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Here was a Snake got into a Smith's Shop, and fell to Licking of a File, She Saw the File Bloudy, and till the Bloudyer it was, the more Eagerly he Lick'd it; upon a Foolih Fancy, that it was the File that Bled, and that She her elf had the Better on't. In the Concluion, when he could Lick no Longer, he fell to Biting; but finding at lat that he could do no more Good upon't with her Teeth, then with her Tongue, he Fairly left it.

Here was a Time when the Sheep were o Hardy as to Wage War with the Wolves; and o long as they had the Dogs for their Allies, they were, upon all Encounters, at leat a Match for their Enemies. Upon This Conideration, the Wolves ent their Embaadors to the Sheep, to Treat about a Peace, and in the Mean Time there were Hotages given on Both Sides; the Dogs on the part of the Sheep, and the Wolves Whelps on the Other Part, 'till Matters might be brought to an Iue. While they were upon Treaty,