REFLEXION.

_Camerarius_ makes This to be an Emblem of the Taking of a Town, where

the Poor scape better then the Rich; for the One is let go, and the

Other is Plunder’d and Coop’d up. But with Favour of the Moralists, it

was not at the Fowler’s Choice, which to Take, and which to Let go; for

the _Cranes_ were too Nimble, and got away in spite of him: So that

This Phansie seems rather to Point at the Advantages that some have

over Others, to make Better shift in the World then their Fellows, by a

Felicity of Make, and Constitution, whether of Body or of Mind: Provided

always, that they Play Fair, and Manage all Those Faculties with a Strict

Regard to Common Honesty and Justice.

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