The _Fat Capons_ in This Fable, are the Rich, the Great, and the
(Externally) Happy Men in the World. People Weigh Vertue, in Common
Reputation, as they do Flesh in the Market, at so much a Pound. They
Agree too in the Contempt of Men of a Less Size and Quality, and they
Meet with the same Fate in the End too, by a Just Judgment upon them
for their Insulting Vanity. They are made the very Mark for Envy, and
Avarice to shoot at: and Equally in danger of being Sacrific’d, either to
Tyranny, or to Faction. The Poor, in fine, have This Consolation, that
their Condition is safer, and easier, then That of the Rich: And All
People in the World will agree with Those _Capons_ in the Fable, that it
is better to _Live Lean_ then to _Dye Fat_.