{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4483", "width": "2970", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "F^ids, ^txs ^T vexVtoTv A-nvar-y 5\\\\fcKa:uT j", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "73 9- 16\\nTHE\\nFables of Pilpay.\\nREVISED EDITION\\nNEW YORK:\\nPUBLISHED BY HURD AND HOUGHTON.\\n1*872.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00ab1\\nEntered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by\\nKurd and Houghton,\\nin the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.\\nriverside, Cambridge:\\nstereotyped and printed by\\nh. 0. houghton and company.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "PEEFACE.\\nOo\\nHE Fables of Pilpay, or Bidpai, to\\nuse the form nearest the Arabic,\\nhave enjoyed a remarkable reputa-\\ntion in the East, and from time\\nto time have been translated into\\nWestern languages. In the record of books\\nwhich have had a wide circulation, we are apt\\nto think only of those which have been pro-\\nduced in or accepted by Christianity and West-\\nern civilization, and yet, with the exception of\\nthe Bible, there is probably no work, we are\\ntold, that has been translated into so many lan-\\nguages, and at so early an epoch, as the collec-\\ntion of tales which passes by the title of the\\nFables of Bidpai, or Pilpay.\\nThe earliest form in which they appear is in the\\nPantcha-tantra and Hitopadesa of the Sanskrit.\\nEither from these or some antecedent form the", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "iv\\nPREFACE.\\nFables were translated into the now extinct\\nPehlvi language, and thence into the Arabic.\\nThe story of the first translation is that Bar-\\nz yeh, an eminent physician at the court of the\\nPersian king, STushirwan, who reigned between\\ni). 531 and 579, visited India in search of a\\nplant which had been reported to possess the\\npower of restoring dead bodies to life. Like\\nsimilar wild goose chases recorded in history and\\nfable, he came back without the drug, but with\\nthis collection of Fables. Another version makes\\nhim to have been sent on purpose for this book,\\nwhich was jealously guarded by its Indian pos-\\nsessors, and to have obtained it only by surrep-\\ntitious means.\\nTwo centuries later the first Arabic version\\nwas made, by a Persian named Ruzbeh, who was\\nconverted to Mohammedanism, and took the\\nname Abdallah-ibn-Almokaffa. His translation\\nof t hese Fables is in the East usually called the\\nBook of Kalilah and Dimna, from the names\\nof two jackals who act a conspicuous part in\\nthe first story.\\nThis Arabic version is the parent of all suc-\\ncessive ones. There was a Greek one by Simeon\\nsou of Seth, at the close of the eleventh century,\\nand a Hebrew one made by Rabbi Joel, a learned", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nV\\nJew, probably a native of Spain, during the\\ntwelfth century. There were translations also\\ninto Syriac, Turkish, Afghan, Malay, Mongol,\\nand Latin. Of modern European languages\\nthe German (1483) seems to have been the\\nearliest to receive it, followed by the Spanish\\n(1498), the English (1570), the Danish (1618),\\nthe Dutch (1623), the Swedish (1743).\\nThe Arabic version was edited by Baron De\\nSacy, Paris, 1816, and his edition is the basis\\nof later translations. The English one by\\nWyndham Knatchbull was issued in 1819, and\\nthat from which the present American edition\\nis copied was issued without translator s name\\nin 1818. La Fontaine acknowledged his indebt-\\nedness to the work, and some eighteen of his\\nFables may be traced direct to Pilpay. It was\\nprobably from the English version of 1570\\nthat Beaumont and Fletcher derived the story\\nof the Dejwise and the Thief, which appears in\\nthe tragi-comedy of Women Pleased. Mas-\\nsinger also makes the same story serve in the\\nGuardian.\\nA recent interesting essay by Professor Tayler\\nLewis, in Putnam s Magazine [July, 1868],\\ncalls attention to the Fables, and we copy from\\nthis a discriminating passage on the charaeteris-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "vi\\nPREFACE.\\ntics of these Fables as distinct from other sto-\\nries, and OD the variation which appears in\\nthem under differing conditions\\nkw The difference between this and all other\\ncollections of fables, ancient or modern, is very\\nstriking. Then 1 are the same leading animal\\ncharacters, the lion, the eagle, the bear, etc.,\\nwith the difference, that the jackal takes the\\nplace of the fox, and that there are introduced\\nmore of the smaller species. There are also\\nthe same animal traits, showing great acute-\\nness and fixedness of zoological observation\\nfrom the earliest times; but instead of being\\nbrief apologues, with a single event, and one\\nbrief moral deduced, like the Greek fables of\\nZEsop, or the Arabian of Lokman, they are\\nlong, continued histories, involving a great\\nvariety of events, having each their social or\\npolitical aspects, forming a narration highly\\ninteresting in itself, exhibiting sometimes the\\nmost exquisite moral, and yet, with rare in-\\ngenuity, preserving the peculiar characteristics\\nof each species. Thus, for example, in the\\nprincipal story of King Lion, and his friend the\\nbull, who are set at variance by the unprinci-\\npled jackal, the lion is alarmed at hearing for\\nthe first time the bull s deep bellow, so different", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nvii\\nfrom his own hoarse roar he is not afraid, not\\nhe, but then there is something mysterious\\nabout it, and prudence is a virtue. And so\\nagain, the generous monarch resists the efforts\\nof the crafty calumniator, by representing the\\ndifference of their habits the one eating flesh\\nand the other grass as taking away all ground\\nof rivalry hi their intercourse. Sometimes,\\nindeed, the philosopher seems to forget him-\\nself; the peculiar animal traits are lost sight\\nof, and they are simply men talking, wisely or\\nabsurdly, in animal forms but in general the\\ndramatic proprieties are well observed. This,\\nwe think, will be seen iu the one which we\\nventure here to translate. The actors are taken\\nfrom the least powerful of the animal tribes\\nand this is essential to the dramatic design,\\nwhich is to show how the varied adaptation of\\ndifferent gifts, even of the smallest kind, builds\\nup a secure society for the weak, inspiring\\nmutual confidence, and giving mutual help,\\neven against the most powerful foes. Grant-\\ning them speech, and a measure of reason\\na adapted to their state, everything else is in ac-\\ncordance with their animal ways and instincts,\\nwhilst the whole presents a picture of quiet\\nfriendship, of charming constancy, of tender", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "Vlll\\nPREFACE.\\nmutual regard, firom which our lordly race may\\nderive a lesson of practical wisdom not to be\\ndespised. The pervadiug moral, Love is strength,\\nis one that appears in the aphorisms and in\\nthe songs of Scripture. See Prov. xxx. 24-28;\\nCanticles viii. 7.\\nk In this introductory notice, we would only\\nfurther advert to one feature pervading the\\ncollection, and furnishing internal evidence,\\nnot only of the antiquity, but of the wide in-\\nfluence, of these Fables in the East, as shown\\neven in the modifications they have received.\\nThe various versions, although presenting sub-\\nstantially the same events, and, in great part,\\nthe same unbroken narration, do yet show dif-\\nferences arising from the peculiar coloring that\\nreligious ideas have assumed in different lands,\\nand as they have passed through successive ages.\\nSome pious animal, such as a devout jackal, a\\nvery virtuous lion, in one place a very pious cat,\\nand in another a very hypocritical one who\\nmakes religion a cloak for her atrocities, is\\nquite a favorite personification. This recluse\\ncharacter has, in the original Pantcha-tantra,\\nor Indian legend, quite an ascetic aspect, is\\nvery quietistic, eats no flesh in other words,\\nshows the predominance of Brahmanic and Bud-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nix\\ndhist ideas. In the Persian (ante-Islamic) it\\nhas more of the Magian look. In the Arabic,\\nthe pious fox, etc., is an orthodox Moham-\\nmedan, a Nasek, or extraordinary devotee, who\\nis ever attentive to the call of the muezzin,\\nsays extra prayers, quotes the Koran, aud makes\\nextra pilgrimages to Mecca. In the Greek ver-\\nsion of Simeon Seth, on the other hand, he\\nhas become a decided monk or hermit; to ac-\\ncommodate him, ablutions are turned into pen-\\nance, and sometimes the translator renders\\nArabic phrases by literal quotations from the\\nScriptures. Not content with this, Simeon Seth\\nsometimes makes all the animals talk Homer-\\nically, and parodies, in this way, entire hex-\\nameters from the Iliad or the Odyssey.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "GENERAL HEADS.\\nIntroduction\\nchapter i.\\nFortune favors the Bold\\nCHAPTER II.\\nThat we ought to avoid the Insinuations of Flatterers and\\nBackbiters\\nCHAPTER III.\\nThat the Wicked come to an ill Ena .145\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nHow we ought to make CJioice of Friends, and what Ad-\\nvantage may be reaped from their Conversation .188\\nCHAPTER V.\\nThat we ought always to distrust our Enemies, and, if\\npossible, be perfectly informed of whatever passes\\namong them 227\\nPAGE\\n1\\n45", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nPAGE\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThe Story of Dabschelim and Pilpay 7\\nFABLE I.\\nThe travelling Pigeon 18\\nFABLE II.\\nThe Falcon and the Raven 26\\nFABLE III.\\nThe greedy and ambitious Cat .29\\nFABLE IV.\\nThe poor Man who became a great King 34\\nFABLE V.\\nThe Leopard and the Lion 39\\nCHAPTER H.\\nFABLE I.\\nThe Merchant and his Children 46\\nFABLE II.\\nThe King and his two Sons 49", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "xiv\\nCONTENTS.\\nFABLE III. PAGE\\nThe Demise, the Falcon, and the Raven. 53\\nFABLE IV.\\nThe Countryman and several Rats 55\\nFABLE V.\\nThe Carpenter and the Ape 60\\nFABLE VI.\\nThe two Travellers, and the Lion carved in Stone 62\\nFABLE VII.\\nThe Fox and the Hen 72\\nFABLE VIII.\\nThe Sparrow and the Sparrow-hawk 78\\nFABLE IX.\\nThe King who from a savage Tyrant, became benign and\\njust 82\\nFABLE X.\\nA Raven, a Fox, and a Serpent 85\\nFABLE XI.\\nThe Crane and the Craw-fish 86\\nFABLE XII.\\nThe Rabbit, the Fox, and the Wolf 90\\nFABLE XIII.\\nThe Lion and the Rabbit 94\\nFABLE XIV.\\nThe two Fishermen and the three Fishes .100", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nXV\\nFABLE XV. PAGE\\nThe Scorpion and the Tortoise 102\\nFABLE XVI.\\nThe Falcon and the Hen .109\\nFABLE XVII.\\nThe Nightingale and the Countryman .111\\nFABLE XVIII.\\nThe Hunter, the Fox, and the Leopard .114\\nFABLE XIX.\\nThe Wolf, the Fox, the Raven, and the Camel .116\\nFABLE XX.\\nThe Angel Ruler of the Sea) and two Birds, called Ge-\\nrandi 123\\nFABLE XXI.\\nThe Tortoise and two Ducks .125\\nFABLE XXII.\\nTwo young Merchants, the one crafty, and the other with-\\nout Deceit .130\\nFABLE XXIII.\\nThe Frog, the Craw-fish, and the Serpent .134\\nFABLE XXIV.\\nThe Gardener and the Bear 137\\nFABLE XXV.\\nThe Merchant and his Friend k 140", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "xvi\\nCONTENTS.\\nCHAPTER UI.\\nFABLE I. page\\nThe Fox, the Wolf, and the Raven .147\\nFABLE II.\\nThe Ass and the Gardener 149\\nFABLE III.\\nThe Prince and his Minister 153\\nFABLE IV.\\nA Hermit who quitted the Desert to live at Court 157\\nFABLE V.\\nThe blind Man icho travelled icith one of his Friends 162\\nFABLE VI.\\nA religious Doctor and a Dervise 167\\nFABLE VII.\\nThree envious Persons that found Money .174\\nFABLE VIII.\\nThe ignorant Physician .180\\nCHAPTER IV\\nFABLE I.\\nThe Raven, the Rat, and the Pigeons ,189\\nFABLE II.\\nThe Partridge and the Falcon 194\\nFABLE III.\\nThe Man and the Adder 198", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "contents. xrii\\nPAGE\\nFABLE IV.\\nThe Adventures of Zirac 206\\nFABLE V.\\nA Husband and his Wife 209\\nFABLE VI.\\nThe Hunter and the Wolf 211\\nFABLE VII.\\nThe ravenous Cat 217\\nFABLE VIII.\\nThe tivo Friends .220\\nCHAPTER V.\\nFABLE I.\\nThe Ravens and the Owls 228\\nFABLE II.\\nThe Origin of the Hatred between the Ravens and the\\nOwls 234\\nFABLE III.\\nThe Elephants and the Rabbits 237\\nFABLE IV.\\nThe Cat and the two Birds 243\\nFABLE V.\\nThe Dervise and the four Probers 247\\nFABLE VI.\\nThe Merchant, his Wife, and the Robber .252\\nb", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "xviii\\nCONTENTS.\\nI ABLE VII.\\nThe Dervise, the Thief, and the Devil\\nFABLE VIII.\\nThe Monkeys and the Bears\\nFABLE IX.\\nThe Mouse that teas changed into a little Girl\\nFABLE X.\\nThe Serpent and the Frogs", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "THE\\nFABLES OF PILPAY.\\nINTRODUCTION.\\nOWARDS the eastern confines of\\nChina there once reigned a Monarch,\\nwhose renown, as well for arms as\\nwisdom and virtue, spread far and\\nnear through all countries of the East, and made\\nhim the admiration of all that part of the world.\\nThe greatest Princes of the East were subject to\\nhis dominion, and admirers of his virtues. He\\nwas attended like Cohadan, and lodged like\\nPoashti; 1 potent as Alexander, and armed like\\nDarius. His council was composed of persons of\\nintegrity and learning his riches were immense,\\nhis arms numerous, and himself both valiant and\\njust. Rebels felt his anger, and his soldiers imi-\\ntated his valor; his justice humbled the pride of\\ntyrants, while his goodness succored the miser-\\nable. In a word, under the empire of Humayon-\\nfal, for so this virtuous Prince was called, the\\n1 Cohadan and Poashti were two Eastern princes, famous for\\ntheir conquests and magnificence through all that part of the world.\\n1", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION.\\npeople were happy, because everywhere through-\\nout his vast dominions the most strict search was\\nmade after the wicked, and care taken to punish\\nthem as enemies to the public tranquillity.\\nJustice ought to be the rule of every Prince s\\nactions, who desires his kingdom and his throne\\nshould be established like the residence of the\\nSupreme and whatever Monarch omits to ad-\\nminister punishments to vice, and rewards to vir-\\ntue, let him be assured his dominions will not be\\nlong secure from ruin.\\nGood kings generally make good servants, and\\nso it happened to this excellent Monarch for he\\nhad a Vizir, or Prime Minister, who loved the\\npeople like a real father; he was merciful and\\ncompassionate; and his counsels, like tapers,\\ngave light into the most hidden secrets. His\\nname was Gnogestehrai, that is to say, successful\\ncounsel, and very properly was he so called, since\\nby his understanding he had rendered the king-\\ndom happy. The King never undertook any en-\\nterprise without first consulting him. He did\\neverything by his advice, for he found that with-\\nout it nothing prospered.\\nIt happened that once as the Monarch, attended\\nby his Vizir, had been hunting, after the pleasure\\nand sport of their exercise were over, the King\\nwas for returning to his palace but the heat of\\nthe sun was so violently scorching, that he told\\nthe Vizir he was not able to endure it to which\\nthe Vizir answered, That if it were his Majesty s", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION.\\n3\\npleasure, he might go to the foot of a certain\\nneighboring mountain, where he would be sure\\nof cool shade, and the refreshing breezes of the\\nwind and there they might pleasantly spend the\\nheat of the day. The King followed his advice,\\nand in a little time they got to the place, where\\nthe coolness, caused by the shade of several trees\\nthat nature seemed to have taken delight to plant\\nby the sides of a number of winding brooks and\\nfountains, made them forget the heat which they\\nhad endured upon the open road. The King, find-\\ning the covert very delightful, sat down upon\\nthe grass, and falling into a contemplation of the\\nworks of the great Creator of all things, admired\\nthe inimitable painting of the flowers and other\\nproductions of nature that offered themselves to\\nhis sight.\\nAs he was, with this most laudable view, look-\\ning about him, he spied at some little distance\\nthe trunk of a tree, which the rottenness of the\\nwood declared to be decayed, and very old, in\\nwhich there was a swarm of bees that were mak-\\ning honey: upon this, having never seen an ob-\\nject of this kind before, he could not avoid ask-\\ning the Vizir, what those little creatures were\\nMost sovereign Monarch, replied that Minis-\\nter, those little creatures are very beneficial,\\nand of a thousand uses in society and are in the\\nhighest degree remarkable for the order of their\\ngovernment. They have a king among them,\\nwho is bigger than the rest, and whom they all", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "4\\nINTRODUCTION.\\nobey; he. resides in a little square apartment,\\nand has his vizirs, his porters, his sergeants, and\\nhis guards the industry of these, and all his\\nother officers, and people in general, is such, that\\nthey frame every one for themselves a little six-\\ncornered chamber of wax, the angles of which\\ndiffer not at all in shape or dimensions, but are\\nso exactly made to answer one another, that the\\nmost expert geometrician could not range them\\nwith more regularity. These little chambers fin-\\nished, the vizir takes of them an oath of fidelity\\nthat they are never to defile themselves. Accord-\\ning to which promise, they never light but upon\\nthe branches of rose-bushes or odoriferous flow-\\ners, so that their food, which is aerial, and of the\\nquintessence of flowers, is digested in a little\\ntime, and changed into a substance of a sweet\\nand pleasing taste. When they return home, the\\nporters smell to them, and if they have no ill\\nscent about them, they are permitted to enter\\nbut if they have any ungrateful smell, they kill\\nthem or if they negligently suffer any one that\\nhas an ill scent to enter, and the king happens\\nto smell it, he sends for the porters, and puts\\nthem and the offender to death at the same time.\\nIf any strange fly endeavors to enter this com-\\nmunity, the porters oppose him, and if he seeks\\nto come in by violence, he is put to death. His-\\ntorians also report to us, great Emperor, that\\nPoashti learned to build his palace, to have vizirs,\\nporters, guards, and officers, from these little\\ncreatures. 55", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION.\\n5\\nWhen the King had heard the Vizir thus dis-\\ncourse, he went near the tree, stood still to be-\\nhold the little animals at work, and after he had\\nwell considered them, declared aloud his admira-\\ntion to see a society of insects so well governed.\\nHis Vizir, beholding him rapt up in astonish-\\nment, addressed himself to him in this manner\\nSir, said he all this good order depends only\\nupon the good counsel and prudent conduct of\\nwise and able ministers, well affected to their\\nprince, and lovers of the public peace these are\\nthe persons that always preserve an empire in a\\nflourishing condition and, whenever these things\\nare mentioned, we ought to remember the strong-\\nest instance of this maxim ever known, which\\nwas in the conduct of the great Dabschelim, who\\nwholly intrusted the government of his king-\\ndoms to the good counsels of that miracle of wis-\\ndom, the Brahmin Pilpay insomuch, that by the\\nguidance of that Minister, he reigned in peace\\nand the greatest prosperity and earthly happiness,\\nwhile he lived, and dying left to his posterity a\\nname forever to be remembered with esteem and\\nhonor. 5\\nWhen the King heard him pronounce the\\nnames of Dabschelim and Pilpay, he felt in him-\\nself the motions of a more than ordinary joy. I\\nhave, said he to the Vizir, for a long time most\\nearnestly desired to hear the story of that Brah\\nmin s government, but never yet could meet with\\nan opportunity to satisfy myself, nor ever imag-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "6\\nINTRODUCTION.\\nined that you knew their history. I am now\\nmore happy than I could expect, and desire you\\nwill immediately relate to me the story, that my\\nkingdom may be established in happiness by the\\nmaxims of that venerable philosopher. On this\\ncommand of the Monarch, the Vizir thus entered\\non the history.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER I.\\nFortune favors the Bold!\\nTHE STORY OF DABSCHELIM AND PILPAY.\\nN the banks of Indus, towards the sea-\\ncoast, and over a vast extent of coun-\\ntry thereabouts, there reigned a Prince,\\nwhose ministers (persons of justice, wisdom, and\\nunderstanding), by their counsels, rendered the\\nsubjects happy, and always successfully brought\\nto pass the just designs of the Sovereign. This\\nexcellent Prince was an enemy of oppression nor\\ncould the wicked ever gain their ends in his do-\\nminions. He was called Dabschelim (a name*,\\nmost proper for such a Prince, as signifying, in\\ntheir language, a Great King). His puissance\\nwas such, that he undertook none but extraordi-\\nnary enterprises, and those always just, and on\\nhonest and honorable grounds to relieve the\\ndistressed, or punish the proud oppressor, were\\nthe only occasions of his entering on war. His\\narmy was composed of ten thousand elephants,\\nvaliant and experienced soldiers he had about him\\nin great numbers, and his treasures were kept\\nfull to support them. This rendered him formi-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "8\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\ndable to his enemies, and procured the repose of\\nhis people, of whom he took a particular care,\\nhearing their complaints and differences, compos-\\ning their quarrels, and making* himself the arbi-\\ntrator of their disputes, without any respect to\\nhis greatness or superior rank. He never for-\\nsook the interests of his people, but referred their\\naffairs, when of too long and intricate a nature\\nto come under his own cognizance, to the debates\\nand decisions of men of justice and equity.\\nWhen he had taken this good order for the gov-\\nernment of his dominions, he lived in tranquillity,\\nand spent his days with happiness and content.\\nIt happened that this wise and glorious Monarch,\\none day, when he had been for a long time enter-\\ntained with divers discourses upon the several\\nsciences, and the use they, and the principles of\\nequity and honor, must be of in the well govern-\\ning a people, laid himself down upon his bed to\\ngive some relaxation to his mind which he had\\nno sooner doue, but he saw r in a dream, a figure\\nfull of light and majesty, which approaching\\ntoward him with a look of benevolence, and the\\nhighest favor, spoke in the following manner\\nYou have done this day as a good Prince ought\\nto do, and you shall be rewarded for it. To-mor-\\nrow by break of day get on horseback, and ride\\ntoward the east, where you shall find an inestima-\\nble treasure, by the means of which you shall, as\\nyou deserve, exceed in glory and honor all other\\nmen. Immediately the figure disappeared, and", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "T^E STORY OF DABSCHELIM AND PILPAY. 9\\nDabschelim, awaking with a heart full of joy and\\ngratitude, mounted one of his best horses,, and\\nrode directly eastward. He passed, in his way,\\nthrough several inhabited places, but at length\\narrived in a desert, where, viewing the country,\\nand casting his eyes on every side, to discover his\\nexpected happiness, he perceived, at a little dis-\\ntance before him, a mountain that reached above\\nthe clouds, at the foot of which he spied a cave,\\nobscure, dark, and black within, as the hearts of\\nwicked men. Without it he saw sitting a man,\\nwhose aspect sufficiently showed the austerity of\\nhis life. The King had a great desire to ride up\\nto him, when the old man, understanding his in-\\ntention, came forward, and breaking silence, ad-\\ndressed himself to the Monarch in these words\\nSir/ 5 said he, though my small cottage be noth-\\ning like to your magnificent palace, yet it is an\\nancient custom for kings, out of their goodness,\\nto come and visit the poor. The looks of great\\nmen, cast down upon the mean, augment their\\nown grandeur. I joy to see the greatest and the\\nwisest Monarch in the East not forget this an-\\ncient custom. And, supreme and magnificent\\nPrince, let it not raise a blush in thee to cast thy\\nroyal looks on my low estate, when thou remem-\\nberest that Solomon, in the midst of all his glory\\nand magnificence, vouchsafed to cast his eyes\\nupon the little ants. 5\\nDabschelim was pleased with the old man s\\ncivility, and alighted from his horse to discourse", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "10\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nwith him. After he had talked to him of divers\\nthings, he was going to take his leave the ven-\\nerable sage surprised him with the following\\nwords Sir/ said he, it is not for a poor man,\\nas I am, to offer any refreshment to so great a\\nPrince as you but permit me to tell you that I\\nhave a present, if your Majesty pleases to accept\\nit, which has descended to me from father to son,\\nand which is appointed for you it is a treasure\\nwhich I have here by me, though I know not\\nmyself exactly the place where it now lies; but\\nif your Majesty thinks it worth your acceptance,\\ncommand your servants to seek for it. 55 Dabsche-\\nlim, hearing these words, recounted his dream\\nto the good old man, who rejoiced extremely to\\nfind that his intentions in bestowing his treas-\\nure were conformable to the will of the supreme\\npower by whom he was intrusted with it.\\nThe King now commanded his servants to\\nsearch for the treasure round about the cave, and\\nin a little time they discovered it, and brought\\nbefore the King a vast number of chests and cof-\\nfers full of gold, silver, and jewels. Among the\\nrest, there was one chest of a smaller size than\\nthe others, which was bound about with several\\nbars of iron, and fastened with a multitude of\\npadlocks, the keys of which were not to be found,\\nnotwithstanding all the care and diligence that\\nwere used to seek them. This highly increased\\nthe Monarch s curiosity. There must be some-\\nthing, said he, in this little casket much more", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "THE STORY OF DABSCHELIM AND PILPAY. 11\\nprecious than jewels, since it is so strongly and\\ncarefully barred and locked. 3 A smith was now\\nprocured, and the casket being broken open,\\nthere was found within it another small trunk of\\ngold, set all over with precious stones, and within\\nthat yet another lesser box this the King ordered\\nto be delivered into his own hands. When this\\nlittle box was opened, he found therein a piece of\\nwhite satin, upon which were written some lines\\nin the Syriac language. Dabschelim was aston-\\nished at the accident, and in great perplexity to\\nknow what the words might signify. Some said,\\nit was the will of the owner of the treasure and\\nothers, that it was a talisman, or some charm for\\nthe preservation of it. After every one had de-\\nlivered his opinion, it was the King s pleasure that\\ninquiry should be made for some person who was\\nable to interpret the meaning of the lines and\\nafter long search, a person was found who per-\\nfectly understood all the Oriental languages, who,\\nwhen he had looked over it, said to the King,\\nSir, this writing is to a Prince, indeed, an ines-\\ntimable treasure it contains the rules, admoni-\\ntions, and instructions of a great King, for the\\nwell-governing a people and how nearly it par-\\nticularly concerns yourself, King permit me\\nto show, by reading to you what it contains,\\nThe King bidding him reaji aloud, he then began\\nas follows", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "12\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nThe Writing of the great King Houschenk, left with\\nhis Treasures.