An _Eagle_ and a _Fox_.
There was a Bargain struck up betwixt an _Eagle_ and a _Fox_, to be
Wonderful Good Neighbours and Friends. The One Took Up in a Thicket of
Brushwood, and the Other Timber’d upon a Tree hard by. The _Eagle_, One
Day when the _Fox_ was abroad a Forraging, fell into his Quarters and
Carry’d away a Whole Litter of Cubs at a Swoop. The _Fox_ came time
enough back to see the _Eagle_ upon Wing, with her Prey in the Foot, and
to send many a Heavy Curse after her; but there was No overtaking her.
It happen’d in a very Short time after This, upon the Sacrificing of a
_Goat_, that the same _Eagle_ made a Stoop at a piece of Flesh upon the
Altar, and she took it away to her Young: But some Live-Coales it seems,
that Stuck to’t, set the Nest a Fire. The Birds were not as yet Fledge
enough to Shift for Themselves, but upon Sprawling and Struggling to get
Clear of the Flame, down they Tumbled, half Roasted, into the very Mouth
of the _Fox_ that stood Gaping under the Tree to see the End on’t: So
that the _Fox_ had the Satisfaction at last, of Devouring the Children of
her Enemy in the very Sight of the Dam.
The MORAL.
_God Referees to Himself the Punishment of Faithless, and Oppressing
Governours, and the Vindication of his Own Worship and Altars._