A _Lion_ and a _Bear_.
There was a _Lion_ and _Bear_ had gotten a _Fawn_ betwixt them, and there
were they at it _Tooth and Nail_, which of the Two should carry’t off.
They Fought it out, till they were e’n glad to lie down, and take Breath.
In which instant, a _Fox_ passing that way, and finding how the case
stood with the Two Combatants, seiz’d upon the _Fawn_ for his Own Use,
and so very fairly scamper’d away with him. The _Lion_, and the _Bear_
saw the Whole Action, but not being in condition to Rise and Hinder it,
they pass’d this Reflexion upon the whole matter; Here have we been
Worrying one another, who should have the Booty, ’till this Cursed Fox
has bobb’d us Both on’t.
The MORAL of the Two FABLES above.
_’Tis the Fate of All_ Gotham Quarrels, _when Fools go together by the
Ears, to have Knaves run away with the Stakes_.