Chapter III: Part 3

The Fox went on the search one Night,
The Moon had hung out all her light;
He sees her Image in a Well;
But what it was he could not tell;
Gets on the Bricks to look at ease:
At last concludes it is a Cheese:
One Bucket's down, the other up,
He jumps in that which was a-top,
And coming to the Water, sees
How little Skill he had in Cheese.
Poor Ren, remov'd from all Acquaintance,
Sits in the Bucket of Repentance;
And when the Rascal ought to have laid
The fault upon himself, it's said,
He blam'd his Stars, tho' I b'lieve rather
He curst the Moon, and all fair Weather.
Well, there he sat, and wish'd, no doubt on't,
For half his Tail that he was out on't:
Sometimes he rav'd and talk'd like mad, }
And every thing came in his Head, }
That to his purpose could be said. }
Happy are those that don't love Cheese;
We may go downward when we please,
But to come back again, _hoc opus_,
All tricks are vain; my only hope is,
That Somebody as wise as I,
Hits on my Whim, or else I die.
Two Days are past; poor Animal,
Sees Nobody come near the Well;
And now old Time had in one Place,
Cut a good piece of _Cynthia's_ Face;
For as he does all things, he eats her,
And takes a slice, where'er he meets her:
_Volpone_ spies it, and it grieved him,
To see that spoil'd which had deceiv'd him,
Thinking his case was desperate:
When on the third Night pretty late,
A Wolf who could not sleep, because
He felt an itching in his Jaws,
Look'd into it; What are you there?
Says Ren; pray see what I got here;
It is a groaning Cheese, 'twas made
From _Io's_ Milk, and _Faunus_ had
The ordering of it, 'twould have been
Kept for Dame _Juno's_ Lying in,
But she miscarry'd: I took off
This Corner; still there's Meat enough
For two or three, I thought on you,
Wish'd I might see you, and to shew,
How I esteem, love, and adore ye,
That Bucket's left on purpose for ye.
The silly Wolf believes, gets in,
And draws _Volpene_ up again.

The Moral.

_Don't blame the stupid Animal,
You credit things less probable;
And most Men easily give ear,
To what they either wish or fear._

_FINIS._

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17. Nicholas Rowe, _Some Account of the Life of Mr. William
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103. Samuel Richardson, _Clarissa: Preface, Hints of Prefaces, and
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104. Thomas D'Urfey, _Wonders in the Sun, or, the Kingdom of the
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105. Bernard Mandeville, _An Enquiry into the Causes of the Frequent
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106. Daniel Defoe, _A Brief History of the Poor Palatine Refugees_
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110. John Tutchin, _Selected Poems_ (1685-1700).

111. Anonymous, _Political Justice. A Poem_ (1736).

112. Robert Dodsley, _An Essay on Fable_ (1764).

113. T. R., _An Essay Concerning Critical and Curious Learning_
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