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

Philipot, Thomas

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FAB. XI. The Wolf in Sheeps Clothing.

A subtile Wolfe, more safly to betray,
In a sheepes Clothing does himselfe aray,
And unexpected now whole flocks destroys,
Till a kind halter ends his stoln joys.

Morall

The zealous Cheat has wrought the land more woe,
Than bare fac'd villainie coud ever doe.