ,
             they
             run
             vnto
             [
             him
             ]
             *
             shut
             in
             the
             stag
             [
             and
             ]
             *
             take
             him
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               r
               Hiding
               places
               are
               hard
               to
               bee
               found
               *
               in
               aduersity
               and
               dangers
               :
               either
               for
               that
               fortune
               doth
               still
               *
               pursue
               *
               men
               in
               misery
               as
               it
               hath
               begunne
               ,
               or
               else
               because
               they
               beeing
               hindered
               by
               feare
               ,
               &
               void
               of
               counsel
               ,
               do
               betray
               themselues
               
               through
               their
               *
               lacke
               of
               heed
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             43
             Of
             a
             lion
             &
             a
             foxcub
             :
             [
             warning
             
             vs
             to
             beware
             of
             faire
             words
             and
             how
             we
             trust
             our
             enemie
             ;
             to
             coniecture
             of
             wordes
             by
             former
             deeds
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Lion
             was
             sick
             ,
             the
             *
             beast●
             visited
             him
             ,
             the
             fox-cub
             alone
             deferring
             [
             his
             ]
             *
             dutie
             .
             The
             lion
             sends
             an
             embassage
             vnto
             [
             *
             her
             ,
             ]
             with
             *
             a
             letter
             admonishing
             her
             to
             come
             .
             [
             Saying
             ]
             *
             that
             the
             presence
             of
             her
             onely
             would
             be
             most
             acceptable
             [
             to
             him
             ]
             being
             sick
             .
             *
             Neither
             that
             there
             would
             be
             any
             danger
             wherfore
             the
             fox
             should
             feare
             .
             For
             *
             that
             first
             of
             all
             the
             lion
             was
             indeed
             most
             friendly
             to
             the
             foxe
             ,
             and
             therfore
             *
             desired
             earnestly
             *
             to
             haue
             speech
             with
             her
             .
             Moreouer
             ,
             *
             that
             he
             was
             now
             sicke
             ,
             and
             kept
             his
             bedde
             ,
             that
             although
             
             hee
             *
             would
             doe
             that
             which
             was
             not
             [
             intended
             ]
             yet
             he
             *
             could
             not
             hurt
             [
             her
             .
             ]
             The
             fox
             writeth
             backe
             ,
             *
             that
             she
             wisheth
             that
             the
             lion
             may
             recouer
             his
             health
             againe
             ,
             and
             *
             that
             she
             would
             pray
             for
             that
             of
             the
             God●
             ,
             but
             yet
             *
             that
             shee
             would
             not
             come
             to
             see
             [
             him
             .
             ]
             *
             That
             shee
             was
             terrified
             with
             the
             footsteppes
             ;
             *
             which
             indeed
             sith
             they
             were
             all
             towards
             the
             den
             of
             the
             lion
             and
             none
             turning
             back
             ,
             *
             that
             it
             was
             a
             token
             that
             many
             beasts
             had
             entered
             in
             ,
             but
             that
             none
             had
             come
             forth
             .
             Horace
             ;
          
           
             I
             will
             *
             returne
             that
             ,
             which
             *
             once
             the
             wily
             foxe
             answered
             the
             sick
             lion
             ,
             because
             the
             footsteps
             terrifie
             [
             me
             ]
             ,
          
           
             All
             of
             them
             looking
             towards
             thee
             ,
             none
             back
             again
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               Take
               heed
               [
               how
               ]
               you
               trust
               words
               ,
               vnlesse
               you
               *
               take
               good
               heed
               ,
               *
               you
               
               
               shall
               r
               oft
               haue
               words
               [
               only
               ]
               giuen
               you
               .
               *
               Wee
               are
               to
               take
               a
               coniecture
               both
               of
               words
               and
               of
               deeds
               ,
               and
               r
               those
               are
               to
               be
               iudged
               *
               by
               these
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             44
             Of
             *
             a
             foxe
             and
             a
             weesill
             ,
             
             [
             teaching
             vs
             to
             be
             content
             with
             a
             meane
             estate
             ,
             rather
             than
             by
             prosperity
             to
             endanger
             our selues
             .
             ]
          
           
             [
             OF
             a
             time
             ]
             a
             fox
             beeing
             *
             slender
             with
             long
             r
             lack
             of
             meate
             ,
             crept
             bechance
             into
             a
             corne
             chamber
             through
             *
             a
             very
             straight
             hole
             .
             In
             which
             when
             she
             had
             r
             b●n
             well
             fed
             ,
             *
             and
             afterward
             trying
             to
             goe
             forth
             againe
             ,
             her
             belly
             beeing
             ouermuch
             stretched
             out
             hindered
             her
             .
             A
             weesill
             *
             farre
             off
             seeing
             [
             her
             ]
             *
             struggling
             ,
             at
             length
             *
             aduiseth
             [
             her
             ]
             [
             that
             ]
             if
             she
             desire
             to
             goe
             out
             ,
             that
             shee
             returne
             
             to
             the
             hole
             being
             *
             empty
             ,
             at
             which
             she
             entered
             in
             when
             she
             was
             empty
             .
          
           
             
               Mor.
               ]
               You
               may
               see
               very
               many
               to
               be
               merry
               and
               cheerefull
               in
               *
               a
               meane
               estate
               ,
               void
               of
               cares
               ,
               r
               without
               [
               all
               ]
               troubles
               of
               minde
               .
               But
               if
               these
               shall
               *
               become
               rich
               ,
               you
               shall
               see
               them
               to
               goe
               *
               heauily
               ,
               neuer
               *
               to
               looke
               cheerefully
               ,
               [
               but
               ]
               full
               of
               care
               ,
               [
               and
               ]
               ouerwhelmed
               with
               r
               troubles
               of
               minde
               .
               Horace
               *
               sets
               out
               this
               fable
               thus
               ;
            
             
               Bechance
               a
               *
               gaunt
               fox
               had
               crept
               thorough
               a
               narrowe
               *
               cranny
               into
               *
               a
               corn
               chamber
               ,
               and
               being
               fedde
               *
               assayed
               in
               vaine
               to
               goe
               *
               forth
               againe
               *
               when
               her
               belly
               was
               full
               .
            
             
               To
               whom
               a
               weesill
               [
               seeing
               her
               ]
               a
               farre
               off
               said
               ,
               if
               thou
               wilt
               escape
               thence
               .
            
             
               *
               Seek
               to
               goe
               againe
               beeing
               
               leane
               [
               thorough
               ]
               the
               narrowe
               cranny
               ,
               which
               thou
               *
               wentest
               in
               at
               when
               thou
               wast
               leane
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             45
             Of
             a
             horse
             and
             a
             stag
             ,
             [
             teaching
             
             vs
             to
             take
             heed
             that
             for
             escaping
             pouerty
             ,
             we
             lose
             not
             liberty
             .
             ]
          
           
             A
             Hors●
             [
             of
             a
             time
             ]
             *
             fought
             with
             a
             stagge
             .
             But
             being
             at
             length
             driuen
             forth
             of
             the
             pastures
             ,
             he
             earnestly
             intreats
             the
             help
             of
             man.
             *
             Returnes
             with
             the
             man
             ,
             goeth
             downe
             into
             the
             *
             pasture
             ,
             [
             so
             ]
             he
             that
             was
             conquered
             before
             r
             is
             now
             made
             the
             conquerour
             .
             But
             yet
             neuerthelesse
             ,
             the
             enemy
             being
             ouercomn
             &
             *
             brought
             vnder
             ,
             *
             the
             conquerour
             himselfe
             must
             needs
             serue
             the
             man.
             [
             Whereupon
             ]
             he
             beares
             the
             horseman
             on
             his
             back
             ,
             &
             the
             bridle
             in
             his
             mouth
             .
          
           
             
             
               Mor.
               ]
               Many
               *
               striue
               against
               pouerty
               ,
               r
               which
               beeing
               ouercomne
               thorough
               [
               good
               ]
               fortune
               and
               industry
               ,
               *
               they
               oft-times
               lose
               their
               liberty
               .
               For
               ,
               beeing
               indeed
               Lords
               and
               conquerours
               of
               pouerty
               ,
               they
               begin
               to
               serue
               riches
               ,
               are
               driuen
               with
               the
               whips
               of
               couerousnesse
               ,
               [
               and
               ]
               are
               curbed
               in
               with
               the
               bridles
               of
               *
               niggardlinesse
               ,
               neither
               yet
               doe
               they
               keepe
               [
               any
               ]
               measure
               in
               *
               seeking
               ;
               neither
               yet
               indeed
               dare
               they
               vse
               the
               things
               which
               they
               haue
               gotten
               ,
               *
               for
               a
               iust
               punishment
               of
               their
               couetousnesse
               .
               Horace
               [
               saith
               ]
               concerning
               this
               matter
               .
            
             
               *
               A
               stag
               [
               of
               a
               time
               ]
               being
               too
               hard
               for
               a
               horse
               in
               fight
               ,
               draue
               him
               form
               the
               common
               pasture
               ,
               vntill
               [
               the
               horse
               ]
               being
               *
               too
               weak
               in
               that
               long
               fight
               ,
            
             
             
               *
               Implored
               the
               *
               helpe
               of
               man
               ,
               and
               receiued
               the
               bridle
               [
               of
               that
               condition
               .
               ]
            
             
               *
               So
               after
               that
               ,
               r
               the
               violent
               conquerour
               departed
               from
               r
               the
               enemy
               ,
            
             
               Hee
               r
               repelled
               not
               the
               horse-man
               from
               [
               his
               ]
               back
               ,
               *
               nor
               the
               bridle
               from
               his
               mouth
               .
            