\\nI, King Houschenk, have disposed of this treas-\\nure for the use of the great King Dabschelim,\\nunderstanding, by a visionary revelation, him to\\nbe the person for whom it is designed and\\namong the precious stones I have concealed this\\nmy last Will and Testament, by way of instruc-\\ntion to him, to let him know that it is not for\\nmen of reason and understanding to be dazzled\\nwith the lustre of glittering treasures. Riches\\nare but borrowed conveniences, and are to be\\nrepaid to our successors. The pleasures of this\\nworld are charming, but they are not eternal.\\nThis Testament is a thing of much more real use\\nthan all these treasures it is an abridgment of\\nthe good rules proper to regulate the conduct of\\nKings; and he must be a wise Prince who regu-\\nlates his conduct by these instructions, which are\\nin number fourteen.\\nI. That he never discard his domestic servants\\nat the solicitation of other persons. For he that\\nis near the person of a King, will never want\\nsome who will be envious and jealous of his hap-\\npiness and when they see that the King has any\\naffection for him, will, not cease, by a thousand\\ncalumnies, if it can be done, to render him odious\\nto his master.\\nII. That he never suffer in his presence flat-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "THE STORY OF DABSCHELIM AND PILPAY. 13\\nterers nor railers for these people are always\\nseeking occasions of disturbance. It is better\\nto exterminate such people from the earth, than\\nto let them be a trouble to human society.\\nIII. That he always preserve his ministers and\\ngrandees, if it be possible, in a right understand-\\ning with one another; to the end that they may\\nunanimously labor for the good and welfare of\\nthe state.\\nIV. That he never trust to the submissions of\\nhis enemies. The more affection they testify,\\nand the louder protestations they make of their\\nservices, the more artifices and villainies are to\\nbe mistrusted in them. There is no relying upon\\nthe friendship of an enemy he is to be shunned\\nwhen he approaches with the countenance of a\\nfriend, as the siren who puts on charms but with\\nan intent to destroy.\\nV. When a man has once acquired what he\\nhas diligently sought after, let him preserve it\\ncarefully for we have not every day the same\\nopportunity to gain what we desire. And when\\nwe have not preserved what we have once ac-\\nquired, we have nothing left us but the vexation\\nof having lost it. We cannot fetch the arrow\\nback which we have once let fly, though we\\nshould eat our fingers for madness.\\nVI. That we never ought to be too hasty in\\nbusiness; but, on the other side, before we put\\nany enterprise into execution, it behooveth us to\\nweigh and examine what we are going to do.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "14\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nThings done in haste and with a precipitate\\nrashness, come frequently to a mischievous con-\\nclusion. He repents in vain who cannot recall\\nwhat he has done amiss.\\nVII. That a man never despise good counsel\\nand prudence. If there be a necessity for him to\\nmake peace with his enemies, in order to deliver\\nhimself out of their hands, let him do it without\\ndelay.\\nVIII. To avoid the company of dissemblers,\\nand never to hearken to their smooth speeches\\nfor, as in their bosoms they carry nothing but\\nthe plants of enmity, they can never bring forth\\nthe fruits of friendship.\\nIX. To be merciful. Never let a Monarch in-\\nflict a punishment on his subjects or servants for\\nfaults committed through infirmity for a merci-\\nful Prince upon earth is as an angel in heaven.\\nWe ought to consider the weakness of men, and\\nin charity and goodness to conceal their de-\\nfects. Subjects have always committed faults,\\nand Kings have always pardoned them, when,\\nthey have only committed the faults which the\\ncommon frailties of human nature have betrayed\\nthem into.\\nX. Not to procure the harm or injury Of any\\nperson. On the other hand, we ought to do our\\nneighbor all the good we can. If you do good,\\ngood will be done to you but if you do evil, the\\nsame will be measured back to you again.\\nXI. That a King seek not after anything that", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "THE STORY OF DABSCHELIM AND PILPAY. 15\\nmay be below his dignity, or a subject what is\\ncontrary to his genius or nature. There are\\nmany persons who let alone their own affairs, to\\nintrude themselves into other people s business,\\nand at last do nothing at all. The crow would\\nneeds learn to fly like the partridge it was a\\nway of flying which he could never attain and\\nin attempting to learn it, he forgot his own.\\nXII. To be of a mild and affable temper.\\nMildness in society is like salt in our food as\\nsalt seasons and gives a relish to all meat, the\\nother gives content to everybody. The sword of\\nsteel is not so sharp as the sword of mildness it\\nvanquishes even invincible armies.\\nXIII. For a King to seek out faithful minis-\\nters, and never to admit into his service or coun-\\ncils knaves and deceivers. By wise and honest\\nministers the kingdom will be kept safe, and the\\nKing s secrets will never be revealed.\\nXIV. Never to be disturbed at the accidents\\nof the world. A man of resolution and true cour-\\nage suffers all adversities with a settled fortitude,\\nand relies upon the providence of Heaven, while\\na fool minds nothing but his pastime and his\\npleasure.\\nThere are several Fables of excellent instruc-\\ntion founded on every one of these heads, which\\nif the King will hear, he must go to the mountain\\nSerandib, 1 which was the mansion of our fathers,\\n1 A vast mountain, famous for the residence of many of the\\nlearned men of the East.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "16\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nand there all the histories composed to illustrate\\nand explain these admonitions will be related to\\nhim; and every question that can come into his\\nheart to ask, concerning 1 the making his people\\nhappy, will be answered as from an oracle of\\nheaven.\\nWhen the learned man had done reading, Dab-\\nschelim caught him in his arms, and eagerly em-\\nbraced him; and having received back again the\\npiece of satin, which he took with the most pro-\\nfound respect, he tied it about his arm, saying, at\\nthe same time, I was promised indeed a worldly\\ntreasure, but beside, I have found a treasure of\\nsecrets. Heaven has favored me with plenty of\\nits blessings, for which my grateful soul now\\noffers its most humble adorations and praises.\\nHaving said this, he ordered the gold and silver\\nto be distributed to the poor, and returned to his\\npalace, where all that night he did nothing but\\nruminate upon the journey which he was to make\\nto Serandib.\\nThe next morning, by sunrise, Dabschelim sent\\nfor two of his principal ministers, in whom he\\nhad great confidence to these he discovered his\\ndream, and what had afterwards befallen him,\\nand told them he had a most earnest inclination\\nto make a journey to Serandib. I have for a\\nlong time, said he, taken this course, to ad-\\nvise with my council before I undertook any of\\nmy enterprises, and in this also I am willing to", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "THE STORY OF DABSCHELIM AND PILPAY. 17\\nrefer myself to your judgments. And now I\\nhave told you my intentions, and the reason of\\nthem, I conjure you by your honors, and the es-\\nteem I have for you, to tell me what you think,\\nas a Prince who knows his duty to be the care of\\nhis subjects, I ought to do on this occasion.\\nThe two ministers desired the remainder of the\\nday and the night following, to consider the\\nwhole matter, that they might not without dne\\ndeliberation give their answer in a thing of so\\nhigh concernment. Dabschelim granted their\\nrequest, and the next day they came to wait upon\\nthe King and every one being seated in their\\nplaces, so soon as the Monarch made them the\\nsign to speak, the Grand Vizir fell upon his\\nknees, and thus began\\nSir, in my opinion, this journey is like to be\\nmore painful than profitable. Your Majesty is to\\nconsider that the person who undertakes long\\njourneys, renounces at the same time his repose\\nand to this your Majesty is not ignorant of the\\ndangers and hazards to which the roads are\\nsubject. It is not for a person of discretion to\\nchange his quiet and ease for labor and disturb-\\nance. Permit me on this occasion to call to your\\nMajesty s remembrance the Fable of the Pigeon\\nthat would needs be a traveller, and the dangers\\nwhich he met with.\\n2", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "FABLE I.\\nTHE TRAVELLING PIGEON.\\nThere were once in a certain part of your\\nMajesty s dominions two Pigeons, a finale and a\\nfemale, which had been hatched from the same\\nbrood of eggs, and bred up together afterwards in\\nthe same nest, under the roof of an old building\\nin which they lived together in mutual content\\nand perfect happiness, safely sheltered from all\\nthe injuries of the w r eather, and contented with\\na little water and a few tares. It is a treasure\\nto live in a desert when we enjoy the happiness\\nof a friend and there is no loss in quitting for\\nthe sake of such a one all other company in the\\nworld. But it seems too often the peculiar busi-\\nness of destiny to separate friends. Of these\\nPigeons the one was called the Beloved, the other\\nthe Lover. One day the Lover, having an eager\\ndesire to travel, imparted his design to his com-\\npanion. Must we always, said he, live con-\\nfined to a hole? No be it with you as you please,\\nbut for my part I am resolved to take a tour about", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "THE TRAVELLING PIGEON.