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Here was a Snake that Bedded himelf under the Threhold of a Country-Houe: A Child of the Family happen'd to et his Foot upon't; The Snake bit him, and he Di'd on't. The Father of the Child made a Blow at the Snake, but Mis'd his Aim, and only left a Mark behind him upon the Stone where he Struck. The Countryman Offer'd the Snake, ome time after This, to be Friends again. No, ays the Snake, o long as you have This Flaw upon the Stone in Your Eye, and the Death of the Child in your Thought, there's No Truting of ye.

'Tis Ill Truting a Reconcil'd Enemy, but 'tis Wore yet, to Proceed at One Step, from Clemency and Tendernes, to Confidence and Trut: