On carcasses of ev'ry kind This maw hath elegantly din'd; On beast, or fowl, or man, I feed: Man, cease this boast; for human pride 140 AY AND NO. A FABLE. IN Fable all things hold discourse; Then words no doubt must talk of course. Two hostile adverbs, Ay and No, He may admit two such commanders, And make those wait who serv'd in Flanders. Let Ay's seem No's and No's seem Ay's; FABLES. PART I. INTRODUCTION to the FABLES. The Shepherd To his Highness William Duke of Cumberland, Page 5 9. 12 Fable III. The Mother, the Nurse, and the Fairy, 14 Fable IV. The Eagle and the Assembly of Ani- Fable XII. Cupid Hymen, and Plutus, Fable XIV. The Monkey who had seen the world, Fable XV. The Philosopher and the Pheasants, Fable XVI. The Pin and Needle, Fable XVII. The Sepherd's Dog and the Wolf, Fable XXXII. The two Owls ahd the Sparrow, 67 Fable XXXIII. The Courtier and Proteus, Fable XXXVI. Pythagoras and the Countryman, 73 Fable XXXVII. The Farmer's Wife and the Fable XXXVIII. The Turkey and the Ant, FABLES. PART II. Fable I. The Dog and the Fox. To a Lawyer, Fable III. The Baboon and the Poultry. To a |