A _Dog_ and a _Shadow_.
As a _Dog_ was crossing a River, with a Morcel of Good Flesh in his
Mouth, he saw (as he thought) Another Dog under the Water, upon the very
same Adventure. He never consider’d that the one was only the _Image_ of
the Other; but out of a Greediness to get Both, he Chops at the _Shadow_,
and Loses the _Substance_.
The MORAL.
All Covet, All Lose; _which may serve for a Reproof to Those that Govern
their Lives by Fancy and Appetite, without consulting the Honour, and the
Justice of the Case._