He that Consults the Interest of his Carcass, before that of his
Repution, or his Country, is Effectually but a Brute, under the Figure
of a Man. An Honourable Death is to be Preferr’d before an Infamous
Life. This _Hog_ in the Fable has but taken up the Words and Humour of
a Bestial sort of People in the World: Men that lie Wallowing in their
Lusts, their Debauches, and their Pleasures, and spending their Censures
upon Men of Honour, and Publique Spirits, without any Regard to the
Conscience of either Christian, Moral, or Political Duties. They are more
Solicitous for the Pampering of their Bodies, then for the Saving of
their Souls, or the Embalming of their Memories: and fall justly under
the Reproof of the _Horse_ to the _Hog_ in This Emblem.