Truth in Fiction Or, Morality in Masquerade. A Collection of Two hundred twenty five Select Fables of Aesop, and other Authors. Done into English Verse. By Edmund Arwaker |
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FABLE LXI. The Bitch and Sow:
Or, Reproach improv'd.
An angry Sow and snarling Bitch fell out,
And had a very eager Scolding-bout.
The Sow by Venus swore, that for a Groat
She'd dash the Bitch's Grinders down her Throat.
What, said the Bitch, do you by Venus swear,
You nasty Trull? Are you to her so dear?
No Hussy; at her Rites she'll not allow
One that e'er tasted such a Beast as you.
Fool, says the Sow, this shews her greater Love,
She thus do's all, that injure me, reprove:
To see me slaughter'd, gives her so much Grief,
That she, to save her Tears, preserves my Life:
But you, proud Minks, not so well taught as fed,
Stink while alive, and feed the Crows, when dead.
And had a very eager Scolding-bout.
The Sow by Venus swore, that for a Groat
She'd dash the Bitch's Grinders down her Throat.
What, said the Bitch, do you by Venus swear,
You nasty Trull? Are you to her so dear?
No Hussy; at her Rites she'll not allow
One that e'er tasted such a Beast as you.
Fool, says the Sow, this shews her greater Love,
She thus do's all, that injure me, reprove:
To see me slaughter'd, gives her so much Grief,
That she, to save her Tears, preserves my Life:
But you, proud Minks, not so well taught as fed,
Stink while alive, and feed the Crows, when dead.
The MORAL.
‘When loaded with reproachful Taunts, the Wise‘Improve their Credit, from the Obloquies:
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‘Convert to Means of heightning their Respect.
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