Old-time schools and school-books . He that will not help himfelf, fhall have help from nobody. Fable I. Of the IVaggoner and Hercules. AS a waggoner was driving his team, his wag-gon funk into a hole, and (luck poor man immediately fell upon his kneesiand prayed to Hercules, that he would get his wag-gon out of the hole again. Thou fool, fays Hercules, whip thy horfes, andfet thy ihoulder to the wheels; and then if thouwilt call upon Hercules he will, help thee. The Lazy wifhes never doa Man any fervice ; but if he wouldhave help from God in time of need, lei him not
Old-time schools and school-books . He that will not help himfelf, fhall have help from nobody. Fable I. Of the IVaggoner and Hercules. AS a waggoner was driving his team, his wag-gon funk into a hole, and (luck poor man immediately fell upon his kneesiand prayed to Hercules, that he would get his wag-gon out of the hole again. Thou fool, fays Hercules, whip thy horfes, andfet thy ihoulder to the wheels; and then if thouwilt call upon Hercules he will, help thee. The Lazy wifhes never doa Man any fervice ; but if he wouldhave help from God in time of need, lei him not only implorehis airiilance, buc_makeLufeof h»s own bed endeavours. From Dilworths A New Guide to the English Tongue. 52 Old-time Schools and School-books. Evil be to him thac evil think. Alfo, give a cruft to a furly dog, and he will bite X. Of the good natured Man and the Adder, A Good natured man being obliged to go outin frolty weather, on his return home foundan adder almoft frozen to death, which he broughthome with him and laid before the fire. As foon as the creature had received frefli lifeby the warmth, and was come to herfelf, to hifs, and fly about the houfe, and at lengthkilled one of the children. Well, faid the man, if this is the beft returnthat youean make for my kind offices, you fhalleven mare the fame fate yourfelf; and fo killedher immediately. The is one of the blackeft crime* that a man can beguilty of: It is hateful to God and man, and frequently bringsupon fuch a gracclefs wretchall that mifchief which he either didOr thought to do to another. From Dilworths A New Guide to the English Tongue. Colonial Schools of the Eighteenth Century 53 greatest school-book author
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