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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

Arwaker, Edmund

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BOOK I.

II.

BOOK II.

FABLE I. The Lion and Goat:

II.

FABLE II. The Mistress and her Maids:

III.

FABLE III. The Sow and Bitch:

IV.

FABLE IV. The Pine and Shrubs:

FABLE V. The Mountain in Labour:

VI.

FABLE VI. The Boar and Ass:

VII.

FABLE VII. The Lion, and other Beasts:

VIII.

FABLE VIII. The Mouse and Frog:

IX.

FABLE IX. The Bigamists:

FABLE X. The Sick Lion and Fox:

XI.

FABLE XI. The Lapwing:

XII.

FABLE XII. The Negro:

XIII.

FABLE XIII. The Kid and Wolf:

XIV.

FABLE XIV. The Leopard and Fox:

XV.

FABLE XV. The Hawks and Doves:

XVI.

FABLE XVI. The Mourning Wife:

XVII.

FABLE XVII. The Geese, Cranes, and Stork:

XVIII.

FABLE XVIII. The Jealous Husband:

XIX.

FABLE XIX. The Geese and Cranes:

XX.

FABLE XX. The Fowler and Birds:

XXI.

FABLE XXI. The Corrupt Judge:

XXII.

FABLE XXII. The Curr and Ox:

XXIII.

FABLE XXIII. The Miser and his Bags:

XXIV.

FABLE XXIV. The Lion and Horse:

XXV.

FABLE XXV. The Shepherd's Boy:

XXVI.

FABLE XXVI. The Shepherd's Dog:

XXVII.

FABLE XXVII. Jupiter and the Serpent:

XXVIII.

FABLE XXVIII. The new Cardinal:

XXIX.

FABLE XXIX. The Knight and his Lady:

XXX.

FABLE XXX. The Horse and Ass:

XXXI.

FABLE XXXI. The Collier and Fuller:

XXXII.

FABLE XXXII. The Nut-Tree and Lady:

XXXIII.

FABLE XXXIII. The Country Dog:

XXXIV.

FABLE XXXIV. The Ape and Fox:

XXXV.

FABLE XXXV. The Peacock and Pie:

XXXVI.

FABLE XXXVI. The Eagle and Daw:

XXXVII.

FABLE XXXVII. The Buffoon, and Bishop:

XXXVIII.

FABLE XXXVIII. The Peasant and his Kid:

XXXIX.

FABLE XXXIX. The Ewe and Shepherd:

XL.

FABLE XL. The Wolf and Crane:

XLI.

FABLE XLI. The Hart and Fountain:

XLII.

FABLE XLII. The Old Batchelor:

XLIII.

FABLE XLIII. The Fox, Hare, and Hounds:

XLIV.

FABLE XLIV. The Herd:

XLV.

FABLE XLV. The Fox and Farmer:

XLVI.

FABLE XLVI. The Fishermen:

XLVII.

FABLE XLVII. The Sharpers and Cook:

XLVIII.

FABLE XLVIII. The Polygamist:

XLIX.

FABLE XLIX. The Fox and Cat:

FABLE L. The Fisher and young Fish:

LI.

FABLE LI. Arion:

LII.

FABLE LII. The Thief and Mastiff:

LIII.

FABLE LIII. The Eagle and Crow:

LIV.

FABLE LIV. The Fowler and Owzel:

LV.

FABLE LV. The Viper and File:

LVI.

FABLE LVI. The Linnet and Boy:

LVII.

FABLE LVII. The Curate and Sick Man:

LVIII.

FABLE LVIII. The Cocks and Partridge:

LIX.

FABLE LIX. The Fox and Carv'd Head:

LX.

FABLE LX. The Kid and Wolf:

LXI.

FABLE LXI. The Bitch and Sow:

LXII.

FABLE LXII. The Miser robb'd:

LXIII.

FABLE LXIII. The Lion and Man:

LXIV.

FABLE LXIV. The Funeral:

LXV.

FABLE LXV. The Goose:

LXVI.

FABLE LXVI. The Bull and Mouse:

LXVII.

FABLE LXVII. The Dog:

LXVIII.

FABLE LXVIII. The Spider and Gout:

III.

BOOK III.

IV.

BOOK IV.

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FABLE X. The Crow and Wolves:

Or, Service for Self-Ends.

While an officious Crow, for private Ends,
With diligence a Herd of Wolves attends,
She asks to be Partaker of their Prey,
As she was their Companion all the Way;
Alledging, She did duly on them wait,
And bore her Part in all their turns of Fate.

The angry Wolves thus her Demands reprove;
It is our Booty, not our Selves you love:
You, if the Gods our Ruin had decreed,
As soon on us, as on our Prey, wou'd feed.

The MORAL.

‘Thus Selfish Men their whole Devoir direct
‘To those, from whom they Benefits expect;
‘But, when their Hopes are baulk'd, it will appear,
‘If they are real Friends, or unsincere:

‘Occasion sets them in the truest light,
‘And shews the Knave behind the Parasite:
‘For they, if Fortune did a Turn afford,
‘Wou'd prey on those they seemingly ador'd.