\\n19\\nthe world. Travellers every day meet with new\\nthings, and acquire experience and all the great\\nand learned among our ancestors have told us,\\nthat travelling is the only means to acquire\\nknowledge. If the sword be never unsheathed, it\\ncan never show the valor of the person that wears\\nit and if the pen takes not its run through the\\nextent of a page, it can never show the eloquence\\nof the author that uses it. The heavens, by rea-\\nson of their perpetual motion, exceed in glory\\nand delight the regions beneath them and the\\ndull brute earth is the solid place for all crea-\\ntures to tread upon, only because it is immova-\\nble. If a tree could remove itself from one place\\nto another, it would neither be afraid of the saw\\nnor the wedge, nor exposed to the ill usage of the\\nwood-mongers.\\nAll this is true, said the Beloved but, my\\ndear companion, you know not, nor have you\\never yet undergone the fatigues of travel, nor\\ndo you understand what it is to live in foreign\\ncountries and believe me, travelling is a tree, the\\nchiefest fruit of which is labor and disquiet.\\nIf the fatigues of travelling are very great,\\nanswered the Lover, they are abundantly re-\\nwarded with the pleasure of seeing a thousand\\nrarities and when people are once grown accus-\\ntomed to labor, they look upon it to be no hard-\\nship.\\nTravelling, replied the Beloved, my dear\\ncompanion, is never delightful but when we travel", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "20\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nin company of our friends for when we are at a\\nfar distance from them, besides that we are ex-\\nposed to the injuries of the weather, we are\\ngrieved to find ourselves separated from what\\nwe love therefore take, my dearest, the advice\\nwhich my tenderness suggests to you never\\nleave the place where you live at ease, nor for-\\nsake the object of your dearest affection.\\nIf I find these hardships insupportable, re-\\nplied the Lover, believe me, I will return in a\\nlittle time. If I do not, be assured that I am\\nhappy, and let the consciousness of that make\\nyou also so. After they had thus reasoned the\\ncase together, they went to their rest, and meet-\\ning the next morning, the Lover being immova-\\nble in his resolution, took their leaves of each\\nother, and so parted.\\nThe Lover left his hole, like a bird that had\\nmade his escape out of a cage and as he went\\non his journey, was ravished with delight at the\\nprospect of the mountains, rivers, and gardens\\nwhich he flew over; and, arriving towards even-\\ning at the foot of a little hill, where several rivu-\\nlets, shaded with lovely trees, watered the enam-\\neled meadows, he resolved to spend the night in\\na place that so effectually resembled a terrestrial\\nparadise. But, alas how soon began he to feel\\nthe vicissitudes of fortune Hardly had he be-\\ntaken himself to his repose upon a tree, when\\nthe air grew gloomy, and blazing gleams of light-\\nning began to flash against his eyes, while the", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "THE TRAVELLING PIGEON.\\n21\\nthunder rattled along the plains, and became\\ndoubly terrible by its echoes from the neighbor-\\ning mountains. The rain also and the hail came\\ndown together in whole torrents, and made the\\npoor Pigeon hop from bow to bow r beaten, wetted\\nto the skin, and in continual terror of being con-\\nsumed in a flash of lightning. In short, he spent\\nthe night so ill, that he already heartily repented\\nhis having left his comrade.\\nThe next morning, the sun having dispersed\\nthe clouds, the Lover was prudent enough to\\ntake his leave of the tree, with a full resolution\\nto make the best of his w r ay home agaiu he had\\nnot, however, flown fifty yards, when a Sparrow-\\nhawk, with a keen appetite, perceiving our trav-\\neller, pursued him upon the wing. The Pigeon,\\nseeing him at a distance, began to tremble and,\\nas he approached nearer, utterly despairing ever\\nto see his friend again, and no less sorry that he\\nhad not followed her advice, protested that if\\never he escaped that danger, he would never\\nmore think of travelling. In this time the Spar-\\nrow-hawk had overtaken, and was just ready to\\nseize him and tear him in pieces, when a hungry\\nEagle, lancing down with a full stoop upon the\\nSparrow-hawk, cried out, Hold, let me devour\\nthat Pigeon to stay my stomach, till I find some-\\nthing else more solid. The Sparrow-hawk, how-\\never, no less courageous than hungry, would not,\\nthough unequal in strength, give way to the\\nEagle so that the two birds of prey fell to", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "22\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nfighting one with another, and in the mean time\\nthe poor Pigeon escaped, and perceiving a hole so\\nsmall that it would hardly give entrance to a Tit-\\nmouse, yet made shift to squeeze himself into it,\\nand so spent the night in a world of fear and\\ntrouble. By break of day he got out again, but\\nhe was now become so weak for want of food that\\nhe could hardly fly; add to this, he had not yet\\nhalf recovered himself from the fear he was in\\nthe day before. As he was, however, full of ter-\\nror, looking round about him to see whether the\\nSparrow-hawk or the Eagle appeared, he spied a\\nPigeon in a field at a small distance, with a great\\ndeal of corn scattered in the place where he was\\nfeeding. The Lover, rejoiced at the sight, drew\\nnear this happy Pigeon, as he thought him, and\\nwithout compliments fell to but he had hardly\\npecked three grains before he found himself\\ncaught by the legs. The pleasures of this world,\\nindeed, are generally but snares which the devil\\nlays for us.\\nBrother, said the Lover to the other Pig-\\neon, we are both of one and the same species;\\nwherefore, then, did you not inform me of this\\npiece of treachery, that I might not have fallen\\ninto these springes they have laid for us? To\\nwhich the other answered Forbear complaints\\nnobody can prevent his destiny nor can all the\\nprudence of man preserve him from inevitable\\naccidents. 55 The Lover, on this, next besought\\nhim to teach him some expedient to free himself", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "THE TRAVELLING PIGEON.\\n23\\nfrom the clanger that threatened him. Poor,\\ninnocent creature, answered the other, it I\\nknew any means to do this, dost thou not think\\nI would make use of it to deliver myself, that so\\nI might not be the occasion of surprising Others\\nof my fellow-creatures? Alas unfortunate friend,\\nthou art but like the young Camel, who, weary\\nwith travelling, cried to his mother, with tears in\\nhis eyes, mother without affection stop a lit-\\ntle, that I may take breath and rest myself. 5 To\\nwhom the mother replied, son without consid-\\neration seest thou not that my bridle is in the\\nhand of another Were I at liberty, I would\\ngladly both throw down my burden, and give\\nthee my assistance but, alas we must both\\nsubmit to what we cannot avoid or prevent.\\nOur traveller perceiving, by this discourse, that\\nall hopes of relief from others were vain, resolved\\nto rely only on himself, and strengthened by his\\nown despair, with much striving and long flutter-\\ning, at length broke the snare, and taking the\\nbenefit of his unexpected good fortune, bent his\\nflight toward his own country and such was his\\njoy for having escaped so great a danger, that\\nhe even forgot his hunger. However, at length\\npassing through a village, and lighting, merely\\nfor a little rest, upon a wall that was over against\\na field newly sown, a countryman, that was keep-\\ning the birds from his corn, perceiving the Pig-\\neon, flung a stone at him, and, while the poor\\nLover was dreaming of nothing less than of the", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "24\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nbarm that was so near him, hit him so terrible a\\nblow, that he fell quite stunned into a deep and\\ndry well that was at the foot of the wall. By\\nthis, however, he escaped being made the coun-\\ntryman s supper, who, not being able to come at\\nhis prey, left it in the well, and never thought\\nmore of it. There the Pig-eon remained all the\\nnight long in the well, with a sad heart, and a\\nwing half broken. During the night his misfor-\\ntunes would not permit him to sleep, and a thou-\\nsand times over he wished himself at home with\\nhis friend the next day, however, he so bestirred\\nhimself, that he got out of the well, and towards\\nevening arrived at his old habitation.\\nThe Beloved, hearing the fluttering of her com-\\npanion s wings, flew forth with a more than ordi-\\nnary joy to meet him but seeing him so weak\\nand in so bad a condition, asked him tenderly the\\nreason of it upon which the Lover told he* all\\nhis adventures, protesting heartily to take her\\nadvice for the future, and never to travel more.\\nI have recited, concluded the Vizir, this\\nexample to your Majesty, to dissuade you from\\npreferring the inconveniences of travelling, to the\\nrepose that you enjoy at home, among the praises\\nand adorations of a loyal and happy people.\\nWise Vizir/ said the King, I acknowledge\\nit a painful thing to travel but it is no less true\\nthat there is great and useful knowledge to be\\ngained by it. Should a man be always tied to", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "THE TRAVELLING PIGEON.