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

Philipot, Thomas

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FAB. XXI. The Cat and Mice.

The Mice consult, how to prevent their fate
By timely notice of th' aproaching Catt,
We'll hang a Bell about her neck, cryd one,
A third replyd—but who shall putt it on.

Morall

Good Councell's easy given, but ye effect
Oft renders it uneasy to transact.