. Æsop's fables : with upwards of one hundred and fifty emblematical devices . inferior to himself,either in power or courage, though he has notgiven the least occasion for it, how does lie re-semble the Wolf! whose envious, rapacious tem-per could not bear to see innocence live quietlyin its neighbourhood. In short, wherever ill peo-ple are in power, innocence and integrity aresure to be persecuted: the more vicious thecommunity is, the better countenance they havefor their own villanous measures. To practi-sehonesty in bad times, is being liable to suspi-cion enough; but if any one should da
. Æsop's fables : with upwards of one hundred and fifty emblematical devices . inferior to himself,either in power or courage, though he has notgiven the least occasion for it, how does lie re-semble the Wolf! whose envious, rapacious tem-per could not bear to see innocence live quietlyin its neighbourhood. In short, wherever ill peo-ple are in power, innocence and integrity aresure to be persecuted: the more vicious thecommunity is, the better countenance they havefor their own villanous measures. To practi-sehonesty in bad times, is being liable to suspi-cion enough; but if any one should dare toprescribe it, it is ten to one Dui he would be im-peached of high crimes and misdemeanors: forto stand up for justice in a degenerate and cor-rupt state, is tacitly to upbraid the government,and seldom fails of pulling down vengeance uponthe head of him that ofters to stir in its cruelty and malice are in combinationwith power, nothing is so easy as for them tofind a pretence to tyrannize over inno<:ence,and exercise all manner of injustice. FABLE TRE LION AND THE FOUR BULLS. x! OUR Bulls, which had entered into a verystrict friendship, kept always near one another,and fed together. The Lion often saw them,and as often had a mind to make one of them hisprey ; but, though he could easily have subduedany of them singly, yet he was afraid to attackthe whole alliance, as knowing they would havebeen too hard for him, and therefore contentedhimself, for the present, v/ith keeping at a dis-tance. At last, perceiving no attempt was tobe made npoii them, as long as this combina-tion held, he took occasion, by whispers andhints, to foment jealousies, and raise divisionsamong them. This stratagem succeeded sowell, that the Bulls grew cold and reserved to-wards one another, which soon after ripenedinto a downright hatred and aversion; and, atlast, ended in a total separation. The Lionhad now obtained his ends; and, as impossible 6 FABL£ 111. as it was for him
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