\\n25\\nhis own house or his own country, he would be\\ndeprived of the sight and enjoyment of an infinite\\nnumber of noble things. And to continue your\\nallegoric history of birds, the Falcon is happy in\\nseeing the beauties of the world, while Princes\\nfrequently carry them upon their hands, and for\\nthat honor and pleasure he quits the inglorious\\nlife of the nest. On the other hand, the Owl is\\ncontemned, because he always hides himself in\\nruinous buildings and dark holes, and delights in\\nnothing but retirement. The mind of man ought\\nto fly abroad and soar like the Falcon, not hide\\nitself like the Owl. He that travels renders him-\\nself acceptable to all the world, and men of wis-\\ndom and learning are pleased with his conversa-\\ntion. Nothing is more clear and limpid than\\nrunning water, while stagnating puddles grow\\nthick and muddy. Had the famous Falcon, that\\nwas bred in the Raven s nest, never flown abroad,\\nhe would never have been so highly advanced.\\nThe Vizir, on this, humbly besought the King to\\nrecite that Fable, which he did in the following\\nmanner.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "FABLE II.\\nTHE FALCON AND THE RAVEN.\\nThere were once two Falcons which had built\\ntheir nests near one another in a very high moun-\\ntain, from whence they flew every way round\\nthem to seek food for their young* ones. One\\nday, as they were flown abroad upon the same\\ndesign, they stayed from their nests a little too\\nlong*; for, in the mean time, one of the young*\\nones, very hungry, put his head so far out of the\\nnest to look for them, that he tumbled over, and\\nfell from the top to the foot of the mountain at\\nthis instant, a Raven, that happened to be in that\\npart, met with the fallen youngling, and at first\\ntook it for a Rat which some other Raven had\\naccidentally let fall but, on more examination,\\nfinding by his beak and his talons that he was a\\nbird of prey, he began to have a kindness for\\nhim; and looking upon himself as an instrument\\nordained by Heaven to save the helpless creature,\\ncarried it to his own nest, and bred it up with\\nhis own young ones, where the Falcon grew every", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "THE FALCON AND THE RAVEN.\\n27\\nday bigger and bigger, and, coming at length to\\nbe of age to make reflections, nobly began to say\\nto himself, If I am brother to these Ravens,\\nwhy am I not made as they are? And if I am\\nnot of their race and progeny, why do I tarry\\nhere\\nOne day as he was taken up with these medi-\\ntations, Son, said the Raven to him, I have\\nobserved thee for some time to be very sad and\\npensive I conjure thee, let me know the cause\\nof it if anything grieves thee, conceal it not\\nfrom me, for I will endeavor thy relief and con-\\nsolation.\\nI know not myself, replied the Falcon, the\\nreason of my desires, but I have long resolved\\nto beg your permission to travel. 5\\nSon, cried the Raven, thou art forming\\na design in thy young imagination, which my\\nriper years can inform thee will create in thee an\\ninfinite deal of pains and danger. Travelling is\\na sea that swallows up all the world. Wise peo-\\nple, however, never travel, unless it be either to\\nget great estates, or because they cannot live con-\\ntented and easy at home neither of these two\\nreasons, thanks to Heaven, can, I think, have in-\\nfused this design into thy brain, because thou\\nwantest for nothing-, and why therefore wouldst\\nthou leave us? Thou hast the absolute power\\nover thy brothers and sisters, and all that I can\\ndo for thee thou needest but command. It is a\\ngreat folly, therefore, in thee to quit an assured", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "28\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nrepose at home, to ramble in search of trouble\\nand disquiet in foreign countries.\\nTo this the Falcon replied, Sir, what you tell\\nme is most true, and I take it as a demonstration\\nof your paternal kindness for me; but I feel\\nsomething within me, which persuades me that I\\nlead a life here in this place not worthy of my-\\nself.\\nThe Raven, on this, could not but observe, that\\nin despite of a bad education, persons nobly de-\\nscended are still the masters of sentiments be-\\ncoming their birth. He would fain, however,\\nhave put him upon farther discourse, in hopes to\\nwean him from this strong inclination to travel\\nand to that purpose, Son, said he, my exhor-\\ntations are persuasions to sobriety and contented-\\nness but those high soaring* thoughts of thine\\nare only the effects of avarice. And let me as-\\nsure thee of this, That whoever is not contented\\nwith what he has, can never be at quiet in his\\nmind; and I am in the highest degree concerned\\nto find thou art not satisfied with thy condition\\nbut take with thee this my friendly admonition\\nBeware, lest what once befell the greedy and am-\\nbitious Cat should happen to thee also. The\\nstory is this.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "FABLE III.\\nTHE GREEDY AND AMBITIOUS CAT.\\nThere was formerly an old Woman in a vil-\\nlage, extremely thin, half-starved, and meagre.\\nShe lived in a little cottage as dark and gloomy\\nas a fool s heart, and withal as close shnt up as a\\nmiser s hand. This miserable creature had for\\nthe companion of her wretched retirements a\\nCat meagre and lean as herself the poor crea-\\nture never saw bread, nor beheld the face of a\\nstranger, and was forced to be contented with\\nonly smelling the mice in their holes, or seeing\\nthe prints of their feet in the dust. If by some\\nextraordinary lucky chance this miserable animal\\nhappened to catch a mouse, she was like a beggar\\nthat discovers a treasure her visage and her\\neyes were inflamed with joy, and that booty served\\nher for a whole week and out of the excess of\\nher admiration, and distrust of her own happi-\\nness, she would cry out to herself, Heavens Is\\nthis a dream, or is it real? One day, however,\\nready to die for hunger, she got upon the ridge", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "30\\nTHE, FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nof her enchanted castle, which had long been the\\nmansion of famine for eats, and spied from thence\\nanother Cat, that was stalking upon a neighbor s\\nwall like a Lion, walking along as if she had been\\ncounting her steps, and so fat that she could\\nhardly go. The old Woman s Cat, astonished to\\nsee a creature of her own species so plump and so\\nlarge, with a loud voice, cries out to her pursy\\nneighbor, In the name of pity, speak to me,\\nthou happiest of the Cat kind why, you look as\\nif you came from one of the Khan 1 of Kathai s\\nfeasts I conjure ye, to tell me how or in what\\nregion it is that you get your skin so well\\nstuffed 55\\nWhere? replied the fat one; why, where\\nshould one feed well but at a King s table?\\nI go to the house, continued she, every day\\nabout dinner-time, and there I lay my paws\\nupon some delicious morsel or other, which serves\\nme till the next, and then leave enough lor an\\narmy of mice, which under me live in peace and\\ntranquillity for why should I commit murder for\\na piece of tough and skinny mouse-flesh, when I\\ncan live on venison at a much easier rate\\nThe lean Cat, on this, eagerly inquired the way\\nto this house of plenty, and entreated her plump\\nneighb r to carry her one day along with her.\\nMost willingly, said the fat Puss for thou\\nseest I am naturally charitable, and thou art so\\nlean that I heartily pity thy condition. On\\n1 A Nobleman of the East, famous for his hospitality.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "THE GREEDY AND AMBITIOUS CAT.\\n31\\nthis promise they parted and the lean Cat re-\\nturned to the old Woman s chamber, where she\\ntold her dame the story of what had befallen her.\\nThe old Woman prudently endeavored to dis-\\nsuade her Cat from prosecuting her design, ad-\\nmonishing her withal to have a care of being de-\\nceived for, believe me/ said she, the desires\\nof the ambitious are never to be satiated, but\\nwhen their mouths are stuffed with the dirt of\\ntheir graves. Sobriety and temperance are the\\nonly things that truly enrich people. I must tell\\nthee, poor silly Cat, that they who travel to sat-\\nisfy their ambition, have no knowledge of the\\ngood things they possess, nor are they truly\\nthankful to Heaven for what they enjoy, who are\\nnot contented with their fortune.\\nThe poor starved Cat, however, had conceived\\nso fair an idea of the King s table, that the\\nold Woman s g-ood morals and judicious remon-\\nstrances entered in at one ear and went out at\\nthe other; in short, she departed the next day\\nwith the fat Puss to go to the King s house\\nbut, alas before she got thither, her destiny had\\nlaid a snare for her. For being a house of good\\ncheer, it was so haunted with cats, that the ser-\\nvants had, just at this time, orders to kill all the\\ncats that came near it, by reason of a great rob-\\nbery committed the night before in the King s\\nlarder by several grimalkins. The old Woman s\\nCat, however, pushed on by hunger, entered the\\nhouse, and no sooner saw a dish of meat unob-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "32\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY,\\nserved by the cooks, but she made a seizure of it,\\nand was doing what for many years she had not\\ndone before, that is, heartily filling her belly,; but\\nas she was enjoying herself under the dresser-\\nboard, and feeding* heartily upon her stolen\\nmorsels, one of the testy officers of the kitchen,\\nmissing his breakfast, and seeing where the poor\\nCat was solacing herself with .it, threw his\\nknife at her with such an unlucky hand, that it\\nstruck her full in the breast. However, as it has\\nbeen the providence of Nature to give this crea-\\nture nine lives instead of one, poor Puss made a\\nshift to crawl away, after she had for some time\\nshammed dead: but, in her flight, observing the\\nblood come streaming from her wound, Well,\\nsaid she, let me but escape this accident, and if\\never I quit my old hold and my own mice for all\\nthe rarities in the King s kitchen, may I lose all\\nmy nine lives at once.