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

Philipot, Thomas

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FAB. XXIV. The Lion and Mouse.

The Mouse for his late service fild with pride,
Demands the Royall virgin for his bride,
The match agreed while he in flames admird,
He unawares crusht by her paw expird.

Morall

To false ambition if thy thoughts are bent,
Reflect on a late pittyed president.