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Aesop's fables (1687)

Philipot, Thomas

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FAB. XXIII. The Lyon and Mouse.

The Royall Beast intangl'd in a snare,
Coud not with teeth, and claws the ambush tear,
When a kind humble Mouse, the Cord untwind,
And broke that Mase the Forest King confind.

Morall

Doe not despise the Service of a Slave,
An Oak did once a glorious Monarch save.
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