. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . llyBeggars, that a parallel to thetn can be found. Anothernotable featuie nf the first ])art in the version of 1377 is the in-troduction of the fable of belling the cat, which first a])pearedin literature in a Latin and French collection of fables in aParis MS. of the year 1333. The beast-fable was, however, no The Latin version is evidently the older. The fable later became verypopular all over Europe. It
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . llyBeggars, that a parallel to thetn can be found. Anothernotable featuie nf the first ])art in the version of 1377 is the in-troduction of the fable of belling the cat, which first a])pearedin literature in a Latin and French collection of fables in aParis MS. of the year 1333. The beast-fable was, however, no The Latin version is evidently the older. The fable later became verypopular all over Europe. It is found in La Fontaine. 1399] LITERATURE AND THE DRAMA. 309 now idea in England, and it formed a part of the Pre-Norman tra-dition wliich Langland represented. The cat tj-pities Edward III.,the kitten Prince Richard, the route of ratones . . andsmale mys myd hem, the Lords and The second section of the poem is that wliich varies mostin the different versions. It is made np of three parts: thelives of l)o-wel { do your duty on earth). Do-bet ( trans-late the Bible and do deeds of charity), and Do-best { a tisher of men). In the second and third versions.
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