_Hares_, _Foxes_, and _Eagles_.
There goes an Old Story of a Bloudy War betwixt the _Hares_, and the
_Eagles_; and the _Hares_ would fain have drawn the _Foxes_ into their
Alliance; but very Frankly and Civilly they gave them this Answer, That
they would serve them with all their Hearts, if they did not Perfectly
Understand both the _Hares_ themselves, and the _Enemy_ they were to Cope
withal.
The MORAL.
_There’s no Ent’ring into any League, without well Examining the Faith,
and Strength of the Parties to’t._