The _Stag_ and the _Oxen_.
A _Stag_ that was hard set by the Huntsmen, betook himself to a Stall for
Sanctuary, and prevailed with the _Oxen_ to Conceal him the Best they
could, so they cover’d him with Straw, and by and by in comes the Keeper
to Dress the Cattel, and to Feed them; and when he had done his Work he
went his Way without any Discovery. The _Stag_ reckon’d himself by This
Time to be out of all Danger; but one of the _Oxen_ that had more Brains
then his Fellows, advis’d him not to be too Confident neither; for the
Servant, says he, is a Puzzling Fool, that heeds Nothing; but when my
Master comes, he’ll have an Eye _Here and There and Everywhere_, and will
most certainly find ye out. Upon the very Speaking of the Word, in comes
the Master, and He spies out Twenty Faults, I warrant ye; This was not
Well, and That was not Well; till at last, as he was Prying and Groping
up and down, he felt the Horns of the _Stag_ under the Straw, and so made
Prize of Him.
The MORAL of the Two FABLES above.
_He that would be sure to have his Bus’ness Well Done, must either Do
it Himself, or see the Doing of it; Beside that many a Good Servant is
Spoil’d by a Careless Master._