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Rh not Trut a Covetous Man in Mony Matters, where there's any thing to be Gotten, either by Fraud or Corruption; nor a Vain Man, where there's a Temptation to Popularity. Fale Men are not to be taken into Confidence; nor Fearful Men into a Pot that requires Reolution; nor Cruel, Inolent Men, into a Station where Power may be Abus’d to Oppreion. All thee Aburdities fall within the Dint of this Fable; for want of Honety makes a Judge as Incompetent, as want of Undertanding.

Wolf charges a Fox with a piece of Pilfery. The Fox Denies it. The Ape tryes the Caue, and upon a fair Hearing, Pronounces them both to be Guilty. You (ays the Judge to the Wolf,) have the Face to Challenge that which you never Lot; and you (ays he to the Fox,) have the Confidence to Deny that which you have certainly Stoll'n.