Aesop's fables (1687) :: :: University of Virginia Library

Philipot, Thomas

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FAB. VI. De Alaudâ, & pullis ejus.

When the old Lark did heare ye nighbouring swaines
Woud joyn to cutt the corne she still remains,
But when she heard the owner, and his sone,
Would do't themselves, she cry'd—then let's be gone

Morall

Services done by friends come slowly on,
He acts himselfe, who has his work well done.