A _Wolf_ and a _Lyon_.
As a _Wolf_ and a _Lyon_ were abroad upon Adventure together, Heark,
(says the _Wolf_) Don’t you hear the Bleating of _Sheep_? My Life for
Yours Sir, I’ll go fetch ye a Purchase. Away he goes, and follows his
Ear, till he came just under the Sheepfold: But it was so well fortify’d,
and the Dogs asleep so Near it, that back he comes Sneaking to the _Lyon_
again, and tells him, There are _Sheep_ Yonder (says he) ’tis true, but
they are as Lean as Carrion, and we had e’en as good let ’em alone till
they have more Flesh on their Backs.
The MORAL of the Two FABLES above.
_’Tis Matter of Skill and Address, when a man cannot Honestly Compass
what he would be at, to Appear Easy and Indifferent upon All Repulses and
Disappointments._