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Aesop's fables (1687)

Philipot, Thomas

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FAB. CV. The Forrester and Lion.

The Image of a man the Lyon spy'd,
Conquering the Royall Beast, when he reply'd,
Coud we but paint, youd find less victorys won
O're us by men than we o're feebler man.

Morall

So Bullys boast when they pretend to've done
Acts which they never durst adventur on.
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