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FAB. LV. The Horse and Lion.
The Lyon Age'd does now in Ambush ly,And to secure his prey setts up for Surgery,
The Hors pretends a thorne his foot opprest,
And asking Cure spurnes the deceining beast.
Morall
T'has been a Maxim that the world belives,That 'tis no sin to cuzen who deceives.
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