. Æsop's fables, embellished with one hundred and eleven emblematical devices . nance, and yield it a reasonableobedience. Yet, through the depravity of humannature, we very often see these laws violated,and the relations before-mentioned treating oneanother with as much virulence as enemies ofdifferent countries are capable of. Through thenatural impatience and protervity of youth, weobserve the first occasion for any animosity mi st FABLE XV. 37 fiequenlly arising from their side; but, however,there are not wanting examples of undiitifiilparents: and, when a father, by using a son ill,and de
. Æsop's fables, embellished with one hundred and eleven emblematical devices . nance, and yield it a reasonableobedience. Yet, through the depravity of humannature, we very often see these laws violated,and the relations before-mentioned treating oneanother with as much virulence as enemies ofdifferent countries are capable of. Through thenatural impatience and protervity of youth, weobserve the first occasion for any animosity mi st FABLE XV. 37 fiequenlly arising from their side; but, however,there are not wanting examples of undiitifiilparents: and, when a father, by using a son ill,and denying him such an education and such anallowance as his circumstances can well afford,gives him occasion to withdraw his respect fromhim, to urge his begetting of him as the soleoblifjation to dutv, is talking- like a silly unthink-ing dotard. Mutual benevolence must be kept upbetween relations, as well as friends; for, withoutthis cement, whatever you please to call thebuilding, it is only a castle in the air, a thing tobe talked of, without the least reality. 38 FABLE THE KITE AND THE PIGEONS. XX KITE, who had kept sailing in the air formany days near a dove-house, and made a stoopat several pigeons, but all to no purpose (for theywere too nimble for him), at last had recourseto stratagem, and took his opportunity one dayto make a declaration to them, in which he setforth his own just and good intentions, who hadnothing more at heart than the defence and pro-tection of the Pigeons in their ancient rights andliberties, and how concerned he was at their fearsand jealousies of a foreign invasion, especialljtheir unjust and unreasonable suspicions of him-self, as if he intended, by force of arms, to breakin upon their constitution, and erect a tyrannical FABLE XVI. 39 government over them. To prevent all which,and tlioroughl}^ to quiet their minds, he thoughtproper to propose to them such terms of allianceand articles of peace as might for ever cement agood understanding b
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