A _Wild Ass_ and a _Tame_.
As a _Tame Ass_ was Airing himself in a Pleasant Meadow, with a Coat
and Carcass in very Good Plight, up comes a _Wild_ one to him from the
next Wood, with this short Greeting. _Brother_ (says he) _I Envy your
Happiness_; and so he left him. It was his Hap some short time after this
Encounter, to see his _Tame Brother_, Groaning under an Unmerciful Pack,
and a Fellow at his Heels Goading him forward. He rounds him in the Ear
upon’t, and Whispers him, _My Friend_ (says he) _your Condition is not I
Perceive, what I took it to be, for a Body may buy Gold too Dear: And I
am not for Purchasing Good Looks and Provender at this Rate_.
The MORAL.
_Betwixt Envy and Ingratitude, we make Our Selves twice Miserable; out of
an Opinion, First, that our Neighbour has too Much; and Secondly, that We
our Selves have too Little._