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FAB. XLV. The Viper and File.
An hungry Viper neare a Black Smiths forge,Snatcht at a file his eager maw to gorge,
But the tough steele his feebler teeth repells,
Its dinted force his jaws with anguish fills.
Morall
Contend not with a power too great t'orecome,Least toyle and shame become thy certaine doome.
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