_Jupiter_ and a _Bee_.
A _Bee_ made _Jupiter_ a Present of a Pot of Honey, which was so kindly
Taken, that he bad her Ask what she would, and it should be Granted her.
The _Bee_ desir’d, that wherever she should set her Sting, it might be
Mortal. _Jupiter_ was loth to leave Mankind at the Mercy of a Little
Spiteful Insect, and so bad her have a care how she Kill’d any Body; for
what Person soever she Attacqu’d, if she left her Sting behind her, it
should cost her Her Life.
The MORAL.
_Spiteful Prayers are no better then Curses in a Disguise, and the
Granting of them turns commonly to the Mischief of the Petitioner._