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76 For the Gratifying of This Canker’d Malignity is but Another way of elling him; Only the Spite is Antecedent and Subervient to the Corruption: But This Court-Envy is not Altogether the Envy of the Dog in the Fable. For there’s a Mixture of Avarice and Interet in the Former, whereas the Other is a Spitefull Malignity purely for Michief ike. The Dog will rather Starve himelf then the Oxe hall Eat; but the Courtier will be ure to Look to One whoever ele goes to the Devil.

Here was a Crow at Chattering upon the Back of a Sheep; Well! Sirrah ays the Sheep, You durt not ha' done This to a Dog. Why I know that ays the Crow as well as You can tell me, for I have the Wit to Conider Whom I have to do withall. I can be as Quiet as any body with Thoe that are Quarrelome, and I can be as Troubleome as Another too, when I Meet with Thoe that will Take it.