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Wolfe py'd out a Straggling Kid, and Puru’d him. The Kid found that the Wolfe was too Nimble for him, and o turn’d and told him: I perceive I am to be Eaten, and I would gladly Die as Pleaantly as I could: Wherefore, Pray give me but One Touch of Your Pipe before I go to Pot. The Wolfe Play’d, and the Kid Danc'd, and the Noie of the Pipe brought in the Dogs upon him. Well (ays the Wolfe) This 'tis when People will be Meddling out of their Profeion, My Bus’nes was to Play the Butcher, not the Piper.

Fox that was Sharp-et, Surpriz’d a Crab, as he lay out of the Sea upon the Sands, and Carry’d him away. The Crab, when he found that he was to be Eaten, Well (ays he) This comes of Meddling where we have Nothing to do; for My Bus’nes lay at Sea, not upon the Land.