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Cock-Mater bought a Partridge, and turn‘d it among his Fighting Cocks, for them to Feed together. The Cocks beat the Partridge away from their Meat, which he layd the more to Heart, becaue it look'd like an Averion to her purely as a Stranger. But the Partridge finding Thee very Cocks afterwards Cutting one Another to piees he comforted her elf with This Thought, that he had no Reaon to expect they hould be Kinder to Her, than they were to One Another.