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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 XLIII. The Peacock and Crane:

Or, Fine Feathers make fine Birds.

A Peacock, in his gaudy Feathers, vain,
Upbraids, with her more homely Dress, a Crane.
The Crane replies; Your Plumes, 'tis true, are fine,
But not so useful, haughty Sir, as mine:

With them you only o'er low Houses fly,
While my strong Pinions bear me to the Sky.

The MORAL.

‘Boast not your own, nor others Worth despise;
‘The Rate of Things in their Advantage lies:
‘And they who want what you esteem too well,
‘In some more rare Perfection may excell.