An _Eagle_ and a _Man_.
A _Man_ took an _Eagle_, Pelted her Wings, and put her among his _Hens_.
Somebody came and bought This and presently New Feather’d her. She made a
Flight at a _Hare_, Truss’d it, and brought it to her Benefactor. A _Fox_
perceiving this, came and gave the Man a piece of Good Counsel. Have a
care, says _Reynard_, of putting too much Confidence in This _Eagle_; for
she’ll go near, one time or other else, to take You for a _Hare_. Upon
this Advice, the Man Plum’d the _Eagle_ once again.
The MORAL.
_Persons and Humours may be Jumbled and Disguis’d, but Nature is like
Quicksilver, that will never be Kill’d._