_Wasps_, _Partridges_, and a _Husbandman_.
A Flight of _Wasps_, and a Covy of _Partridges_ that were hard put to’t
for Water, went to a _Farmer_, and begg’d a Soup of him to Quench their
Thirst. The _Partridges_ offer’d to Dig his Vineyard for’t, and the
_Wasps_ to secure him from Thieves. Pray hold your Hand, says the Good
Man; I have Oxen and Dogs that do me These Offices already, without
standing upon Terms. And therefore it will become me to Provide for them
in the First Place.
The MORAL.
Charity begins at Home, _but the Necessary Duty of it in One Place, does
not Discharge the Christian Exercise of it in another_.