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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.

FABLE I. The Peasant and Hercules:

II.

FABLE II. Jupiter and the Tortoise:

III.

FABLE III. The Ass, Ape, and Mole:

IV.

FABLE IV. The Poet and Clown:

FABLE V. The Mule:

VI.

FABLE VI. The Fox and Hare:

VII.

FABLE VII. The Oak and Reed:

VIII.

FABLE VIII. The Crab and Fox:

IX.

FABLE IX. The Daw:

FABLE X. The Crow and Wolves:

XI.

FABLE XI. The Dog and Shadow:

XII.

FABLE XII. The Lion superannuated:

XIII.

FABLE XIII. The Ape and her Whelps:

XIV.

FABLE XIV. The Elm and Oxen:

XV.

FABLE XV. The Gnat and Bee:

XVI.

FABLE XVI. The Sun, and Wind:

XVII.

FABLE XVII. The Fox, and Sick Hen:

XVIII.

FABLE XVIII. The Kid and Wolf:

XIX.

FABLE XIX. The Peacock and Nightingale:

XX.

FABLE XX. The Lion and Frog:

XXI.

FABLE XXI. The Wolf disguised:

XXII.

FABLE XXII. The Fox and Lionness:

XXIII.

FABLE XXIII. The Horse and Ass:

XXIV.

FABLE XXIV. The Sick Impostor:

XXV.

FABLE XXV. The Hares and Eagles:

XXVI.

FABLE XXVI. The Wolf and Ram:

XXVII.

FABLE XXVII. The Mourning Widow:

XXVIII.

FABLE XXVIII. The Cock and Jewel:

XXIX.

FABLE XXIX. The Wolf and Lamb:

XXX.

FABLE XXX. The Mouse in a Chest:

XXXI.

FABLE XXXI. The Young Man and the Old:

XXXII.

FABLE XXXII. The Mad-house:

XXXIII.

FABLE XXXIII. The Gardener and his Dog:

XXXIV.

FABLE XXXIV. The Dog and Butcher:

XXXV.

FABLE XXXV. The Ape and Jupiter:

XXXVI.

FABLE XXXVI. The Peasant and Fortune.

XXXVII.

FABLE XXXVII. The Boy and Fortune.

XXXVIII.

FABLE XXXVIII. The Sheep and Crow:

XXXIX.

FABLE XXXIX. The Crow and Mule:

XL.

FABLE XL. The Eagle and Pye:

XLI.

FABLE XLI. The Lion's Choice:

XLII.

FABLE XLII. The Elm and Osier:

XLIII.

FABLE XLIII. The Peacock and Crane:

XLIV.

FABLE XLIV. The Bear and Bees.

XLV.

FABLE XLV. The Wolves and Sheep:

XLVI.

FABLE XLVI. The Country Fidler:

XLVII.

FABLE XLVII. The Clown and Clyster:

XLVIII.

FABLE XLVIII. The Old Weesel, and Mice:

XLIX.

FABLE XLIX. The Fox and Cock:

FABLE L. The Graceless Son:

LI.

FABLE LI. The Hound:

LII.

FABLE LII. The Fishes:

LIII.

FABLE LIII. The Boor and Wood:

LIV.

FABLE LIV. The Drown'd Wife:

LV.

FABLE LV. The Doves and Kite:

LVI.

FABLE LVI. The Ass in a Lion's Skin:

LVII.

FABLE LVII. The Wolf and Lamb:

LVIII.

FABLE LVIII. The Father and his Sons:

LIX.

FABLE LIX. The Fox and Lion:

LX.

FABLE LX. The Eagle and Fox:

LXI.

FABLE LXI. The Fox and Weesel:

LXII.

FABLE LXII. The City Mouse and Country Mouse:

LXIII.

FABLE LXIII. The Lion and Mouse:

LXIV.

FABLE LXIV. The Vulture's Treat:

LXV.

FABLE LXV. The Dog and Ass:

LXVI.

FABLE LXVI. The Members and Stomach:

LXVII.

FABLE LXVII. The Sick Kite:

LXVIII.

FABLE LXVIII. The Crow and Fox:

II.

BOOK II.

III.

BOOK III.

IV.

BOOK IV.

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FABLE XX. The Lion and Frog:

Or, A great Noise, a great Nothing.

A Lion, by surprizing Noise, alarm'd,
Rowz'd; and himself for sharp Encounter arm'd:
He thought it a Rhinoceros at least,
Or some unknown and more Gigantick Beast:
Long time he list'ned, and almost did fear,
'Till he beheld the Enemy appear:
But when he found a Frog made all that Noise,
A puny Creature, little else but Voice;
He spurn'd the slimy Insect with disdain,
And said, Thou shalt not tempt my Rage again.

The MORAL.

‘When you loud Rant, or noisie Boastings, hear,
‘Despise the Authors, and suppress the Fear.
‘Such Rodomonts can do you little wrong,
‘Whose only dang'rous Weapon is their Tongue.
‘From loaded Cannon Men may dread a Wound,
‘Where Execution still precedes the Sound:

‘But Stent'rophonick Tubes offenceless roar,
‘They do no mischief after, nor before.