             
               So
               the
               *
               poor
               cayti●e
               ,
               who
               fearing
               *
               pouerty
               ,
               loseth
               liberty
               ,
               better
               than
               *
               gould
               ,
               shall
               carry
               [
               his
               ]
               master
               .
            
             
               And
               he
               *
               shall
               be
               a
               slaue
               for
               euer
               who
               r
               wil
               not
               know
               [
               how
               ]
               r
               to
               vse
               a
               little
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A08375-e230
           
             *
             The
             fables
             of
             Esop
             .
          
           
             r
             tales
             or
             〈◊〉
             deuises
             .
             
               Foolish
               contempt
               of
               learning
            
             .
          
           
             *
             Of
             a
             cocke
             le●ding
             ben●
             :
             or
             of
             a
             dunghill
             cocke
             .
             Gallinaceus
             ]
             signifyeth
             ,
             belonging
             to
             a
             cock
             or
             a
             hen
             ,
             or
             hennish
             ,
             seeming
             to
             be
             added
             only
             to
             distinguish
             the
             word
             from
             Gallus
             signifying
             a
             French
             man.
             
          
           
             *
             Whilst
             a
             cook
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             turned
             ouer
             a
             dunghill
             viz.
             scratching
             in
             it
             turned
             it
             vp
             by
             little
             and
             little
             .
          
           
             r
             what
             quoth
             he
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             thing
             so
             bright
             or
             shining
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             lapidary
             or
             one
             that
             trimmeth
             and
             sell●th
             pretious
             stones
             .
          
           
             *
             no
             thing
             .
          
           
             *
             could
             be
             .
          
           
             *
             merry
             o●
             ,
             ioyfull
             .
          
           
             r
             because
             hee
             knew
             the
             worth
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             *
             truly
             .
          
           
             r
             it
             will
             serue
             ●e
             for
             no
             purpose
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             me
             or
             for
             me
             to
             no
             vse
             .
          
           
             *
             esteeme
             ,
             or
             recken
             it
             of
             a
             great
             [
             price
             ]
             or
             value
             .
          
           
             r
             make
             any
             reckening
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             *
             I
             in
             truth
             .
          
           
             *
             
               malim
               ,
               ●
               .
               ●
               .
               magis
               ve●m
               ,
            
             will
             or
             would
             rather
             haue
             
          
           
             r
             a
             barly
             corne
             .
          
           
             r
             all
             the
             precious
             stones
             in
             the
             world
             
          
           
             r
             The
             morall
             sense
             ▪
             or
             the
             meaning
             ▪
             vse
             and
             application
             of
             this
             fable
             for
             the
             framing
             &
             ordering
             of
             our
             manners
             .
          
           
             r
             You
             must
             vnderstand
             .
          
           
             r
             learning
             &
             knowledge
             .
          
           
             *
             vnderstand
             by
             the
             &c.
             
          
           
             r
             sensuall
             or
             giuen
             ouer
             to
             pleasure
             .
          
           
             *
             Neither
             foolish
             men
             doe
             loue
             .
          
           
             r
             good
             learning
             .
          
           
             r
             a
             voluptuous
             man.
             
          
           
             r
             because
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             whom
             alone
             ,
             or
             one
             ,
             pleasure
             can
             please
             .
          
           
             Tyranny
             .
          
           
             r
             top
             .
          
           
             *
             fountaine
             .
          
           
             r
             a
             far
             off
             or
             a
             great
             way
             beneath
             .
          
           
             *
             runneth
             to
             [
             him
             ]
          
           
             r
             chideth
             or
             blameth
             .
          
           
             *
             because
             .
          
           
             *
             troubled
             the
             fountaine
             .
             viz.
             muddied
             the
             water
             .
          
           
             *
             trepidare
             for
             
               trepidabat
               .
               Euallage
            
             .
          
           
             *
             Himselfe
             neither
             indeed
             to
             haue
             beene
             able
             to
             trouble
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             haue
             been
             willing
             .
          
           
             r
             on
             the
             other
             side
             .
          
           
             r
             speaketh
             veheme●tly
             or
             railes
             against
             the
             lambe
             .
          
           
             r
             wretch
             
          
           
             r
             this
             is
             nothing
             thou
             sayst
             .
          
           
             *
             hurtest
             [
             me
             ]
             alwayes
             .
          
           
             *
             en●ed
             .
          
           
             r
             stocke
             or
             kinred
             .
          
           
             *
             diligently
             or
             alwayes
             .
          
           
             *
             Thou
             shalt-giue
             punishment
             to
             me
             to
             day
             .
          
           
             r
             abye
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             staffe
             to
             be
             found
             easi●y
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             be
             〈◊〉
             a
             dog
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             cause
             .
          
           
             r
             he
             please
             .
          
           
             r
             committed
             fault
             enough
             .
          
           
             *
             could
             not
             resist
             or
             withstand
             .
          
           
             Discord
             .
          
           
             r
             warred
             or
             waged
             battel
             .
          
           
             *
             It
             was
             striuen
             .
          
           
             r
             gouernment
             ,
             ●ule
             or
             soueraignty
             .
          
           
             r
             ●rish
             ground
             .
          
           
             r
             ●ght
             .
          
           
             r
             very
             sore
             .
          
           
             r
             oft
             lying
             hid
             or
             l●ding
             himself
             
          
           
             *
             he●bs
             ;
             viz.
             wild
             herbs
             ,
             or
             grasse
             .
          
           
             *
             deceipts
             ,
             or
             lying
             in
             waite
             .
          
           
             r
             mo●e
             strong
             .
          
           
             *
             able
             .
          
           
             *
             leaping
             vpon
             .
          
           
             r
             chalengeth
             .
          
           
             r
             mouse
             .
          
           
             *
             by
             open
             Mars
             .
             Mars
             the
             God
             of
             warre
             ▪
             for
             wa●e
             .
          
           
             r
             They
             had
             either
             of
             them
             a
             buliush
             for
             their
             speare
             .
          
           
             *
             strift
             .
          
           
             *
             glead
             ,
             or
             puttoc●e
             .
          
           
             *
             bewareth
             ,
             or
             looketh
             to
             .
          
           
             *
             herselfe
             .
          
           
             *
             study
             .
          
           
             *
             〈◊〉
             of
             the
             warriours
             ,
             al.
             either
             warriour
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             happen
             ,
             or
             betide
             after
             the
             same
             manner
             .
          
           
             *
             kindled
             o●
             set
             on
             fire
             .
          
           
             *
             lust
             .
          
           
             *
             striue
             .
          
           
             r
             for
             magistracy
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             gouerners
             .
          
           
             *
             riches
             .
          
           
             *
             for
             most
             part
             also
             their
             life
             .
          
           
             Vnsatiable
             greedinesse
             .
          
           
             *
             flesh
             .
          
           
             *
             grinning
             mouth
             .
          
           
             *
             so
             as
             it
             cometh
             to
             pasle
             ,
             or
             hapneth
             .
          
           
             r
             he
             catching
             at
             greedily
             so
             soon
             as
             he
             saw
             .
          
           
             r
             cheeks
             ,
             or
             chaps
             .
          
           
             r
             astonied
             .
          
           
             r
             flesh
             .
          
           
             r
             astonished
             .
          
           
             *
             and
             then
             receiuing
             againe
             cour●ge
             .
          
           
             *
             barked
             out
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             measure
             was
             wanting
             ,
             or
             thou
             wast
             too
             greedy
             .
          
           
             *
             cou●tousnesse
             .
          
           
             r
             Thou
             hadst
             enough
             and
             too
             much
             .
          
           
             *
             vnlesse
             thou
             hadst
             doated
             ,
             o●
             but
             that
             thou
             doated
             .
          
           
             *
             lesse
             than
             nothing
             is
             now
             to
             thee
             by
             thy
             foolishnesse
             .
          
           
             *
             admonished
             of
             modesty
             ,
             or
             to
             bee
             modest
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             our
             co●tousnesse
             .
          
           
             *
             Te●entian
             Sa●nio
             .
          
           
             *
             sub●lly
             ,
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             *
             with
             a
             price
             .
          
           
             Vnfaithfull
             dealing
             of
             great
             men
             towards
             their
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             *
             couenanted
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             common
             ,
             or
             generall
             hunting
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             *
             It
             is
             gone
             .
          
           
             *
             A
             ha●t
             or
             stag
             is
             catched
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             hart
             .
          
           
             *
             Euery
             one
             ,
             one
             by
             one
             .
          
           
             Al.
             They
             diuide
             the
             seueral
             parts
             to
             euery
             one
             .
          
           
             *
             singular
             parts
             ,
             o●
             one
             by
             one
             .
          
           
             *
             had
             been
             agreed
             .
          
           
             r
             And.
             
          
           
             r
             the
             strongest
             .
          
           
             *
             taking
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             is
             done
             ,
             [
             or
             there
             is
             an
             end
             ]
          
           
             *
             This
             being
             heard
             ,
             his
             fellows
             do
             depart
             .
          
           
             *
             cōcerning
             friendship
             .
          
           
             *
             holding
             their
             peace
             :
             or
             quiet
             ,
             or
             silent
             .
          
           
             *
             daring
             .
          
           
             *
             fidelity
             ,
             or
             faithfulnesse
             hath
             been
             rare
             euer
             ,
             or
             seldome
             found
             .
          
           
             *
             at
             this
             age
             ,
             or
             at
             this
             day
             .
          
           
             r
             men
             of
             might
             ,
             or
             great
             men
             .
          
           
             r
             match
             .
          
           
             *
             hath
             it
             necessary
             ,
             or
             of
             necessity
             .
          
           
             *
             grant
             .
          
           
             *
             There
             shall
             be
             equal
             right
             to
             thee
             
          
           
             r
             equity
             .
          
