A _Dog_ and a _Thief_.
As a Gang of _Thieves_ were at work to Rob a House, a _Mastiff_ took the
Alarum, and fell a Baying: One of the Company spoke him fair, and would
have Stopt his Mouth with a Crust: No, says the _Dog_, This will not do,
for Several Reasons. First, I’ll take no Bribes to betray my master.
Secondly, I am not such a fool neither, as to sell the Ease and Liberty
of my Whole Life to come, for a piece of Bread in Hand: For when you have
Rifled my Master; pray who shall Maintain Me?
The MORAL.
_Fair Words, Presents, and Flatteries, are the Methods of Treachery in
Courts, as well as in Cottages, only the Dogs are Truer to their Masters
then the Men._