_Jupiter_’s _Wedding_.
When the Toy had once taken _Jupiter_ in the Head to Enter into a State
of Matrimony, he Resolv’d for the Honour of his Celestial Lady, that
the whole World should keep a _Festival_ upon the Day of his Marriage,
and so Invited all Living Creatures, _Tag, Rag, and Bob-Tail_, to the
Solemnity of his Wedding. They all came in very Good Time, saving only
the _Tortoise_. _Jupiter_ told him ’twas Ill done to make the Company
Stay, and Ask’d him, Why so Late? Why truly says the _Tortoise_, I was
at Home, at my Own House, my Dearly Beloved House, and [_Home is Home,
let it be never so Homely_.] _Jupiter_ took it very Ill at his Hands,
that he should think himself Better in a Ditch, then in a Palace, and so
he pass’d this Judgment upon him; That since he would not be perswaded
to come out of his House upon that Occasion, he should never Stir abroad
again from that Day forward, without his House upon his Head.
The MORAL.
_There’s a Retreat of Sloth and Affectation, as well as of Choice and
Virtue; and a Beggar may be as Proud, and as Happy too in a Cottage, as a
Prince in a Palace._