A _Bull_ and a _Ram_.
There was One _Master-Ram_ that Beat All his Fellows out of the Field,
and was so Puff’d up with the Glory of his Exploits, that Nothing would
serve him but he must Challenge a _Bull_ to the Combat. They Met, and
upon the First Encounter, there lay the _Ram_ for _Dead_; but coming to
himself again; Well (says he) This is the Fruit of my Insolence, and
Folly, in Provoking an Enemy, that Nature has made my Superior.
The MORAL.
_Where People will be Provoking and Challenging their Superiors, either
in Strength, or Power, ’tis not so much a Bravery of Spirit, as a Rude
and Brutal Rashness; and they pay Dear for’t at last._