. Æsop's fables, embellished with one hundred and eleven emblematical devices . s of friendship where theieis no occasion for them, yet scarce any thing isso hard to be found as a true friend, who willassist us in time of danger and difficulty. Allthe declarations of kindness which are made toan experienced man, though accompanied by asqueeze of the hand, and a solemn asseveration,should leave no greater impression upon Ins mindthan the whistling of the hollow breeze whichbrushes ones ear with an unmeaning salute, andis presently gone. He that succours our necessityby a well-timed assistance,
. Æsop's fables, embellished with one hundred and eleven emblematical devices . s of friendship where theieis no occasion for them, yet scarce any thing isso hard to be found as a true friend, who willassist us in time of danger and difficulty. Allthe declarations of kindness which are made toan experienced man, though accompanied by asqueeze of the hand, and a solemn asseveration,should leave no greater impression upon Ins mindthan the whistling of the hollow breeze whichbrushes ones ear with an unmeaning salute, andis presently gone. He that succours our necessityby a well-timed assistance, though it were notushered in by previous compliments, will everafter be looked upon as oar friend and protector;and, in so much a greater degree, as the favourwas unasked and unpromised; as it was notextorted by importunities on the one side, norled in by a numerous attendance of promises onthe other. Words are nothing till they are ful-filled by actions; and therefore we should notsuffer ourselves to be deluded by a vain hopeand reliance upon them. FABLE LXXXriII. t()9 tr^u. THE TRUaiPETEU TAKEN PRISONER. A. TRUMPETER, bcuig taken prisoner in a bailie,begged hard for quarter, declaring his innocence,and protesting that lie neither had nor could killany man, bearing no arms but only his trumpet,which he was obliged to sound at the word ofcommand.— For that reason, replied his ene-luies, we are determined not to spare you; forthough you yourself never fight, yel, with thatwicked instrument of yours, you blow up animo-sity between otiier people, and so become theoccasion of much bloodshed. APPLICATION. A may may be guilty of murder who has neverhandled a sword, or pulled a trigger, or lifted uphis arm with any mischievous weapon. There h p 210 FABLE LXXXVIII. a little incendiary, called the tonj^ne, wliich i«more venomous llian a poisoned arrow, and niorekillino; than a two-edged sword. The moral ofthe fable therefore is this, that if in any civilinsurrection the persons take
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