           
             Scor●efull
             ingratitude
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             boanes
             by
             chance
             haue
             stucke
             
          
           
             r
             as
             it
             happened
             .
          
           
             r
             gulle●
             .
          
           
             r
             went
             about
             .
          
           
             r
             did
             help
             him
             ,
             or
             afford
             him
             any
             help
             .
          
           
             *
             All
             [
             men
             ]
             say
             often
             .
          
           
             *
             him
             to
             haue
             borne
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             price
             ,
             or
             hire
             .
          
           
             *
             deuouring
             ,
             or
             greedinesse
             .
          
           
             r
             perswadeth
             .
          
           
             r
             faire
             words
             
          
           
             *
             longest
             ,
             or
             most
             long
             .
             Al.
             that
             she
             would
             pluck
             out
             the
             boane
             fastned
             in
             ,
             with
             her
             most
             long
             neck
             thrust
             into
             his
             throat
             .
             Al.
             ;
             But
             he
             mocked
             [
             her
             ]
             asking
             [
             her
             ]
             reward
             .
          
           
             *
             ●●ou
             foolish
             crane
             .
          
           
             *
             go
             ,
             or
             get
             thee
             gone
             .
          
           
             r
             Art
             thou
             not
             well
             that
             thou
             scapest
             with
             thy
             life
             .
          
           
             *
             Thou
             owest
             thy
             life
             vnto
             me
             .
          
           
             *
             If
             it
             had
             listed
             me
             .
          
           
             *
             It
             hath
             been
             lawfull
             [
             for
             me
             ]
             or
             I
             might
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             worne
             ,
             or
             ●mon
             [
             saying
             ]
             [
             that
             thing
             ]
             to
             perish
             which
             thou
             dost
             to
             an
             vnthankfull
             [
             man.
             ]
          
           
             *
             a
             land
             snake
             ,
             or
             a
             wood
             snake
             .
          
           
             Mischieuous
             requiting
             good
             with
             euill
             .
          
           
             *
             cast
             him
             to
             .
          
           
             *
             bearing
             ,
             or
             not
             able
             to
             abide
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             fire
             
          
           
             r
             molested
             ,
             or
             indangered
             to
             poyson
             .
          
           
             *
             poore
             house
             ,
             or
             cottage
             .
          
           
             *
             ●
             hedgest●ke
             ,
             [
             or
             cudgill
             ]
             being
             s●atched
             ,
             or
             catched
             vp
             .
          
           
             r
             he
             demandeth
             .
             or
             debateth
             with
             him
             concerning
             the
             wrong
             
          
           
             *
             stripes
             ,
             or
             blows
             .
          
           
             r
             he
             thus
             requite
             him
             .
          
           
             r
             he
             will
             take
             away
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             *
             who
             gaue
             life
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             *
             It
             is
             done
             .
          
           
             *
             may
             be
             against
             you
             .
          
           
             *
             whom
             you
             haue
             profited
             .
          
           
             *
             deserue
             .
          
           
             r
             requite
             ,
             or
             vse
             you
             vnkindly
             .
          
           
             r
             to
             whom
             you
             haue
             done
             good
             .
          
           
             Contempt
             of
             iniuries
             .
          
           
             *
             whilst
             .
          
           
             r
             As
             a
             dull
             asse
             .
          
           
             r
             〈◊〉
             at
             .
          
           
             r
             whetted
             his
             tushes
             .
          
           
             r
             thou
             badst
             deserued
             to
             bee
             plagued
             
          
           
             *
             vnworthy
             .
          
           
             *
             which
             may
             take
             punishment
             of
             thee
             
          
           
             *
             being
             safe
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             is
             lawfull
             for
             thee
             vnpunished
             .
             or
             without
             punishment
             ,
             or
             danger
             .
          
           
             *
             giue
             our
             diligence
             .
          
           
             *
             vnworthy
             of
             vs.
             
          
           
             *
             vnworthy
             of
             vs.
             
          
           
             r
             naughty
             .
          
           
             *
             lost
             ,
             or
             desperately
             euill
             .
          
           
             *
             for
             most
             part
             do
             reioyce
             .
          
           
             *
             [
             any
             man
             ]
             of
             good
             men
             .
          
           
             *
             They
             way
             it
             of
             great
             worth
             .
          
           
             *
             themselues
             to
             be
             accounted
             worthy
             reuenge
             .
          
           
             r
             for
             others
             to
             seek
             to
             be
             reuenged
             of
             .
          
           
             Bitternesse
             in
             riches
             ,
             and
             the
             feares
             and
             dangers
             wherein
             rich
             men
             line
             .
          
           
             *
             this
             mouse
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             is
             prepared
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             is
             gone
             to
             sup
             .
          
           
             *
             draweth
             out
             .
          
           
             *
             victuals
             ,
             or
             prouision
             .
          
           
             *
             fulfill
             ,
             or
             fill
             .
          
           
             r
             neuerthelesse
             .
          
           
             *
             wrinkling
             his
             forehead
             .
          
           
             r
             pouerty
             .
          
           
             r
             and
             afterward
             .
          
           
             r
             abundance
             .
          
           
             *
             giue
             proofe
             and
             experience
             of
             that
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             *
             had
             prepared
             gayly
             ,
             or
             richly
             ,
             excellently
             .
          
           
             *
             Betweene
             to
             feast
             ,
             or
             [
             their
             ]
             feasting
             .
          
           
             *
             They
             [
             began
             ]
             to
             tremble
             exceedingly
             ,
             and
             in
             flying
             ,
             often
             to
             fly
             away
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             defend
             himselfe
             hardly
             ,
             or
             grieuously
             .
          
           
             *
             He
             ,
             his
             〈◊〉
             ●ing
             scarcely
             layed
             away
             at
             length
             .
          
           
             *
             inuiting
             him
             to
             the
             pots
             .
          
           
             r
             danger
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             to
             be
             daily
             to
             one
             to
             be
             con●emned
             .
          
           
             *
             country
             mouse
             said
             ,
             or
             replied
             .
          
           
             *
             As
             Hercules
             shall
             help
             me
             .
          
           
             *
             will
             rather
             ,
             or
             desire
             .
          
           
             *
             anxiety
             ,
             or
             care
             ,
             doubtfulnesse
             ,
             or
             fearefulnes●e
             .
          
           
             *
             indeed
             do
             beare
             before
             themselues
             [
             or
             make
             a
             shew
             of
             ]
             pleasure
             .
          
           
             r
             dangers
             .
          
           
             *
             saying
             est
             .
          
           
             *
             rereuenge
             them
             ,
             [
             or
             take
             vengeance
             of
             them
             ]
             to
             .
          
           
             *
             them
             to
             receiue
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             very
             great
             ,
             or
             huge
             fardle
             .
          
           
             r
             troubles
             .
          
           
             Crafty
             and
             coso●ing
             counsell
             .
          
           
             *
             pull
             forth
             .
          
           
             r
             to
             mount
             on
             by
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             cast
             downe
             headlong
             .
          
           
             *
             from
             an
             high
             place
             .
          
           
             *
             for
             so
             it
             to
             be
             ,
             [
             or
             to
             come
             to
             pa●le
             ]
             that
             .
          
           
             *
             east●th
             it
             downe
             headlong
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             cockle
             may
             be
             b●oken
             .
          
           
             r
             catched
             vp
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             grieueth
             her
             .
          
           
             *
             ●aue
             faith
             ,
             or
             ●rust
             :
             viz.
             trust
             not
             .
          
           
             *
             whosoeuer
             .
          
           
             *
             make
             ,
             or
             take
             heed
             .
          
           
             *
             asked
             counsell
             of
             
          
           
             r
             consult
             ,
             or
             aduise
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             their
             consultours
             .
          
           
             Greedinesse
             of
             praise
             
          
           
             *
             gesturing
             ,
             or
             i●tting
             ,
             or
             triumphing
             
          
           
             *
             doth
             impart
             ,
             [
             or
             greet
             ]
             the
             crow
             with
             very
             much
             salutation
             .
             viz.
             har●ly
             saluteth
             the
             crow
             ,
             or
             sendeth
             hearty
             commendations
             to
             the
             crow
             .
          
           
             *
             had
             heard
             .
          
           
             r
             that
             fame
             is
             a
             lyer
             
          
           
             *
             I
             proue
             it
             by
             experience
             in
             the
             thing
             it selfe
             .
          
           
             *
             beholding
             ,
             or
             seeing
             thee
             .
          
           
             *
             flee
             vnto
             thee
             .
          
           
             r
             report
             .
          
           
             *
             thee
             to
             be
             blacker
             .
          
           
             *
             ouercome
             .
             viz.
             goest
             beyond
             .
          
           
             *
             you
             excell
             so
             also
             in
             voyc●
             ,
             as
             you
             do
             in
             feathers
             .
          
           
             *
             I
             might
             haue
             called
             you
             ▪
             or
             haue
             sayd
             you
             to
             be
             the
             queene
             .
          
           
             *
             entiled
             .
          
           
             *
             little
             flattery
             .
          
           
             r
             beake
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             him
             preparing
             
          
           
             *
             a
             laughter
             as
             if
             he
             were
             tickled
             .
             Al.
             and
             shame
             being
             mixed
             to
             the
             los●e
             of
             the
             thing
             he
             grieueth
             .
          
           
             r
             desirou●
             .
          
           
             *
             dwa●fes
             .
          
           
             r
             shun
             .
          
           
             *
             thou
             shalt
             shun
             ,
             or
             escape
             easily
             .
          
           
             *
             Gnato
             shall
             neuer
             be
             wanting
             vnto
             thee
             ,
             or
             thou
             shalt
             neuer
             want
             a
             Gnatho
             if
             thou
             wilt
             be
             a
             Thraso
             .
          
