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FAB. LVI. The Stork and Geese.

A Clown an Ambush spread for Cranes, & Geese,
Whose Ravage wasted his sowne field of pease:
A Stork surprisd did for his life request,
No quoth yc Clowne thou dy'st for heading wth yc rest

Morall

He that adheres but to a villainie,
(As well as he that acts) deserves to dye.