A _Laden Asse_ and a _Horse_.
As a _Horse_ and an _Asse_ were upon the way together, the _Asse_ cryed
out to his Companion, to Ease him, of his Burden, though never so
little, he should fall down dead else. The _Horse_ would not; and so his
Fellow-Servant sunk under his Load. The Master, upon This, had the _Asse_
Flay’d, and laid his Whole Pack, Skin and All, upon the _Horse_. Well
(says he) This Judgment is befall’n me for my Ill Nature, in refusing to
help my Brother in the Depth of his Distress.
The MORAL.
_It is a Christian, a Natural, a Reasonable, and a Political Duty, for
All Members of the same Body to Assist One Another._