A _Lapwing_ Preferr’d.
Upon a General Invitation to the _Eagle_’s _Wedding_, there were several
Birds of Quality among the Rest, that took it in Heavy Dudgeon to see a
_Lapwing_ Plac’d at the Upper End of the Table. ’Tis true, they cry’d, he
has a kind of a Coxcomb upon the Crown of him, and a Few Tawdry Feathers;
but Alas, he never Eat a Good Meals Meat in his Life, till he came to
This Preferment.
The MORAL.
_’Tis a Scandal to a Government, and there goes Envy along with it,
where Honours are Conferr’d upon Men for Address, Beauty, and External
Advantages, rather then for their Good Qualities and Virtues._