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Stag that was cloe Puru'd by Huntmen, fled for Safety into a Lyons Den; and as he was jut Expiring under the Paw of the Lyon: Mierable Creature that I am, ays he, to Fly for Protection from Men, to the mot Unmerciful of Beats!

' a Common Cae for People to be Reduc’d to This Mierable Choice; That is to ay, by what Hand or Means they'll rather Perih; under the Certainty of an Inevitable Detruction One Way or other. The Ancients have Moralliz’d it This Way. But it eems to Me (under favor) that the