A _Dog_ and a _Cock_ upon a Journey.
A _Dog_ and a _Cock_ took a Journey together. The _Dog_ Kennell’d in the
Body of a Hollow Tree, and the _Cock_ Roosted at night upon the Boughs.
The _Cock_ crow’d about Midnight; (at his Usual Hour) which brought a
_Fox_ that was abroad upon the Hunt, immediately to the Tree; and there
he stood Licking of his Lips, at the _Cock_, and Wheedling him to get
him Down. He Protested he never heard so Angelical a Voice since he was
Born, and what would not He do now, to Hug the Creature that had given
him To Admirable a Serenade! Pray, says the _Cock_, speak to the Porter
below to open the Door, and I’ll come Down to ye: The _Fox_ did as he was
directed, and the _Dog_ presently Seiz’d and Worry’d him.
The MORAL.
_The Main Bus’ness of the World is Nothing but Sharping, and putting
Tricks upon One Another by Turns._