\\nI cite you this example, to show you, that it\\nis better to be contented with what one has than\\nto travel in search of w hat ambition prompts us\\nto seek for.\\nWhat you say, said the Falcon, is true, and\\nit is a very wholesome advice but it is for mean\\nand low spirits only to confine themselves always\\nto a little hole. He that aspires to be a King,\\nmust begin with the conquest of a kingdom, and\\nhe that would meet a crown must go in search\\nof it. An effeminate and lazy life can never\\nagree with a great soul.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "THE GREEDY AND AMBITIOUS CAT.\\n33\\nYou are very magnanimous, Sou/ 5 replied the\\nRaven, and I perceive design great conquests\\nbut let me tell you, your enterprise cannot so\\nsoon be put in execution before you can con-\\nquer a kingdom, you must get together arms and\\narmies, and make great preparations.\\nu My talons, replied the Falcon, are instru-\\nments sufficient to bring about my design, and\\nmyself am equal to the undertaking. Sure you\\nnever heard the story of the warrior, who by his\\nsingle valor became a King\\nu No, replied the Raven therefore let me\\nhear it from you. On which the Falcon related\\nit in this manner.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "FABLE IV.\\nTHE POOR MAN WHO BECAME A GREAT KING.\\nIt being the pleasure of Heaven to rescue\\nfrom misery a Man who lived in extreme poverty,\\nProvidence gave him a Son, who from his infancy\\nshowed signal signs that he would one day come\\nto be a great man. This infant became an im-\\nmediate blessing to the old Man s house, for his\\nwealth increased from day to day, from the time\\nthat the child was born. So soon as this young\\none could speak, he talked of nothing but swords,\\nand bows and arrows. The Father sent him to\\nschool, and did all he could to infuse into him a\\ngood relish of learning but he neglected his\\nbook, and devoted his thoughts to nothing but\\nrunning at the ring, and other warlike exercises\\nwith the other children.\\nWhen he came to the years of discretion,\\nSon/ said his Father to him, thou art now\\npast the age of childhood, and art in the greatest\\ndanger to fall into disorder and irregularity, if\\nthou givest thyself over to thy passions. I there-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "THE POOR MAN WHO BECAME A GREAT KING. 35\\nfore intend to prevent that accident by marrying\\nthee betimes.\\nDear Father/ replied the stripling, for\\nHeaven s sake, refuse me not the mistress which\\nmy youthful years have already made choice of. 5\\nWho is that mistress presently replied\\nthe old Man, with great earnestness and uneasi-\\nness (for he had already looked out for him the\\ndaughter of a neighboring hind, and agreed the\\nmatter with her father), and what is her condi-\\ntion?\\nThis is she, the lad made answer, showing\\nhis Father a very noble sword and by virtue\\nof this I expect to become master of a throne.\\nThe Father gave him many reasons to imagine\\nhe disapproved his intentions, and looked on\\nthem as little better than madness many a good\\nlecture followed during the remainder of the day\\nto avoid which for the future, the young hero the\\nnext morning quitted his Father s house, and\\ntravelled in search of opportunities to signalize\\nhis courage many years he warred under the\\ncommand of different Monarchs at length, after\\nhe had everywhere signalized himself, not only by\\nhis conduct, but by his personal courage, a neigh-\\nboring Monarch, who, with his whole family, lay\\nbesieged in a small fortress, sent to him to be-\\nseech him to accept of the command of all his\\nforces, to get them together, and endeavor to\\nraise the siege, and relieve them in which, if\\nhe succeeded, he w T ould make him his adopted", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "36\\nTHE FABLES OF FILPAY.\\nson, and the heir of his vast empire our young\\nwarrior engaged in this, raised a vast army,\\nfought the besiegers in their trenches, entirely\\nconquered them, and was the gainer of a glorious\\nvictory but, alas the heat of the action made\\nhim not perceive that the fortress in which the\\nKing was, was in flames; some treacherous per-\\nson had fired it, at the instigation of the general\\nof the besieger s army, and the King and his\\nwhole family perished in the flames the old\\nMonarch just lived, however, to see his deliverer,\\nand to settle on him the inheritance of his crown.\\nThe Royal Family being* all extinct by this fatal\\ncalamity, the nobles ratified the grant, and our\\nillustrious hero lived many years a great and\\nglorious monarch.\\nI have recited this example, said the Falcon\\nto the Raven, that you may understand that I\\nalso find myself born to undertake great enter-\\nprises I have a strange foreboding within me,\\nthat I shall prove no less fortunate than this\\nfamous warrior and for this reason can never\\nquit my design. 5 When the Raven perceived\\nhim so fixed in his resolution, he consented to his\\nputting it in execution persuaded that so noble\\na courage would never be guilty of idle or unwor-\\nthy actions.\\nThe Falcon having taken his leave of the Ra-\\nven, and bid farewell to all his pretended breth-\\nren, left the nest and flew away; long he con-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "THE POOR MAN WHO BECAME A GREAT KING. 37\\ntinned flying, and in love with liberty, and at\\nlength stopped upon a high mountain here,\\nlooking- round about him, he spied a Partridge\\nin the fallow grounds that made all the neigh-\\nboring hills resound with her note. Presently\\nthe Falcon lanced himself upon her, and having\\ngot her in his pounce, began to tear and eat her.\\nThis is no bad beginning, said he to himself;\\nthough it were for nothing but to taste such\\ndelicate food tis better travelling than to lie\\nsleeping in a nasty nest, and feed upon carrion,\\nas my brothers do. Thus he spent three days in\\ncaressing himself with delicate morsels but on\\nthe fourth, being- on the top of another mountain,\\nhe saw a company of men that were hawking\\nthese happened to be the King of the country\\nwith all his court; and while he was gazing upon\\nthem, he saw their Falcon in pursuit of a Heron.\\nUpon that, pricked forward by a noble emulation,\\nhe flies with all his force, gets before the King s\\nFalcon, and overtakes the Heron. The King,\\nadmiring this agility, commands his Falconers\\nto make use of all their cunning- to catch this\\nnoble bird, which by good luck they did. And in\\na little time he so entirely won the affection of\\nthe King, that he did him the honor to carry him\\nusually upon his own hand.\\nHad he always stayed in his nest, concluded\\nthe Monarch, this good fortune had never be-\\nfallen him. And you see by this Fable, that it is", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "38\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nno unprofitable thing to travel. It rouses the\\ngenius of people, and renders them capable of\\nnoble achievements. Dabschelim having ended\\nhis discourse, the Vizir, after he had made his\\nsubmissions, and paid his duty according to cus-\\ntom, came forward, and addressing himself to the\\nKing, said, Sir, what your Majesty has said is\\nmost true, but I cannot but think yet that it is\\nnot advisable that a great, a glorious, and happy\\nKing should quit his repose for the hardship and\\ndanger of travelling.\\nMen of courage, answered the Kiug, de-\\nlight in labor, fatigue, and danger. If Kings,\\nwho have power, strip not the thorns from the\\nrose-bushes, the poor can never gather the roses\\nand till Princes have endured the inconveniences\\nof campaigns, the people can never sleep in\\npeace. Nobody can be safe in these dominions,\\nwhile thou seekest nothing but my ease. He that\\ntravels meets with rest, and everything else that\\nhe desires, like the Leopard, who by his pains\\nand diligence, and despising the fatigues of\\ntravelling, acquired what he wished for.\\nUpon this, the Vizir humbly besought the\\nKing to relate that Fable to his slave, which he\\ndid in these words.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "FABLE V.\\nTHE LEOPARD AND THE LION.