A _Man_ and a _Weazle_.
There was a Weazle taken in a Trap, and whether she should Dye or
not, was the Point: The Master of the House Charg’d her with heavy
Misdemeanors, and the Poor Vermin stood much upon her Innocence and
Merit. Why says she, I keep your House Clear of Mice. Well says the Man,
but you do’t for your Own sake, not for Mine. What work would they make
in the Pantry and the Larder, (says she) if it were not for me? And in
the mean time (says the Master of House) You your Self devour the same
things that they would have Eaten, Mice and All: But you would fain sham
it upon me, that you do me a Service, when in Truth you do me an Injury;
and therefore you deserve a double Death; First, For the Fault it self,
and then for the Justification of it.
The MORAL of the Two FABLES above.
_’Tis according to the Course of those Kind Offices in the World, which
we call Friendship, to do one another Good for our Own Sakes._