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418 Fable neither; for many People have the Confidence to Plead Merit when Effectually they do us Michief.



Good Woman that was willing to keep her Cheees from the Mice, thought to Mend the Matter by getting her a Cat. Now Pus Anwer'd the Womans Intent and Expectation, in keeping the Mice from Nibbling the Cheees; but he her elf at the ame time devour'd the Mice, Cheefe and all.