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Hen Hercules was taken up to Heaven for his Glorious Actions, he made his Reverence in Coure to all the Gods, 'till he came to Pluto, upon whom he turn'd his Back with Indignation and Contempt. Jupiter ask’d him what he meant by that Direpect? Why,ays Hercules, that Son of Fortune Corrupts the whole World with Mony, Encourages all manner of Wickednes, and is a common Enemy to all Good Men.

Here happen'd a Deperate Quarrel betwixt a Lion and a Boar; they Fought upon't, and the Vultures came Hovering over the Combatants to make a Prey of him that hould be left upon the Spot: But it o fell our, that there was