A _Hedge_ Destroy’d for Bearing no _Fruit_.
A Foolish Heir that was now come to the Possession of a Wise Man’s
Estate, caus’d all the _Bushes_ and _Hedges_ about his Vineyard to be
Grubb’d up, because they brought him no Grapes. The Throwing down of this
Hedge, laid his Ground open to Man and Beast, and all his Plants were
presently Destroy’d. My Simple Young Master came now to be convinc’d of
his Folly, in taking away the Guard that Preserv’d his Vines, and in
expecting Grapes from Brambles.
The MORAL.
_There needs as much Care and Industry to the Preserving of Things, as
there does to the Acquiring of them, and the Centinel is as necessary to
the Common Safety, as he that Fights the Battel._