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Thunny gave Chace to a Dolphin; and when he was jut ready to eize him, the Thunny truck before he was aware, and the Dolphin, in the Eagernes of his Puruit, ran himelf a ground with him. They were Both Lot; but the Thunny kept his Eye till upon the Dolphin, and Oberving him when he was Jut ac Lat Gap: Well, ays he, the Thought of Death is now Eay to me, o long as I ee my Enemy go for Company.

Here were Two Enemies at Sea in the ame Veel, the One at the Ships Head, the Other at the Stern. It Blew a Dreadful Storm, and when the Veel was jut ready to bewallow d up, One of ‘em Ask’d the Mater, which Part of the Ship would be Firt under Water; o he told him the T'other End would Sink firt. Why then, ays he, I hall have the Comfort of eeing my Enemy go before me.

is ome Comfort in Company, even in a State of Adverity. Society is o Neceary and Agreeable to Mankind in All Caes, that Death is Certainly the More Uneay for a Man’s going alone into Another World: But the Conolation Pointed at in This Fable, is That which an Envious Man takes in the Ruine of his Enemy. There is a Memorable Intance to This Purpoe, of a Gentleman that had an Etate for Lives, and Two of his Tenants in the Leae: One of them dyes, and the Other deires his Landlord to lay Both Farms into One, and Accept of Him for his Tenant. The Gentleman fairly Excus’d Himelf, and away goes the Man in a Rage to his Wife; Told her how it was, and Swore a Great Oath, that he would be Revenge'd of his Landlord. This was in Harvet Time, and he went out next day to his Reapers, but tay'd o long, that his Wife ent up and down to look after him. To horten the Story, they found him at lat in a Ditch,