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

Philipot, Thomas

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FAB. XX. The Fox and Cat.

The Fox pretends a thousand shifts t'ave found,
To save him from the hard persuing Hound,
The Catt but one, who climes the Tree amaine.
Anon the dogs persue, and Renards slaine

Morall

One Action where discretion is its guide,
Transcends all the results of noys and pride.