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Rh was in Condition to do Michief, it bit the very Man that av'd the Life on't. Ah thou Ungrateful Wretch! Says he, Is that Venomous Ill Nature of thine to be Satisfi'd with nothing les than the Ruine of thy Preerver?

N Ae was o Hardy once, as to fall a Mopping and Braying at a Lyon. The Lyon began at firt to hew his Teeth, and to Stomack the Affront; but upon Second Thoughts; Well! (ays he) Jeer on, and be an Ae till. Take notice only by the way, that 'tis the Baenes of your Character that has av'd your Carcas. Rh