FAB. CCXVIII.

A _Bull_ and a _Goat_.

A _Bull_ that was Hard Press’d by a Lyon, ran directly toward a

_Goat-Stall_, to Save Himself. The _Goat_ made Good the Door, and Head

to Head Disputed the Passage with him. Well! says the _Bull_, with

Indignation, If I had not a more Dangerous Enemy at my Heels, then I have

Before me, I should soon Teach you the Difference betwixt the Force of a

_Bull_, and of a _Goat_.

The MORAL.

_’Tis no Time to Stand Quarrelling with Every Little Fellow, when Men of

Power are Pursuing us upon the Heel to the very Death._

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