           
             The
             iust
             reward
             of
             cruelty
             .
          
           
             r
             render
             him
             like
             recompence
             .
          
           
             r
             cruelty
             .
          
           
             *
             paid
             punishment
             
          
           
             *
             seeked
             [
             him
             ,
             or
             smiteth
             at
             him
             .
             ]
          
           
             *
             tooth
             .
          
           
             *
             seeketh
             [
             him
             ,
             or
             setteth
             on
             him
             ]
          
           
             *
             with
             his
             hornes
             .
          
           
             *
             In
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             ●r
             aboue
             all
             .
          
           
             *
             abolish
             .
          
           
             *
             insulteth
             ,
             or
             leape●h
             on
             him
             ,
             or
             flingeth
             at
             him
             .
          
           
             r
             Iustily
             .
          
           
             *
             mourning
             exceedingly
             ,
             or
             lamenting
             .
          
           
             *
             deseruedly
             .
          
           
             r
             heretofore
             .
          
           
             *
             profited
             .
          
           
             *
             profit
             [
             me
             .
             ]
          
           
             *
             by
             course
             .
          
           
             *
             yea
             also
             .
          
           
             *
             are
             against
             me
             .
          
           
             *
             I
             haue
             bene
             fool●sh
             who
             haue
             made
             many
             enimies
             .
          
           
             *
             who
             haue
             trusted
             .
          
           
             *
             Thou
             maiest
             not
             ▪
             ●e
             lift
             vp
             in
             second
             [
             or
             prosperous
             ]
             things
             ,
             thou
             maist
             not
             be
             fierce
             or
             cruell
             .
          
           
             r
             shall
             alter
             ,
             or
             frowne
             .
          
           
             r
             be
             r●uenged
             .
          
           
             *
             haue
             viz.
             put
             .
          
           
             *
             certaine
             .
          
           
             *
             friends
             of
             thee
             ▪
             but
             [
             friends
             ]
             of
             thy
             table
             and
             fortun●
             
          
           
             *
             fortune
             .
          
           
             *
             as
             soone
             as
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             shall
             be
             done
             well
             with
             thee
             if
             they
             shall
             not
             be
             en●mies
             .
          
           
             *
             worthily
             .
          
           
             *
             Behould
             .
          
           
             *
             fortified
             ,
             fensed
             ,
             or
             inuironed
             .
          
           
             *
             not
             with
             a
             few
             friends
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             prosperous
             wind
             hath
             blowen
             to
             my
             sailes
             ,
             or
             a
             prosperous
             gale
             of
             wind
             .
          
           
             r
             cruell
             viz.
             raging
             .
          
           
             *
             haue
             swelled
             .
          
           
             r
             tempestuous
             wind
             .
          
           
             *
             my
             ship
             being
             torne
             I
             am
             left
             in
             the
             middle
             waters
             .
          
           
             r
             with
             my
             ship
             all
             torne
             .
          
           
             Foolish
             imitation
             .
          
           
             *
             Whilst
             that
             .
          
           
             *
             did
             flatter
             ▪
             
          
           
             r
             household
             .
          
           
             r
             made
             much
             of
             or
             stroked
             .
          
           
             *
             little
             asse
             .
          
           
             r
             mour●eth
             ,
             or
             sigheth
             .
          
           
             *
             more
             deeply
             
          
           
             r
             repent
             him
             .
          
           
             *
             lot
             .
          
           
             *
             [
             to
             be
             ]
             ordered
             vnequally
             ,
             or
             appointed
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             dog
             to
             be
             acceptable
             to
             all
             .
          
           
             r
             obtaine
             ,
             or
             get
             .
          
           
             r
             and
             that
             he
             himself
             should
             contrarily
             bea●e
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             packsadles
             .
          
           
             r
             whipped
             :
             to
             be
             neuer
             idle
             ,
             or
             neuer
             to
             rest
             .
          
           
             *
             be
             done
             .
          
           
             *
             flatteries
             .
          
           
             *
             may
             be
             .
          
           
             *
             [
             his
             ]
             master
             returning
             home
             at
             a
             certaine
             time
             .
          
           
             *
             feet
             .
          
           
             *
             belieued
             .
          
           
             *
             staffe
             ,
             or
             cudgill
             .
          
           
             *
             Euery
             one
             may
             will
             that
             .
          
           
             r
             assay
             ,
             or
             make
             triall
             of
             .
          
           
             *
             An
             asse
             of
             the
             harpes
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             harpe
             .
          
           
             *
             put
             .
          
           
             *
             Thou
             shalt
             do
             or
             say
             nothing
             Minerua
             [
             or
             nature
             ]
             being
             vnwilling
             ,
             or
             against
             it
             .
          
           
             r
             Minerua
             the
             goddesse
             of
             wisedome
             and
             of
             all
             good
             arts
             and
             sciences
             ,
             fained
             to
             be
             borne
             of
             ●upiters
             braine
             without
             any
             mother
             ,
             here
             taken
             for
             nature
             .
          
           
             *
             Horace
             being
             witnesse
             .
          
           
             Clementy
             towards
             inferiours
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             greene
             leafe
             .
          
           
             *
             but.
             
          
           
             *
             one
             of
             many
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             *
             him
             to
             be
             vnworthy
             whom
             the
             lion
             should
             be
             angry
             at
             .
          
           
             *
             thinking
             seriously
             
          
           
             *
             no
             praise
             to
             be
             i●
             the
             death
             of
             so
             very
             small
             a
             little
             ●east
             .
          
           
             *
             captiue
             or
             mouse
             being
             taken
             .
          
           
             *
             Neither
             truly
             so
             much
             after
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             is
             lawfull
             to
             roare
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             lawfull
             to
             goe
             out
             .
          
           
             *
             hauing
             sought
             them
             findeth
             thé
             ,
             and
             hauing
             found
             them
             gnaweth
             them
             ,
             wherby
             the
             lion
             escapeth
             out
             of
             the
             nets
             .
          
           
             r
             great
             men
             to
             be
             curteous
             towards
             the
             poore
             .
          
           
             *
             euen
             any
             of
             men
             .
          
           
             *
             doateth
             greatly
             .
          
           
             *
             inioying
             ,
             or
             relying
             vpon
             his
             owne
             power
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             will
             be
             peraduenture
             in
             time
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             r
             stood
             i●
             need
             of
             .
          
           
             *
             vile
             dwa●fes
             ,
             or
             men
             of
             no
             reputation
             .
          
           
             r
             been
             afraid
             of
             their
             displeasure
             .
          
           
             Sacrilege
             ,
             or
             the
             miserable
             state
             of
             sacrilegious
             persons
             &
             pro●ane
             contemners
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             *
             lay
             downe
             .
          
           
             *
             almost
             dying
             .
          
           
             *
             are
             against
             .
          
           
             *
             felicity
             .
          
           
             *
             do
             not
             .
          
           
             r
             remember
             them
             .
          
           
             *
             called
             .
          
           
             *
             in
             aduerse
             things
             or
             in
             troubles
             .
          
           
             Want
             of
             consideration
             for
             preuenting
             dangers
             ,
             and
             despising
             counsell
             .
          
           
             r
             line
             .
          
           
             *
             trecheries
             to
             be
             made
             to
             them
             ,
             or
             prepared
             for
             them
             .
          
           
             *
             rising
             vp
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             flax
             yet
             standing
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             comp●ny
             of
             birds
             being
             left
             .
          
           
             *
             enters
             .
          
           
             r
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             birds
             .
          
           
             *
             neither
             know
             themselues
             .
          
           
             *
             consult
             wisely
             to
             themselues
             .
          
           
             *
             nor
             do
             heare
             a
             man
             giuing
             them
             cou●sell
             well
             .
          
           
             r
             onely
             .
          
           
             *
             Now
             is
             there
             enough
             and
             ouermuch
             counsell
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             be
             done
             .
             Prometheus
             wise
             before
             .
          
           
             Epimetheus
             wise
             after
             .
          
           
             *
             hau●
             bene
             .
          
           
             r
             They
             are
             Greeke
             names
             .
          
           
             *
             Counsell
             hath
             bene
             to
             one
             [
             of
             them
             ]
             before
             the
             thing
             ,
             to
             ●he
             other
             after
             the
             thing
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             king
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             Discontēt●dnes
             with
             our
             present
             estate
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             made
             supplication
             to
             Iupiter
             a
             king
             to
             be
             giuen
             them
             .
          
           
             ridere
             pr●
             ridebat
             ;
             Enallage
             .
          
           
             r
             wishes
             ,
             prayers
             ,
             or
             requests
             .
          
           
             r
             very
             importunate
             .
          
           
             *
             He
             cast
             downe
             a
             blocke
             [
             to
             them
             ]
          
           
             r
             a
             beame
             .
          
           
             r
             sh●kes
             vehemently
             .
          
           
             *
             riuer
             ,
             flood
             ,
             or
             fen
             
          
           
             r
             affrighted
             .
          
           
             r
             are
             b●sh
             .
          
           
             *
             〈◊〉
             ,
             worship
             ,
             or
             honour
             .
          
           
             *
             foot
             by
             foot
             .
          
           
             *
             feare
             being
             cast
             aw●y
             .
          
           
             *
             leape
             .
          
           
             r
             blockish
             .
          
           
             *
             〈◊〉
             ●
             spo●t
             .
          
           
             *
             prouoke
             ,
             or
             instantly
             beseech
             .
          
           
             *
             they
             pray
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             king
             to
             be
             giuen
             [
             them
             ]
          
           
             r
             marsh
             ,
             or
             marish
             ground
             .
          
           
             *
             whatso●uer
             of
             frogs
             .
          
