A _Daw_ and _Borrow’d Feathers_.
A _Daw_ that had a mind to be Sparkish, Trick’d himself up With all the
_Gay Feathers_ he could Muster together: And upon the Credit of these
Stoll’n, or Borrow’d Ornaments, he Valu’d himself above All the Birds
in the Air Beside. The Pride of this Vanity got him the Envy of all
his Companions, who, upon a Discovery of the Truth of the Case, fell
to Pluming of him by Consent; and when Every Bird had taken his Own
_Feather_; the Silly _Daw_ had nothing left him to Cover his Nakedness.
The MORAL.
_We steal from one Another all manner of Ways, and to all manner of
Purposes; Wit, as well as Feathers; but where Pride and Beggery Meet,
People are sure to be made ridiculous in the Conclusion._