A _Country-man_ and an _Oxe_.
A _Country-man_ had got a Stubborn _Oxe_, that would still be Pushing
and Flinging, whenever they went to Yoak, or to Tye him up. The _Man_
Cuts off his Horns, and puts him to the Plough, and by That Means Secures
Himself, both against his Head and his Heels; and in the Mean time,
He Himself Guides the Plough: But though the _Oxe_, when he was thus
Shackled and Disarmed, could not either Strike, or Gore him, he made a
shift yet to throw Dust enough into his Eyes, and his Mouth, almost to
Blind, and to Choak him.
The MORAL.
_A Malicious Man may be Bound Hand and Foot, and put out of Condition of
doing Mischief, but a Malicious Will is never to be Master’d._