           
             *
             i●
             before
             him
             ,
             or
             in
             hi●
             way
             .
          
           
             *
             Therefore
             the
             fr●gs
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             doth
             not
             heare
             .
          
           
             *
             they
             complaine
             also
             as
             yet
             to
             d●y
             .
          
           
             *
             g●n
             forth
             ,
             or
             going
             forth
             .
          
           
             *
             out
             of
             their
             holes
             ▪
             
          
           
             *
             murmure
             .
          
           
             *
             howling
             ,
             or
             crying
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             one
             deafe
             ,
             or
             God
             Iupiter
             being
             deafe
             .
          
           
             *
             Iupiter
             will
             ,
             [
             or
             Iupiters
             pleasure
             is
             ]
          
           
             *
             which
             refused
             by
             supplication
             ,
             o●
             or
             turned
             away
             by
             intreaty
             .
          
           
             r
             mild
             .
          
           
             *
             should
             bear
             now
             .
          
           
             r
             〈◊〉
             ,
             o●happen
             .
          
           
             *
             [
             a
             king
             ]
             voyd
             of
             compassion
             ,
             or
             pity
             
          
           
             *
             it
             hath
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             little
             more
             ge●tle
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             alleageth
             .
          
           
             r
             without
             valour
             ,
             or
             courage
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             wisheth
             sometimes
             a
             m●n
             to
             happen
             vnto
             them
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             fall
             out
             vnto
             them
             .
          
           
             r
             a
             man
             of
             worth
             ,
             or
             of
             spirit
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             ,
             viz.
             the
             people
             hath
             gotten
             
          
           
             *
             it
             condemneth
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             cruelty
             of
             this
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             alwaies
             repenteth
             vs
             of
             things
             present
             .
          
           
             *
             that
             it
             is
             .
          
           
             *
             New
             things
             to
             be
             better
             than
             old
             .
          
           
             Discontentednesse
             with
             our
             present
             estate
             .
          
           
             *
             Doues
             .
          
           
             *
             vanquish
             .
          
           
             r
             did
             chuse
             .
          
           
             r
             goshawke
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             king
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             *
             doth
             .
          
           
             r
             tyran●
             .
          
           
             *
             snatcheth
             .
          
           
             *
             no
             slo●hfuller
             ,
             or
             slower
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             h●ue
             been
             .
          
           
             *
             suffer
             .
          
           
             *
             lot
             .
          
           
             *
             Flaccus
             ,
             viz.
             Horace
             being
             witnes
             ,
             nothing
             is
             blessed
             on
             euery
             part
             ,
             or
             on
             all
             parts
             .
          
           
             r
             I
             in
             truth
             .
          
           
             *
             may
             not
             .
          
           
             r
             estate
             ,
             or
             condi●
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             new
             lot
             being
             gotten
             .
          
           
             r
             condition
             .
          
           
             *
             All
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             [
             or
             the
             most
             of
             vs
             all
             ]
             are
             〈◊〉
             i●
             〈◊〉
             [
             or
             disposition
             ]
             that
             it
             repents
             ou●
             selues
             of
             vs.
             
          
           
             Flattery
             &
             deceipt
             .
          
           
             *
             A
             dog
             answered
             sometimes
             a
             thiefe
             reaching
             bread
             [
             to
             him
             ]
             that
             he
             may
             be
             silent
             .
          
           
             *
             I
             haue
             knowen
             thy
             lyings
             in
             wait
             .
          
           
             *
             wherby
             I
             may
             cease
             to
             barke
             
          
           
             *
             from
             these
             roofes
             of
             the
             houses
             ,
             or
             from
             vnder
             these
             roofes
             .
          
           
             *
             Take
             heed
             thou
             lose
             .
          
           
             *
             for
             the
             cause
             of
             a
             little
             commodity
             .
          
           
             *
             you
             haue
             trust
             to
             euery
             one
             whom
             you
             please
             .
          
           
             *
             do
             not
             speake
             bountifully
             ,
             but
             also
             do
             bountifully
             
          
           
             *
             by
             deceipt
             ,
             or
             in
             craft
             .
          
           
             Too
             much
             officio●snesse
             .
          
           
             a
             sow
             .
          
           
             r
             farrow
             .
          
           
             *
             himself
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             r
             tender
             .
          
           
             r
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             *
             Puerpera
             signifying
             a
             woman
             travelling
             or
             in
             child-bed
             ,
             here
             put
             for
             a
             sow
             pigging
             .
          
           
             *
             herself
             not
             to
             ne●d
             the
             pl●antness
             [
             or
             att●ndance
             .
             ]
          
           
             *
             will
             be
             .
          
           
             *
             godly
             ,
             or
             curteou●
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             〈◊〉
             c●uet
             to
             do
             an
             〈◊〉
             thing
             or
             a
             pleasure
             .
          
           
             *
             th●t
             he
             go
             away
             fu●ther
             .
          
           
             *
             f●r
             the
             ●ffice
             o●
             〈◊〉
             of
             the
             wolf
             to
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             *
             A●l
             〈◊〉
             g●
             are
             not
             to
             be
             credited
             to
             all
             men
             .
          
           
             *
             M●ny
             doc
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             diligence
             not
             by
             ,
             or
             for
             the
             loue
             of
             you
             ,
             〈◊〉
             o●
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             *
             not
             your
             [
             commodity
             .
             ]
          
           
             Boasting
             and
             vaine
             feare
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             mountaines
             to
             be
             about
             to
             bring
             forth
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             in
             trauell
             .
          
           
             *
             goeth
             forth
             .
          
           
             *
             all
             to
             dy
             with
             laughter
             .
          
           
             emori
             ,
             pro
             emoriebantur
             ;
             ●all
             .
          
           
             *
             little
             .
          
           
             *
             a●e
             about
             to
             bring
             forth
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             mouse
             to
             lau●hed
             at
             .
          
           
             r
             borne
             .
          
           
             *
             boast
             of
             .
          
           
             *
             do
             little
             things
             .
          
           
             *
             vaine
             glorious
             boasters
             ,
             such
             as
             Thraso
             .
          
           
             *
             by
             right
             .
          
           
             *
             scofts
             .
          
           
             r
             danger
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             hunting
             dog
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             greyhound
             .
          
           
             Ingratitude
             .
          
           
             ●
             which
             is
             contemned
             of
             his
             master
             .
          
           
             *
             now
             had
             waxen
             old
             .
          
           
             *
             exhorts
             him
             
          
           
             *
             hasteth
             not
             .
          
           
             *
             catched
             ,
             or
             laied
             hould
             on
             .
          
           
             r
             the
             dog
             [
             or
             his
             mouth
             ]
             being
             toothlesse
             .
          
           
             *
             rebukes
             ,
             or
             c●ides
             him
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             stroke
             ,
             or
             stripe
             
          
           
             *
             a
             word
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             to
             owe
             to
             be
             pardoned
             to
             him
             by
             right
             .
          
           
             *
             but
             being
             yong
             to
             haue
             been
             stout
             .
          
           
             *
             fruit
             .
          
           
             *
             haue
             loued
             me
             .
          
           
             *
             you
             haue
             hated
             me
             .
          
           
             *
             catching
             preyes
             .
          
           
             *
             kinde
             .
          
           
             r
             once
             ,
             or
             sometimes
             .
          
           
             *
             for
             the
             cause
             of
             thrift
             ,
             or
             of
             [
             your
             ]
             commodity
             .
          
           
             *
             fruitfull
             .
          
           
             *
             N●so
             ,
             or
             Ouid
             being
             witnesse
             .
          
           
             *
             dea●e
             .
          
           
             *
             profits
             .
          
           
             *
             will
             be
             to
             be
             required
             .
          
           
             *
             of
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             filthy
             thing
             .
          
           
             *
             friendships
             .
          
           
             Timerousnesse
             .
          
           
             *
             bellowing
             .
          
           
             *
             vnwonted
             .
          
           
             r
             storme
             .
          
           
             r
             run
             away
             .
          
           
             r
             speedily
             .
          
           
             *
             when
             a
             fen
             ,
             or
             marish
             ground
             hindered
             them
             .
          
           
             *
             comprehended
             .
          
           
             *
             incitement
             ,
             or
             cause
             .
          
           
             *
             what
             ,
             quoth
             he
             do
             we
             feare
             .
          
           
             *
             vainely
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             minde
             .
          
           
             *
             nimblenesse
             of
             body
             is
             indeed
             to
             vs
             ,
             but
             a
             courage
             is
             wanting
             .
          
           
             *
             but
             [
             it
             is
             ]
             to
             be
             contemned
             .
          
           
             r
             bouldnesse
             ,
             or
             courage
             .
          
           
             *
             lyeth
             downe
             
          
           
             *
             captaine
             ,
             or
             guide
             .
          
           
             Obedience
             to
             parents
             
          
           
             *
             about
             to
             goe
             .
          
           
             r
             to
             pasture
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             to
             be
             opened
             
          
           
             *
             had
             heard
             .
          
           
             *
             beates
             on
             the
             dores
             after
             the
             dep●rture
             of
             his
             mother
             .
          
           
             r
             cryes
             like
             the
             goat
             .
          
           
             *
             vnshut
             .
          
           
             *
             forevnderstanding
             .
          
           
             *
             deceipt
             ,
             or
             guile
             .
          
           
             *
             said
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             open
             .
          
           
             *
             imitate
             the
             goats
             
          
           
             r
             clifts
             .
          
           
             *
             obey
             an
             old
             [
             man.
             ]
          
           
             *
             a
             hart
             .
          
           
             Extorted
             promises
             not
             to
             be
             kept
             .
          
           
             *
             made
             guilty
             .
          
