A _Wolfe_ and a _Fox_.
A _Wolfe_ that had a mind to take his Ease, Stor’d himself Privately with
Provisions, and so kept Close awhile. Why, how now Friend says a _Fox_
to him, we han’t seen You abroad at the Chase this many a day! Why truly
says the _Wolfe_, I have gotten an Indisposition that keeps me much at
Home, and I hope I shall have Your Prayers for my Recovery. The _Fox_ had
a Fetch in’t, and when he saw it would not Fadge; Away goes he presently
to a Shepherd, and tells him where he might surprise a _Wolfe_ if he had
a mind to’t. The Shepherd follow’d his Directions, and Destroy’d him.
The _Fox_ immediately, as his Next Heir, repairs to his Cell, and takes
possession of his Stores; but he had Little Joy of the Purchase, for in a
very short time, the same Shepherd did as much for the _Fox_, as he had
done before for the _Wolfe_.
The MORAL.
_’Tis with_ Sharpers _as ’tis with_ Pikes, _they Prey upon their own
kind; And ’tis a Pleasant Scene enough, when Thieves fall out among
themselves, to see the Cutting of One Diamond with Another_.