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Rh Then, observing that Gay-Neck and his retainers were caught in a snare, he sadly said: "My good friend, what is this, and whence? Tell me."

"My good friend," answered Gay-Neck, "why do you ask me? For you know it well. As the proverb says:

And again:

And again:

And once again:

The birds that in the sky securely soar,
 * Endure calamities;

While fish are plucked by men from ocean's floor
 * In far, unsounded seas: