FAB. XXIX.

A _Dog_, a _Sheep_, and a _Wolf_.

A _Dog_ brought an Action of the Case against a _Sheep_, for some

Certain Measures of Wheat, that he had lent him. The Plaintiff prov’d

the Debt by Three Positive Witnesses, The _Wolf_, the _Kite_, and the

_Vultur_. (_Testes Probi & Legales._) The _Defendant_ was cast in _Costs

and Damages_, and forc’d to sell the Wool off his Back to Satisfie the

Creditor.

The MORAL.

_’Tis not a Straw matter whether the Main Cause be Right or Wrong, or

the Charge True or False; Where the Bench, Jury and Witnesses are in a

Conspiracy against the Pris’ner._

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