           
             *
             crying
             out
             ,
             [
             or
             complaining
             clamorously
             ]
             her
             to
             o●ve
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             is
             also
             taken
             for
             half
             a
             bushell
             ,
             or
             a
             pecke
             and
             a
             halfe
             ,
             or
             somewhat
             less
             ▪
             than
             a
             pecke
             .
          
           
             *
             The
             sheep
             indeed
             ,
             or
             was
             indeed
             vnknowing
             .
          
           
             *
             promiseth
             herself
             to
             g●ue
             it
             for
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             wolf
             .
          
           
             *
             A
             day
             is
             spoken
             ,
             [
             or
             appointed
             ]
             to
             payment
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             is
             present
             .
          
           
             *
             w●tnes
             the
             sheep
             .
          
           
             *
             for
             she
             exculeth
             that
             thing
             [
             to
             haue
             been
             ]
             done
             for
             feare
             ,
             which
             she
             had
             promised
             .
          
           
             r
             〈◊〉
             ,
             or
             vow
             wrested
             from
             any
             one
             .
          
           
             *
             an
             extorted
             vow
             rot
             to
             be
             kept
             .
          
           
             *
             d●iue
             back
             .
          
           
             *
             force
             by
             force
             .
          
           
             r
             refute
             ,
             or
             confute
             
          
           
             Giuing
             credit
             againe
             to
             them
             who
             haue
             deceiued
             vs.
             
          
           
             *
             nou●ished
             ,
             or
             brought
             vp
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             beast
             .
          
           
             *
             falling
             .
          
           
             r
             mishap
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             fall
             .
             or
             chance
             vnto
             him
             
          
           
             *
             of
             the
             snake
             .
          
           
             *
             Therefore
             he
             beseecheth
             .
          
           
             *
             may
             returne
             .
          
           
             *
             himselfe
             to
             pardon
             it
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             vnwilling
             to
             returne
             .
          
           
             *
             neither
             to
             b●
             safe
             .
             al.
             when
             as
             there
             was
             to
             the
             country-man
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             to
             whom
             there
             was
             so
             great
             a
             hatchet
             at
             home
             .
          
           
             The
             blewnesse
             of
             the
             wound
             to
             haue
             ceased
             ,
             yet
             the
             remembrance
             to
             remaine
             ,
             or
             be
             left
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             haue
             trust
             ,
             or
             to
             trust
             .
          
           
             *
             hath
             loosed
             his
             faith
             ,
             or
             fidelity
             once
             .
          
           
             *
             is
             truly
             of
             mercy
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             beware
             to
             himself
             .
          
           
             *
             doth
             become
             .
          
           
             *
             is
             of
             wisedome
             .
          
           
             The
             reward
             of
             deceipt
             .
          
           
             *
             called
             .
          
           
             *
             whenas
             liquid
             .
          
           
             *
             beake
             ,
             or
             nib
             .
          
           
             *
             fox-cub
             .
          
           
             *
             of
             the.
             
          
           
             *
             somewhat
             more
             of
             daies
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             storke
             returneth
             .
          
           
             *
             vessell
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             was
             lawfull
             for
             the
             fox
             to
             see
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             laughter
             .
          
           
             *
             deceipt
             [
             deserues
             ]
             deceipt
             .
          
           
             Outward
             〈◊〉
             without
             inward
             beauty
             .
          
           
             r
             turned
             about
             oft
             .
          
           
             *
             being
             found
             in
             the
             shop
             of
             a
             grauer
             ,
             [
             or
             caruer
             ]
          
           
             *
             it
             to
             haue
             no
             sense
             .
          
           
             *
             there
             is
             much
             art
             [
             skill
             ,
             or
             cunning
             ]
             in
             thee
             .
          
           
             *
             much
             of
             art
             .
          
           
             *
             nothing
             of
             sense
             .
          
           
             *
             Externall
             fairenesse
             is
             acceptable
             .
          
           
             *
             inward
             beauty
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             *
             we
             must
             want
             .
          
           
             *
             outward
             beauty
             .
          
           
             *
             bring
             ,
             or
             get
             hatred
             .
          
           
             *
             is
             more
             odious
             by
             so
             much
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             he
             is
             fa●rer
             .
          
           
             Foolish
             pride
             〈◊〉
             those
             things
             which
             are
             none
             of
             ours
             .
          
           
             *
             somewhat
             faire
             ,
             or
             a
             faire
             one
             .
          
           
             *
             his
             owne
             kinde
             ,
             [
             or
             stocke
             ]
             〈◊〉
             disdained
             .
          
           
             *
             st●cke
             or
             kinde
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             ●eceipt
             being
             vnderstood
             .
          
           
             *
             made
             naked
             .
          
           
             *
             affected
             him
             strokes
             ,
             or
             bet
             him
             .
          
           
             *
             Horac●
             shewes
             this
             little
             ●able
             of
             a
             iackd●w
             in
             his
             first
             booke
             of
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             adorned
             ,
             or
             tricked
             vp
             .
          
           
             *
             ●athered
             together
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             haue
             bene
             ridiculous
             .
          
           
             *
             in
             time
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             daw
             made
             naked
             of
             [
             her
             ]
             stolen
             colours
             moue
             .
             [
             o●
             prouoke
             ]
             laugh●er
             .
          
           
             *
             noteth
             .
          
           
             *
             wherefore
             .
          
           
             *
             and
             are
             a
             scorne
             [
             or
             mocking
             stock
             ]
          
           
             *
             pismite
             .
          
           
             The
             quiet
             life
             to
             be
             preferred
             .
          
           
             r
             contended
             .
          
           
             *
             ●herself
             to
             be
             noble
             .
          
           
             *
             her
             ignoble
             .
          
           
             *
             herself
             to
             slee
             ,
             [
             her
             ]
             or
             the
             plsmire
             to
             creep
             .
          
           
             *
             her self
             to
             be
             conuersant
             in
             the
             roofes
             ,
             viz.
             the
             houses
             of
             kings
             .
          
           
             *
             herself
             to
             banket
             gorgeoully
             ,
             and
             yet
             to
             get
             these
             things
             by
             idlenesse
             .
          
           
             *
             Contrarily
             .
          
           
             *
             ignoble
             .
          
           
             *
             graines
             of
             corne
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             streame
             to
             〈◊〉
             to
             the
             ant
             that
             which
             pasties
             and
             wine
             to
             the
             fly
             .
          
           
             *
             stocke
             or
             pedegree
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             fly
             to
             be
             wandring
             .
          
           
             *
             stable
             .
          
           
             *
             and
             to
             get
             thesé
             things
             .
          
           
             r
             ●usty
             ,
             or
             painefull
             diligence
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             ant
             to
             be
             merry
             and
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             *
             deare
             to
             all
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             fly
             to
             be
             doubtfull
             with
             perill
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             all
             .
          
           
             r
             That
             the
             ant
             did
             thinke
             of
             winter
             aforehand
             ,
             and
             layed
             vp
             food
             against
             it
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             fly
             had
             prouisiō
             but
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             either
             to
             be
             ready
             to
             clam
             in
             winter
             ,
             o●
             certainely
             to
             dy
             
          
           
             r
             goeth
             on
             .
          
           
             *
             shining
             ,
             or
             glittering
             .
          
           
             Foolish
             emulation
             .
          
           
             *
             of
             matching
             an
             oxe
             .
          
           
             r
             The
             yong
             frog
             perswaded
             the
             dam
             
          
           
             *
             a
             frog
             to
             be
             nothing
             to
             an
             oxe
             .
          
           
             *
             cryeth
             often
             ,
             or
             cryeth
             out
             .
          
           
             *
             although
             you
             cracke
             .
          
           
             *
             His
             owne
             gift
             is
             to
             euery
             one
             .
          
           
             r
             another
             .
          
           
             *
             preuailes
             in
             body
             ,
             thou
             in
             wit.
             
          
           
             *
             take
             counsell
             of
             himself
             ,
             or
             consider
             himself
             .
          
           
             *
             which
             thing
             is
             miserable
             .
          
           
             *
             wish
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             property
             of
             foolishnesse
             ,
             or
             foliy
             .
          
           
             Counterfet
             friendship
             ,
             with
             the
             reward
             of
             subtilty
             .
          
           
             r
             pretending
             ,
             or
             making
             a
             shew
             of
             .
          
           
             *
             for
             his
             old
             age
             .
          
           
             *
             meditate
             art
             
          
           
             *
             states
             ,
             o●
             〈◊〉
             ,
             or
             drawes
             on
             the
             horse
             .
          
           
             *
             circumlocution
             of
             words
             ,
             or
             with
             many
             faire
             words
             .
          
           
             *
             He.
             
          
           
             r
             vseth
             deceipt
             against
             deceipt
             
          
           
             *
             art
             .
          
           
             *
             himselfe
             to
             haue
             pricked
             his
             foot
             lately
             in
             a
             thorny
             place
             .
          
           
             r
             the
             horse
             being
             so
             good
             a
             physici●n
             .
          
           
             *
             may
             draw
             ,
             or
             pull
             out
             .
          
           
             *
             obeyeth
             [
             him
             .
             ]
          
           
             *
             with
             how
             great
             might
             he
             could
             ,
             or
             was
             able
             .
          
           
             *
             dasht
             his
             heele
             to
             the
             lion
             .
          
           
             *
             cast
             himself
             forthwith
             vnto
             his
             feet
             .
          
           
             *
             had
             bene
             .
          
           
             *
             astonished
             ,
             or
             amazed
             ,
             or
             swooned
             almost
             .
          
           
             *
             beare
             ,
             or
             haue
             .
          
           
             *
             by
             right
             .
          
           
             *
             dissimulation
             ,
             or
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             *
             shew●
             before
             himself
             .
          
