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Fox that had been Hard-run, begg’d of a Countryman that he aw at Work in a Wood, to help him to ome Hiding-Place. The Man Directed him to his Cottage, and thither he went. He was no ooner got in, but the Huntmen were preently at the Heels of him, and asked the Cottager if he did not ee a Fox That Way? No tnuly, ays he, I aw None; but Pointed at the ame time with his Finger to the Place where he lay. The Huntmen did not take the Hint, it eems; but the Fox py'd him, it eems, through a Peeping Hole he had found out to ee what News: o the Fox-Hunters went their Way, and then Out teals the Fox, without One Word peaking, Why how now, ays the Man, Han't ye the Manners to take leave of your Hot before you go? Yes, yes, ays the Fox; If you had been as Honet of your Fingers, as you were of your Tongue, I hould not have gone without bidding ye Farewell.

's No Truting of Thoe that Say One Thing, and Do Another, Epecially if they follow Fair Words with Foul Deeds. Here's a Cae of Honour, and of Concience, Both in One, upon the Matter of Hopitality, and of Trut. The Laws of Hopitality are Sacred on the One Side, and o are the Duties we Owe to our Country on the Other. If we Conicer the Trut, Faith mut not be Broken; If the Common Enemy, his Councel is not to be kept. The Wood Man did as good as Tacitly promie the Fox a Santuary; but not being Sui Juris, he promis’d more then he could War