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56 of animals, not excluding the two jackals, suffered grievously from hunger and huddled together. As the proverb puts it:

And again:

While, on the other hand:

Indeed, all the creatures in this world, adopting cajolery or one of the other three devices, live by eating one another. For example:

Some eat the countries; these are kings; The doctors, those whom sickness stings; The merchants, those who buy their things;
 * And learnèd men, the fools.

The married are the clergy's meat; The thieves devour the indiscreet; The flirts their eager lovers eat;
 * And Labor eats us all.

They keep deceitful snares in play; They lie in wait by night and day;