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FAB. XIV. The Horse and Ass.
A Horse, whom guilded Equipage made gayCommands a Drudging Ass to yield the way,
But when diseasd, and to a Cart condemn'd,
The Ass lookt big, and his owne form esteem'd.
Morall
The great are often lost in stormes of State,While the poore Cottager despises fate.
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