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FIRST PAR T. Introduction to the FABXES

Page The Shepherd and the Philosopher

9 Fab 1. To his Highness WILLIAM Duke of Cum

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The Lion, the Tyger, and the Traveller,

5. The Spaniel and the Cameleon,

9 3. The Mother, the Nurie, and the Fairy, II. 4. The Eagle, and the Assembly of Animals, 13. 5. The Wild Boar and the Ram,

16. 6. The Miser and Plutus,

18 7. The Lion, the Fox, and the Geese, 8. The Lady and the Wasp,

23 9. The Bull and the Maltiff,

26 10. The Elephant and the bookseller,

28. 11. The Peacock, the Turkey, and the Goose, 32 12. Cupid, Hymen, and Plutus,

34 13. The Tame Stage: 14. The Monkey who had seen the World, 15. The Philosopher and the Pheasants,. 16. The Pin and the Needle

43 17: The Shepherd's Dog and the Wolf,

45 18. The Painter who pleased nobody and every body,

47 19. The Lion and the Cub, 20. The Old Hen and the Cock,

52 21. The Rat-catcher and the Cats,

55 22. The Goat without a Beard,

58 2.3. The Old Woman and her Cats,

6.1 24. The Butterfly and the Snail, 25. The Scold and the Parrot, 26. The Cur and the Mastiff, 27. The Sick Man and the Angel,

69 28. The Perfian, the Sun, and the Cloud, 29. The Fox. at the point of Death,

74 30. The Setting Dog and the Partridge,

77 31, The Universal Apparition,

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32. The Two Owls and the Sparrow,

33. The Courtier and Proteus,

34. The Mastiffs,

35. The Barley-mow and the Dunghill,

36. Pythagoras and the Countryman,

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37. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven, 93

38. The Turkey and the Ant,

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39. The Father and Jupiter

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40. The Two Monkeys,

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41. The Owl and the Farmer,

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42. The Jugglers,

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43. The Council of Horses,

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44. The Hound and the Huntsman,

45. The Poet and the Rose

46. The Cur, the Horse, and the Shepherd's Dog 116

47. The Court of Death,

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48. The Gardener and the Hog,

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49. The Man and the Flea,

50. The Hare and many Friends,

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PART THE SECOND.

1. The Dog and the Fox,

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2. The Vulture, the Sparrow, and other Birds, 137

3. The Baboon and the Poultry,

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4. The Ant in Office,

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5. The Bear in a Boat,

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6. The 'Squire and his Cur,

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7. The Countryman and Jupiter,

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8. The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly, 176

9. The Jackall, Leopard, and other Beats, 183

10. The Degenerate Bees,

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11. The Pack horse and the Carrier,

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12. Pan and Fortune,

13. Plutus, Cupid, and Time,

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14. The Owl, the Swan, the Cock, the Spider,

the Afs, and the Farmer,

15. The Cook-maid, the Turnspit, and the Ox, 220

16. The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-

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EMOTE from cities liv'd a swain,

Unvex'd with all the cares of gain;
His head was filver'd o'er with age,
And long experience made him fage ;

In summer's heat, and winter's cold,
He fed his flock and penn'd the fold;
His hours in chearful labour flew,
Nor envy nor ambition knew :
His wisdom and his honeft fame
Through all the country rais'd his name.

A deep philosopher (whose rules
Of moral life were drawn from schools:)
The Shepherd's homely cottage fought,
And thus explor'd his reach of thought.

Whence is thy learning ? Hath thy toit
O'er books.consum'd the midnight oil?
Hait thou-old Greece and Rome survey'do
And the vast fense of Plato weigh'd
Haft Socrates thy foul refin’d,
And hast thou fathom.d Tully's mind?
Or, like the wife ULYSSES, thrown,
By various fates, on realms unknowr,
Haft thou through many cities ftray'd,
Their cultoms, laws, and manners weigh'd ?

The shepherd modestly reply'd,
I ne'er the paths of learning try'd;
Nor have I roam'd in foreign parts
To read mankind, their laws and arts ;
For man is practis'd in disguise,
He cheats the most discerning eyes ;
Who by that search shall wiser grow,
When we ourselves can never know?

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