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Aesop's fables (1687)

Philipot, Thomas

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FAB. CII. The Boar and Ass.

While the dull Ass the sturdy Boar derides,
The Boar whom moderation wisely guides
Replyd—Iest on thou dull insipid thing,
Fooles cannot move, their railiery wants sting.

Morall

Be not concernd when Coxcombs mitty grow
Least others think their pert aspersions true.
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