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Truth in Fiction

Or, Morality in Masquerade. A Collection of Two hundred twenty five Select Fables of Aesop, and other Authors. Done into English Verse. By Edmund Arwaker

Arwaker, Edmund

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BOOK I.

II.

BOOK II.

FABLE I. The Lion and Goat:

II.

FABLE II. The Mistress and her Maids:

III.

FABLE III. The Sow and Bitch:

IV.

FABLE IV. The Pine and Shrubs:

FABLE V. The Mountain in Labour:

VI.

FABLE VI. The Boar and Ass:

VII.

FABLE VII. The Lion, and other Beasts:

VIII.

FABLE VIII. The Mouse and Frog:

IX.

FABLE IX. The Bigamists:

FABLE X. The Sick Lion and Fox:

XI.

FABLE XI. The Lapwing:

XII.

FABLE XII. The Negro:

XIII.

FABLE XIII. The Kid and Wolf:

XIV.

FABLE XIV. The Leopard and Fox:

XV.

FABLE XV. The Hawks and Doves:

XVI.

FABLE XVI. The Mourning Wife:

XVII.

FABLE XVII. The Geese, Cranes, and Stork:

XVIII.

FABLE XVIII. The Jealous Husband:

XIX.

FABLE XIX. The Geese and Cranes:

XX.

FABLE XX. The Fowler and Birds:

XXI.

FABLE XXI. The Corrupt Judge:

XXII.

FABLE XXII. The Curr and Ox:

XXIII.

FABLE XXIII. The Miser and his Bags:

XXIV.

FABLE XXIV. The Lion and Horse:

XXV.

FABLE XXV. The Shepherd's Boy:

XXVI.

FABLE XXVI. The Shepherd's Dog:

XXVII.

FABLE XXVII. Jupiter and the Serpent:

XXVIII.

FABLE XXVIII. The new Cardinal:

XXIX.

FABLE XXIX. The Knight and his Lady:

XXX.

FABLE XXX. The Horse and Ass:

XXXI.

FABLE XXXI. The Collier and Fuller:

XXXII.

FABLE XXXII. The Nut-Tree and Lady:

XXXIII.

FABLE XXXIII. The Country Dog:

XXXIV.

FABLE XXXIV. The Ape and Fox:

XXXV.

FABLE XXXV. The Peacock and Pie:

XXXVI.

FABLE XXXVI. The Eagle and Daw:

XXXVII.

FABLE XXXVII. The Buffoon, and Bishop:

XXXVIII.

FABLE XXXVIII. The Peasant and his Kid:

XXXIX.

FABLE XXXIX. The Ewe and Shepherd:

XL.

FABLE XL. The Wolf and Crane:

XLI.

FABLE XLI. The Hart and Fountain:

XLII.

FABLE XLII. The Old Batchelor:

XLIII.

FABLE XLIII. The Fox, Hare, and Hounds:

XLIV.

FABLE XLIV. The Herd:

XLV.

FABLE XLV. The Fox and Farmer:

XLVI.

FABLE XLVI. The Fishermen:

XLVII.

FABLE XLVII. The Sharpers and Cook:

XLVIII.

FABLE XLVIII. The Polygamist:

XLIX.

FABLE XLIX. The Fox and Cat:

FABLE L. The Fisher and young Fish:

LI.

FABLE LI. Arion:

LII.

FABLE LII. The Thief and Mastiff:

LIII.

FABLE LIII. The Eagle and Crow:

LIV.

FABLE LIV. The Fowler and Owzel:

LV.

FABLE LV. The Viper and File:

LVI.

FABLE LVI. The Linnet and Boy:

LVII.

FABLE LVII. The Curate and Sick Man:

LVIII.

FABLE LVIII. The Cocks and Partridge:

LIX.

FABLE LIX. The Fox and Carv'd Head:

LX.

FABLE LX. The Kid and Wolf:

LXI.

FABLE LXI. The Bitch and Sow:

LXII.

FABLE LXII. The Miser robb'd:

LXIII.

FABLE LXIII. The Lion and Man:

LXIV.

FABLE LXIV. The Funeral:

LXV.

FABLE LXV. The Goose:

LXVI.

FABLE LXVI. The Bull and Mouse:

LXVII.

FABLE LXVII. The Dog:

LXVIII.

FABLE LXVIII. The Spider and Gout:

III.

BOOK III.

IV.

BOOK IV.

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FABLE XXXV. The Ape and Jupiter:

Or, The Crow thinks her own Bird whitest.

The Beasts were summon'd, by Command from Jove,
To try whose Off-spring he wou'd most approve:
Among the various Kinds, the Comick Ape,
With horrid Visage, and ungainly Shape,
Produc'd her aukward Whelps to pass the Test;
And thought the God, like her, wou'd judge them best.
Tickl'd at so ridiculous a Sight,
The Beasts forgot Respect, and Laugh'd outright.

Laugh on, said she; Let Jove think what he will,
Mother's own Pictures are the fairest still,
This put them all upon the second Strain;
Nor cou'd ev'n Jove his Gravity retain.

The MORAL.

‘Fond of themselves, and blinded with that Love,
‘Men ev'n their own Infirmities approve:
‘But what we are, or what we do, 'tis fit
‘We to more equal Censures shou'd submit;
‘Lest, by our Partiality betray'd,
‘The Judgment shou'd our want of Sense upbraid.