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 14. by wisdom and cunning let them put to death the fox.

15. The fox on hearing this, bowed his head in the presence of Shamas and wept.

16. To the powerful presence of Shamas he went in his tears:

17. With this sentence O Shamas do not destroy me,

1. Go to my forest, do not turn back afterwards

2. shall not come out, and the sun shall not be seen,

3. thou, any one shall not cut thee off

4. by the anger of my heart and fierceness of my face thou shalt fear before me,

5. may they keep thee and I will not

6. may they take hold of thee and not

7. may they bind thee and not

8. may they fell thy limbs

9. Then wept the jackal

10. he bowed his head

11. thou hast fixed

12. taking the

Four other mutilated lines.

The next fragment has lost the commencements and ends of all the lines.

1. carried in his mouth

2. before his