. Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works . S^a- BE YE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER. -®^ DRINK LITTLE THAT YE MAY DRINK. LANG. Noch vinnigh Slaen, noch harden Bivanck,En brengt den Esel tot den THOUGH TAKEN TO THE WATERS BRINK,NO BLOWS CAN FORCE THE HORSE TO DRINK. JN vain with cheering words Ive tried,And evry means that I can thinkOf oaths, and blows, and kicks befideTo get this plaguey beast to drink !Ive led him by the bridle thrice. And coaxd and
. Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works . S^a- BE YE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER. -®^ DRINK LITTLE THAT YE MAY DRINK. LANG. Noch vinnigh Slaen, noch harden Bivanck,En brengt den Esel tot den THOUGH TAKEN TO THE WATERS BRINK,NO BLOWS CAN FORCE THE HORSE TO DRINK. JN vain with cheering words Ive tried,And evry means that I can thinkOf oaths, and blows, and kicks befideTo get this plaguey beast to drink !Ive led him by the bridle thrice. And coaxd and pulld, and coaxd again, WHEN THE WINE IS IN, THE WIT IS OUT. WHEN WINE ENTERS, MODESTY DEPARTS. But he wont drink at any price, And blows and words alike are when I turn the matter oer, I really think, myfelf defpite,That I in fenfe am wanting more, And of the t\vo the Horfe is right !Why, after all, fhould I feel fore And lofe my temper in this way ?The beaft prhaps drank enough before. And feldom drinks three times a day ;Thats why he had no will thereto, Nor would approach the waters brink : gj But how could I expect him to ? ^ If hed nor thirft nor need of drink !And if the brute himfelf but had I ^ The powr of fpeech, afluredly, i Brute as he is, hed call me mad, ? And much the greater fool than he So bent each be
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