FAB. CCLXXXV.

A _Snake_ to _Jupiter_.

A _Snake_ that found himself Persecuted by Men, appeal’d to _Jupiter_

for Relief; who told him that it was his Own Fault; for (says he) if you

had but Bit the First Man that Affronted ye; the Second would have taken

Warning by’t.

The MORAL of the Two FABLES above.

_The putting up of One Affront draws on Another._

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