Aesop's fables (1687) | ||
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FAB. VI. De Asino Rubos comedente.
A sordid Ass while on his back he bore,Of chosen delicates, a plenteous store;
His courser Appetite with Thistles treats,
And starves beneath his load of nobler meats.
Morall
Profusenes is a farr less dangerous viceThan the Ill natur'd damning Avarice.
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