voury Vapour of her Own, and yet would be Perpetually Inveighing againſt Foul Breaths. Now This way of Covering Defects, Scandals or Inconvenicnces, is the Only Way of Expoſing them.
Fab. CXXXVII.
Waſps, Partridges, and a Husbandman.
A Flight of Waſps, and a Covy of Partridges that were hard put to’t for Water, went to a Farmer, and begg'd a Soup of him to Quench their Thirſt. The Partridges offer'd to Dig his Vineyard for't, and the Waſps to ſecure him from Thieves. Pray hold your Hand, ſays the Good Man; I have Oxen and Dogs that do me Theſe Offices already, without ſtanding upon Terms. And therefore it will become me to Provide for Them in the Firſt Place.
The Moral.
REFLEXION.
Fab. CXXXVIII.
Jupiter and a Serpent.
JUpiter had Preſents made him upon his Wedding-Day, Greater, or Leſs, from All Living Creatures. A Serpent brought him a Roe in his Mouth for an Offering. The Thing was Acceptable enough, but not the Preſenter; for (ſays Jupiter) though Gifts are Wellcome to me, of Themſelves, I muſt not yet receive any from a Serpent.
The Moral.
REFLE-