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378 Fears, and is as ure of being Diappointed, as he is of the Uncertainty of Human Affairs. Let it be Love, Preferment, Court-Favours, Popularity, or what ele it will, ome Rival or other he mut expect to meet with in all his Pretenions. The Proud Man's Inclination is Glory, High Place in the World, and the Applaue of the People. The Envious Mans Heart is et upon doing Shrew’d Turns, Defamatory Calumnics and Revenge. In few Words, Violent Affections never fail of being Uneaie and Importune: But of all Extravagant Paions, the Love of Mony is the mot Dangerous, in regard of the greatet Variety of Difficulties that attend it. There may be ome few Pretenders to a Beautiful Lady; ome few Candidates for the favour of a Popular Choice. But thee are Competitions that Intermit, and go off and on as it happens, upon this or that Occaion. But Mony is an Univeral Mitres; Men are always Watching, Spying, and Deigning upon’t; and all the Engines of Worldly Widom are perpetually at Work about it: So that whooever is Poes'd of, and Sollicitous for that Interet, hall never Cloe his Eyes, o long as Craft, Violence, or Conpiracy, hall be able to keep them Waking.

Here was an Eagle, a Cat and a Sow that bred in a Wood together. The Eagle Timber'd upon the top of a High Oak; the Cat Kitten'd in the Hollow Trunck of it, and the Sow lay Pigging at the Bottom. The Cat's Heart was et upon Michief, and o he went with her Tale to the Eagle. Your Majety had bet look to your elf, ays Pus; for there is mot certainly a Plot upon ye, and perchance upon Poor me too; for yonder's a Sow lies Grubbing Every Day at the Root of this Tree; Shee'll bring it down at lat, and then your Little Ones and mine are all at Mercy. So oon as ever he had Hammer’d a Jealouie into the head of the Eagle, away to the Sow he goes, and Figs her in the Crown with another Story; Little do you think what a Danger your Litter is in; there's an Eagle Watching contantly upon this Tree to make a Prey of your Pigs, and o oon as ever you are but out of the way, he will certainly Execute her Deign, The Cat upon this, goes preently co her Kittens again, keeping her elf upon her Guard all Day, as if he were afraid; and teals out till at Night to Provide for her Family. In one Word, the Eagle durt not tir for fear of the Sow; and the Sow durt not budge for fear of the Eagle: So that they kept themelves upon their Guard