A _Thrush_ and a _Swallow_.
Ah my Dear Mother! says the _Thrush_, Never had any Creature such a
Friend as I have, of this same _Swallow_. No, says she, nor ever any
Mother such a Fool to her Son as I have, of this same _Thrush_: To talk
of a Friendship betwixt People that cannot so much as live together in
the same Climate and Season. One is for the Summer, T’other for the
Winter; And that which keeps You Alive, kills your Companion.
The MORAL of the Two FABLES above.
_’Tis a Necessary Rule in Alliances, Matches, Societies, Fraternities,
Friendships, Partnerships, Commerce, and All Manner of Civil Dealings and
Contracts, to have a Strict Regard to the Humour, the Nature, and the
Disposition of those we have to do withall._