 | The Mastive, or Young-Whelpe of the Olde-Dogge |  |
Asinus ex Asino.
Grillus outragious grewe with selfe conceit,Dreaming of late hee was transformd an Asse:
And waking, needes would to the world repeat,
That it for certaine truth came so to passe.
Who thus besotted, forthwith gins to bray,
Attempteth eke like Bankes his Horse to daunce,
Runnes to the Stable there to feede on Hay,
Striues to Coruet, Cariere, Kick, Wince and praunce,
But since that Grillus, nothing so much feares,
As the appearance of his Asses eares.
| The Mastive, or Young-Whelpe of the Olde-Dogge | |