           
             *
             at
             leng●h
             is
             .
          
           
             Insol●ncy
             of
             proud
             men
             in
             their
             prosperity
             .
          
           
             *
             trimmed
             ,
             or
             set
             out
             .
          
           
             r
             whinnying
             .
          
           
             *
             〈◊〉
             a●e
             being
             loaden
             stood
             against
             [
             him
             ]
             [
             or
             in
             his
             way
             ]
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             r
             〈◊〉
             ,
             or
             storming
             .
          
           
             *
             being
             fierce
             biting
             on
             the
             ●roathing
             bridles
             .
          
           
             *
             stand
             against
             the
             horse
             ,
             or
             stand
             in
             the
             horses
             wa●
             .
          
           
             r
             depart
             .
          
           
             *
             I
             do
             tread
             vpon
             thee
             .
          
           
             *
             departs
             ,
             or
             yeel●s
             stilly
             ,
             or
             being
             〈◊〉
             giues
             place
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             horse
             flying
             forward
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             part
             of
             the
             belly
             about
             the
             sheath
             .
          
           
             *
             vnprofitable
             .
          
           
             *
             spoyled
             .
          
           
             *
             ornaments
             .
          
           
             r
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             *
             〈◊〉
             asse
             .
          
           
             r
             drawing
             in
             a
             car
             ,
          
           
             r
             or
             a
             cart
             .
          
           
             *
             bossed
             .
          
           
             *
             〈◊〉
             ,
             or
             fine
             .
          
           
             r
             remembring
             
          
           
             *
             would
             haue
             admonished
             .
          
           
             r
             heedy
             .
          
           
             *
             happy
             .
          
           
             *
             fe●le
             it
             .
          
           
             *
             happy
             .
          
           
             *
             cometh
             .
          
           
             *
             they
             themselues
             .
          
           
             r
             mocked
             .
          
           
             Treacherous
             ●orsaking
             of
             friends
             .
          
           
             *
             A
             battel
             was
             to
             the
             birds
             ,
             or
             the
             birds
             fought
             .
          
           
             *
             〈◊〉
             [
             was
             ]
             on
             ●oth
             sides
             .
          
           
             *
             [
             his
             ]
             fellows
             be●
             left
             
          
           
             *
             〈◊〉
             ,
             o●
             falleth
             away
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             their
             〈◊〉
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             ●outh
             s●yer
             .
          
           
             *
             condenine
             .
          
           
             *
             flyer
             to
             the
             enimy
             or
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             *
             that
             there
             should
             not
             be
             euer
             a
             returning
             [
             for
             her
             ]
             vnto
             the
             birds
             .
          
           
             *
             th●t
             be
             no
             flying
             [
             to
             her
             ]
             in
             the
             light
             .
          
           
             *
             This
             is
             the
             caus●
             to
             the
             bat
             that
             she
             doth
             not
             fly
             but
             in
             the
             night
             
          
           
             r
             without
             part
             of
             prosperity
             and
             health
             [
             with
             them
             ]
          
           
             The
             reward
             of
             enuy
             .
          
           
             r
             pre●
             enough
             .
          
           
             r
             idlely
             .
          
           
             r
             fox
             .
          
           
             r
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             r
             why
             hee
             was
             idle
             .
          
           
             *
             deceipts
             [
             or
             layings
             in
             〈◊〉
             ]
             to
             be
             made
             to
             his
             .
          
           
             *
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             *
             fairneth
             ,
             or
             dissembleth
             a
             disease
             to
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             to
             〈◊〉
             e●rnestly
             ,
             or
             〈◊〉
             the
             Gods
             for
             pardon
             .
          
           
             *
             her
             wile
             [
             or
             craft
             ]
             not
             to
             succeed
             .
          
           
             *
             admonisheth
             him
             [
             or
             puts
             him
             in
             mind
             ]
             the
             dens
             of
             the
             wolf
             to
             ly
             open
             .
          
           
             *
             for
             the
             enimy
             being
             secure
             to
             be
             able
             to
             be
             oppressed
             [
             or
             ouercomne
             ]
             not
             thinking
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             r
             surprized
             .
          
           
             *
             there
             was
             but
             a
             short
             ioy
             to
             her
             of
             her
             wickednesse
             .
          
           
             r
             comes
             vpon
             ,
             or
             inuades
             the
             wolf
             of
             a
             sudden
             .
          
           
             *
             not
             so
             much
             after
             
          
           
             r
             the
             fox
             ●lso
             .
          
           
             r
             a
             foule
             matter
             .
          
           
             r
             mischieuous
             .
          
           
             *
             Flaccus
             .
          
           
             *
             waxeth
             leane
             
          
           
             *
             fat
             things
             ,
             or
             plenty
             .
          
           
             *
             another
             man
             
          
           
             r
             ●
             hart
             .
          
           
             Desire
             of
             things
             hurtfull
             .
          
           
             *
             beholding
             .
          
           
             r
             spring
             ,
             or
             water
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             tall
             [
             or
             long
             ]
             and
             branched
             hornes
             of
             his
             forehead
             .
          
           
             *
             legs
             .
          
           
             *
             whilst
             ●e
             beholds
             whilst
             he
             iudgeth
             .
          
           
             *
             comes
             betweene
             .
          
           
             *
             The
             stag
             flyeth
             away
             
          
           
             *
             swift
             .
          
           
             *
             and
             more
             swift
             than
             the
             East
             wind
             .
          
           
             *
             great
             rain
             ,
             or
             stormes
             .
          
           
             *
             earnestly
             follow
             ,
             or
             chase
             .
          
           
             *
             had
             entered
             .
          
           
             *
             wrapped
             .
          
           
             r
             branches
             .
          
           
             r
             at
             last
             .
          
           
             r
             shanks
             .
          
           
             *
             made
             that
             he
             should
             be
             [
             or
             was
             ]
          
           
             *
             fled
             .
          
           
             r
             shun
             .
          
           
             *
             profit
             .
          
           
             *
             couet
             .
          
           
             r
             statelinesse
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             be
             set
             .
          
           
             *
             Poet
             making
             songs
             to
             be
             sung
             to
             the
             harpe
             .
          
           
             r
             expresseth
             .
          
           
             *
             fairely
             .
          
           
             r
             great
             .
          
           
             *
             is
             tossed
             more
             often
             .
          
           
             r
             high
             ,
             or
             stately
             
          
           
             *
             And
             the
             lightnings
             ,
             or
             thunderbolts
             .
          
           
             Foolish
             opposition
             against
             them
             who
             are
             too
             hard
             for
             vs.
             
          
           
             r
             workehouse
             .
          
           
             *
             what
             ,
             quoth
             it
             ,
             thou
             foole
             ?
          
           
             *
             shalt
             weare
             thy
             teeth
             to
             thee
             .
          
           
             *
             againe
             &
             againe
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             matter
             is
             to
             you
             .
          
           
             *
             sharpen
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             strongerman
             
          
           
             Foolish
             depriuing
             our selues
             of
             the
             meanes
             of
             our
             safety
             ,
             so
             laying
             our selues
             open
             to
             the
             enimy
             .
          
           
             *
             hath
             bene
             .
          
           
             *
             sometimes
             .
          
           
             r
             truce
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             the
             wolues
             &
             lambs
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             which
             there
             is
             discord
             by
             nature
             .
          
           
             *
             pledges
             in
             wa●
             
          
           
             r
             yong
             ones
             .
          
           
             r
             the
             sheep
             [
             gaue
             ]
             the
             band
             .
          
           
             *
             little
             wolues
             .
          
           
             *
             vtter
             howlings
             
          
           
             *
             mothers
             .
          
           
             r
             old
             wolues
             .
          
           
             *
             cryed
             out
             oftentimes
             [
             their
             ]
             fidelity
             and
             the
             league
             to
             be
             dissolued
             
          
           
             *
             couenant
             of
             peace
             .
          
           
             r
             garriso●
             ,
             or
             defence
             .
          
           
             *
             If
             you
             deliuer
             your
             garrisons
             to
             the
             enimy
             in
             a
             league
             ,
             it
             is
             vnskilfulnesse
             ,
             or
             folly
             .
          
           
             *
             cause
             .
          
           
             *
             wherfore
             he
             may
             com
             vpon
             you
             of
             a
             sudden
             being
             naked
             ,
             [
             or
             destitute
             ]
             of
             aid
             [
             or
             defence
             ]
          
           
             Gratifying
             our
             enimies
             to
             our
             hurt
             .
          
           
             *
             their
             owne
             [
             or
             proper
             ]
             speech
             was
             to
             the
             trees
             .
          
           
             *
             that
             it
             may
             be
             lawfull
             to
             take
             .
          
           
             r
             halme
             ,
             or
             stoale
             .
          
           
             *
             noddeth
             vnto
             it
             
          
           
             *
             his
             hatchet
             being
             fitted
             .
          
           
             r
             but.
             
          
           
             r
             readinesse
             to
             yeeld
             ,
             or
             be
             intreated
             .
          
           
             *
             be
             .
          
           
             r
             Take
             heed
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             benefit
             being
             receiued
             .
          
           
             *
             vnto
             .
          
           
             r
             giuer
             .
          
           
             *
             members
             or
             parts
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             or
             ioynts
             .
          
           
             Necessity
             of
             friendship
             ,
             and
             gratifying
             others
             .
          
           
             *
             being
             idle
             .
          
           
             *
             require
             .
          
           
             *
             once
             and
             againe
             .
          
           
             *
             nourishment
             [
             or
             reliefe
             ]
             vnto
             it
             .
          
           
             *
             ●pent
             .
          
           
             r
             by
             famine
             or
             hunger
             .
          
           
             *
             fayle
             .
          
