FAB. CXXXII.

A _Fowler_ and a _Partridge_.

A _Fowler_ had taken a _Partridge_, and the Bird offer’d her self to

Decoy as many of her Companions into the Snare as she could, upon

Condition that he would give her Quarter. No, says he, You shall Dye the

rather for that very Reason, because you would be so Base as to Betray

your Friends to save your self.

The MORAL.

_Of all Scandalous and Lewd Offices, That of a Traytor is Certainly the

Basest; for it Undermines the very Foundations of Society._

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