A _Man_ Bit by a _Dog_.
One that was Bitten by a Dog, was Advis’d, as the Best Remedy in the
World, to Dip a Piece of Bread in the Bloud of the Wound, and give it the
Dog to Eat. Pray hold Your Hand a little (says the Man) unless y’ave a
mind to Draw All the Dogs in the Town upon me; For that will Certainly
be the End on’t, when they shall find themselves Rewarded instead of
Punish’d.
The MORAL.
_Good Nature is a Great Misfortune, where it is not Manag’d with
Prudence. Christian Charity, ’tis true, bids us return Good for Evil; but
it does not Oblige us yet to Reward where we should Punish._