           
             *
             dutifull
             or
             officious
             .
          
           
             *
             weake
             .
          
           
             *
             disuse
             
          
           
             *
             bet
             or
             put
             backe
             ,
             or
             refused
             .
          
           
             *
             with
             the
             belly
             perishing
             .
          
           
             *
             Humane
             society
             hath
             it self
             so
             ,
             euen
             as
             it
             is
             in
             the
             society
             of
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             A
             member
             needeth
             a
             member
             .
          
           
             r
             duties
             of
             one
             another
             .
          
           
             r
             good
             turnes
             
          
           
             *
             tops
             of
             dignities
             ,
             honours
             ,
             or
             preferments
             .
          
           
             *
             do
             defend
             a
             man
             sufficiently
             .
          
           
             *
             garrison
             ,
             or
             ayde
             .
          
           
             *
             very
             many
             men
             .
          
           
             Miserablenesse
             in
             the
             rich
             ,
             who
             cannot
             part
             with
             ought
             to
             the
             poore
             .
          
           
             *
             for
             [
             that
             thing
             ]
             to
             be
             a
             burden
             to
             her
             [
             viz.
             the
             cub
             ]
             which
             would
             be
             a
             vse
             and
             an
             honour
             to
             herself
             .
          
           
             *
             She
             answereth
             .
          
           
             *
             there
             to
             be
             nothing
             too
             much
             .
          
           
             *
             herself
             to
             will
             rather
             .
          
           
             r
             brushed
             .
          
           
             r
             than
             to
             couer
             the
             ape●
             buttocks
             with
             it
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             whom
             it
             doth
             abound
             
          
           
             *
             that
             fashion
             is
             to
             none
             of
             the
             rich
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             blesse
             the
             needy
             with
             his
             superstuous
             matter
             [
             or
             goods
             ]
          
           
             *
             hart
             .
          
           
             Difficulty
             of
             preseruing
             our selues
             in
             perill
             .
          
           
             *
             fleeing
             the
             hunter
             .
          
           
             *
             cast
             himselfe
             into
             a
             stall
             [
             or
             stable
             .
             ]
          
           
             *
             prayeth
             ,
             or
             beseecheth
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             may
             be
             lawfull
             to
             ly
             hid
             in
             the
             stall
             or
             cratch
             
          
           
             *
             denyit
             to
             be
             safe
             .
          
           
             *
             both
             the
             master
             and
             the
             seruants
             to
             be
             about
             to
             be
             present
             .
          
           
             *
             to
             ges●ore
             ,
             or
             skip
             for
             ioy
             .
          
           
             r
             sage
             .
          
           
             *
             said
             ,
             it
             
          
           
             was
             an
             easy
             thing
             to
             deceiue
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             molewarpe
             ,
             or
             want
             ,
             as
             blinde
             as
             a
             molewarpe
             .
          
           
             *
             Argu●
             ,
             w●om
             the
             Poets
             f●ne
             to
             haue
             had
             an
             hundreth
             eyes
             .
          
           
             *
             S●ight
             way
             afterwards
             .
          
           
             *
             who
             viewing
             [
             or
             marking
             ]
             ●ll
             things
             &c.
             to
             the
             end
             that
             he
             may
             amend
             .
          
           
             *
             trying
             the
             crib
             .
          
           
             r
             cals
             out
             vnto
             
          
           
             *
             compasse
             in
             [
             or
             inclose
             ]
             the
             wild
             beast
             .
          
           
             *
             catch
             .
          
           
             r
             Places
             of
             harbour
             or
             succour
             .
          
           
             *
             in
             aduerse
             thing●
             .
          
           
             *
             tosse
             ,
             or
             ve●
             .
          
           
             *
             miserable
             [
             men
             .
             ]
          
           
             *
             want
             of
             wisdome
             or
             foresight
             ,
             or
             by
             their
             owne
             folly
             or
             indiscretion
             .
          
           
             Belieuing
             faire
             words
             .
          
           
             *
             liuing
             creatures
             came
             to
             see
             [
             his
             ]
          
           
             *
             homage
             ,
             or
             seruice
             .
          
           
             *
             this
             fox
             .
          
           
             *
             an
             epistle
             which
             admonisheth
             her
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             presence
             of
             her
             onely
             to
             be
             a
             most
             acceptable
             thing
             to
             [
             him
             ]
             being
             sicke
             .
          
           
             *
             nor
             any
             thing
             of
             danger
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             *
             first
             indeed
             the
             lion
             to
             be
             most
             friendly
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             to
             desire
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             speech
             of
             her
             [
             or
             conference
             with
             her
             ]
          
           
             *
             to
             be
             sicke
             and
             to
             ly
             downe
             .
          
           
             *
             will.
             
          
           
             *
             cannot
             .
          
           
             *
             herself
             to
             wish
             .
          
           
             *
             herself
             to
             intreat
             the
             Gods
             that
             thing
             .
          
           
             *
             not
             to
             visit
             [
             him
             ]
          
           
             *
             herself
             to
             be
             terrified
             .
          
           
             *
             which
             steps
             indeed
             when
             as
             all
             are
             turned
             towards
             .
          
           
             *
             that
             thing
             to
             be
             a
             token
             many
             indeed
             of
             the
             liuing
             creatures
             to
             haue
             entred
             in
             ,
             but
             none
             to
             haue
             gone
             forth
             .
          
           
             *
             relate
             [
             or
             returne
             ]
             that
             ,
             viz.
             that
             answere
             .
          
           
             *
             in
             time
             past
             ,
             or
             sometime
             .
          
           
             *
             for
             that
             all
             the
             footsteps
             looking
             towards
             thee
             ,
             non●
             backe
             againe
             ,
             do
             terrify
             me
             .
          
           
             *
             shall
             beware
             
          
           
             *
             words
             shall
             be
             given
             you
             of●time
             
          
           
             r
             be
             deceiued
             oft
             times
             .
          
           
             *
             A
             coniecture
             is
             to
             be
             taken
             or
             made
             .
          
           
             r
             we
             are
             to
             iudge
             of
             mens
             words
             by
             their
             deeds
             .
          
           
             *
             of
             these
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             fox-cub
             .
          
           
             Discontent
             with
             a
             meane
             estate
             .
          
           
             *
             thin
             or
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             r
             hunger
             ,
             or
             scarcity
             of
             victuals
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             more
             narrow
             cleft
             ,
             chinke
             or
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             r
             well
             fed
             herself
             .
          
           
             *
             her
             belly
             being
             ouer
             filled
             hindered
             her
             afterwards
             :
             〈◊〉
             to
             goe
             forth
             againe
             .
          
           
             *
             beholding
             her
             a
             far
             off
             wrastling
             [
             or
             striuing
             ]
             to
             get
             out
             .
          
           
             *
             admonisheth
             .
          
           
             *
             leane
             ,
             or
             thin
             .
          
           
             *
             mediocrity
             .
          
           
             r
             free
             from
             .
          
           
             *
             be
             made
             rich
             .
          
           
             *
             sad
             or
             sorrowfull
             
          
           
             *
             to
             stretch
             out
             their
             forehead
             
          
           
             r
             griefes
             .
          
           
             *
             sings
             or
             sets
             out
             in
             verse
             .
          
           
             *
             slender
             or
             thin
             .
          
           
             *
             cleft
             or
             hole
             .
          
           
             *
             a
             chamber
             of
             corn●
             
          
           
             *
             stretched
             herselfe
             or
             indeuoured
             
          
           
             *
             abroad
             .
          
           
             *
             with
             a
             full
             body
             ,
             or
             her
             body
             being
             full
             .
          
           
             *
             see
             that
             thou
             seek
             againe
             [
             or
             goe
             againe
             ]
             leane
             [
             or
             empty
             ]
             to
             the
             streight
             hole
             .
          
           
             *
             wentest
             vnder
             .
          
           
             Losing
             liberty
             for
             anoyding
             pouerty
             .
          
           
             *
             made
             w●r
             ,
             or
             waged
             battell
             ,
             or
             warred
             .
          
           
             *
             He
             returneth
             
          
           
             *
             field
             .
          
           
             r
             becomes
             now
             .
          
           
             *
             sent
             vnder
             the
             yoke
             .
          
           
             *
             it
             is
             necessary
             that
             the
             conqueror
             himself
             se●ue
             the
             man.
             
          
           
             *
             fight
             .
          
           
             r
             which
             pouerty
             .
          
           
             *
             oft
             times
             the
             liberty
             of
             the
             conquerour
             perisheth
             or
             is
             lost
             ]
          
           
             *
             ouermuch
             sparing
             .
          
           
             *
             of
             seeking
             [
             riches
             ]
          
           
             *
             by
             the
             iust
             [
             or
             thorow
             the
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             A
             stag
             being
             better
             in
             fight
             droue
             away
             a
             horse
             from
             the
             common
             herbs
             [
             or
             grasse
             ]
          
           
             *
             lesse
             in
             long
             flrift
             or
             contention
             .
          
           
             *
             earnestly
             besought
             .
          
           
             *
             helps
             .
          
           
             *
             the
             horse
             hauing
             now
             gotten
             the
             conquest
             .
          
           
             r
             But.
             
          
           
             r
             the
             stag
             .
          
           
             r
             reiected
             ,
             or
             cast
             off
             .
          
           
             *
             nor
             [
             put
             away
             or
             remoued
             ]
             the
             bridle
             .
          
           
             *
             vnhappy
             ,
             or
             foolish
             man.
             
          
           
             *
             wants
             .
          
           
             *
             metalls
             .
          
           
             *
             shall
             serue
             ,
             o●
             be
             a
             seru●nt
             .
          
           
             r
             cannot
             tell
             .
          
           
             r
             to
             be
             content
             with
             .