\\nIn the neighborhood of Bassora, there was a\\nvery lovely island, in which grew a most delight-\\nful wood, where pleasing breezes whispered their\\nlove stories to the rustling leaves this enchant-\\ning forest was watered with several fountains,\\nwhence a number of recreating streams ran\\ngently winding to every part of it in this lovely\\nplace there lodged a Leopard so furious, that even\\nthe most daring Lion durst not approach with-\\nin a league of his habitation. For several years\\nhis renowned and unequaled courage kept him\\nin peace within this island with a little Leopard\\nthat was his favorite and heir. To whom, said\\nhe, one day, 6C Son, so soon as thou shalt be\\nstrong enough to oppose my enemies, I will re-\\nsign to thee the care of governing this island,\\nand retire into one corner of it, where I will\\nspend the remainder of my days, without trouble\\nor molestation. But death crossed the old\\nLeopard s design he died when he least dreamt", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "40\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nof it, and the young one, before he expected it,\\nsucceeded him. The ancient enemies of the old\\nLeopard no sooner heard of his death, and the\\nweakness of his successor, but they entered into\\na league, and together invaded the island; and\\nthe young Leopard, finding himself unable to\\nwithstand such a number of enemies, made his\\nescape into the deserts, and there secured him-\\nself. In the mean time, his enemies having to-\\ngether made themselves masters of the island,\\nevery one claimed an equal right to the sover-\\neignty, and each would command in chief. Thus\\nthey fell out, and the business came to the decis-\\nion of a bloody battle, wherein the Lion, being\\nvictor, drove all the rest of his competitors out\\nof his territories, and became the sole and peace-\\nable master of the island.\\nSome years after, the Leopard, having devoted\\nhis life to travel, in one of his journeys, meeting\\nan assembled body of Lions in a remote part of\\nthe forest, recounted to them his misfortunes, and\\nbesought them to assist him in the recovery of\\nhis just inheritance. But the Lions, who knew\\nfull well the strength of the usurper, refused\\ntheir assistance to the Leopard, and replied,\\nPoor silly creature, dost thou not understand\\nthat thy island is now under the power of a Lion\\nso redoubted that the very birds are afraid to\\nfly over his head We advise thee rather, added\\nthey, to go and wait upon him, submissively\\noffer thy services to him, and take some lucky", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "THE LEOPARD AND THE LION.\\n41\\nopportunity privately to revenge the injuries he\\nhas done thee/\\nThe Leopard followed this counsel, went to the\\nLion s court, and there intruding- himself into\\nthe acquaintance of one of the most favorite do-\\nmestics, by a thousand caresses, engaged him to\\ngive him an opportunity to discourse with his\\nmaster. When he had obtained permission, he\\nplayed his part so well that the Lion found him\\nto be a creature of so much merit that he con-\\nferred a very noble employment upon him in his\\ncourt, and in a very little time the Leopard so\\ninsinuated himself into the Lion s favor, that the\\nfirst grandees of the court began to grow jealous\\nof him. But their jealousies were all vain, the\\nLion found him more valuable than them all, and\\nin spite of all their idle malice, treated him ac-\\ncordingly. It happened some time after this,\\nthat some extraordinary exigence of state called\\naway the Lion to a place far distant from the\\nisland but the Monarch, being now grown lazy,\\nhad no mind to stir out of his delightful abode at\\na time that the heat was so excessive this the\\nLeopard perceiving, offered to undertake the voy-\\nage himself, and after he had obtained leave, de-\\nparted, arrived at the place, dispatched his busi-\\nness, and returned back to court with such an\\nunexpected speed, that the King, admiring his\\ndiligence, said to those about him, This Leopard\\nis one whom it is impossible for me sufficiently\\nto reward he contemns labor, and despises hard-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "42\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nship, so it be to procure the welfare and peace\\nof my dominions. Having* said this, he sent for\\nthe Leopard, highly applauded his zeal, and, in\\nreward of his services, gave him the government\\nof all his forests, and made him his heir. Now,\\nVizir, had not the Leopard undertaken this jour-\\nney, he had never regained his island.\\nThe Minister, now finding* that it would be im-\\npossible to dissuade the King from the resolution\\nhe had taken to travel, said no more to hinder\\nhim, and he soon prepared for his journey. Dur-\\ning his absence he intrusted those Vizirs, in\\nwhom he had the greatest confidence, with the\\ncare of his dominions, and charged them above\\nall things to be kind and loving to the people.\\nAfter a thousand admonitions of this kind, and a\\nstrict care that none but people worthy their of-\\nfice were left in trust till his return, the glorious\\nDabschelim being at ease within himself, and in\\nfull peace of mind, set forward with some of his\\ncourtiers for Serandib, where he at length safely\\narrived after a long and painful journey. When\\nhe had given himself the refreshment of a short\\nrepose, he began to think of the business of his\\njourney. He spent first, however, three days in\\nwalking about and taking a full view of the city\\nthen leaving his most cumbersome baggage be-\\nhind, as also some part of his train, he crossed\\nthe mountain, which he found wonderfully high\\nand steep, but environed with a great number of", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "THE LEOPARD AND THE LION. 43\\npleasant gardens and lovely meadows. When he\\nhad now crossed the mountain and was descend-\\ning on the other side, he perceived a very obscure\\nden or cavern, which, on his inquiry, the inhabit-\\nants of the mountain told him was the retirement\\nof a certain hermit, called Bidpay, that is to say,\\nthe friendly physician and that some of the\\nIndian grandees called him Pilpay that he was a\\nperson of profound knowledge, and had retired\\nfrom the world in contempt of the hurry and van-\\nity of it, and pleased himself in leading a solitary\\nlife. This highly increased Dabschelim s curios-\\nity, who therefore went himself to the mouth of\\nthe cave, and Pilpay, seeing him approach, went\\nout to meet him, and invited him in. The King\\nbeing entered, the old Brahmin besought him to\\nrest himself, and begged leave to ask him the\\nreason of his taking so long and dangerous a\\njourney. The King, who had something of a\\nprophetic apprehension that he should meet with\\nwhat he sought for in his converse with this old\\nman, recounted to him the whole story of his\\ntravels, his dream, the discovery of the treasure,\\nand what was contained in the piece of white\\nsatin. The Brahmin then, with a look of the\\nhighest pleasure, told the King he looked upon\\nthose to be a happy people who lived under his\\nreign, and that he could not sufficiently applaud\\nhis having contemned the fatigues of a tedious\\njourney, to acquire knowledge for the felicity of\\nhis subjects. Then taking occasion from hence,", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "44\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nhe opened his lips, like a cabinet of precious knowl-\\nedge, and charmed Dabscheliui with his admira-\\nble discourses. After several other things, they\\ntalked concerning Houschenk s letter. Dabsche-\\nliui read the admonitions which it contained one\\nafter the other at the end of each Pilpay gave\\nthe fables which served to illustrate them, and\\nthe Monarch heedfully kept them in his memory.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER II.\\nTHAT WE OUGHT TO AYOID THE INSINUATIONS\\nOF FLATTERERS AND BACKBITERS.\\nHE first admonition, said the Monarch\\nto the Brahmin, contained in this most\\ninestimable legacy of moral precepts, is,\\nthat Kings ought never to listen to false reports,\\nor the insinuating malice of flatterers, which\\nnever produce anything but misfortunes, and\\nalways bring an ill end to such as hearken to\\nthem.\\nWhoever, cried the Brahmin, observes not\\nthis command, must needs be ignorant of the\\nFable of the Lion and the Ox. Upon which, the\\nKing being desirous to hear it, Pilpay, in the fol-\\nlowing manner, began the Fables.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "FABLE I.\\nTHE MERCHANT AND HIS CHILDREN BEING\\nTHE INTRODUCTION TO THE FABLE OF THE\\nLION AND THE OX.\\nA certain Merchant, a man well skilled in the\\naffairs of the world, falling sick, and perceiving\\nthat his age and his distemper would not long\\npermit him to live, called his three sons together,\\nwho were very debauched, and wasted his estate\\nin riot and disorder. Sons, said he, I know\\nyou may be in some measure excused for thus\\nconsuming my estate, inasmuch as that you know\\nnot what it cost to get it but it becomes you to\\nlearn, at least, that riches should be only prop-\\nerly made instrumental to acquire the blessings\\nof heaven and earth. There are three things\\nthat men of different tempers and dispositions\\nlabor for in this world with more than ordinary\\nvehemence. The first is, to enjoy all the pleas-\\nures of life and the seekers after these are the\\npeople who are addicted to intemperance, and\\nabandon themselves to sensual delights. The", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "THE MERCHANT AND HIS CHILDREN. 47\\nsecond is, to obtain high dignities and prefer-\\nments those who endeavor after these are the\\nambitious, who only love to command and be ad-\\nmired. The third is, to acquire more valuable\\nand more lasting joys, the joys of heaven and\\nto take delight in doing good to others. Those\\nwho place their happiness in these noble enjoy-\\nments, deserve the highest admiration and ap-\\nplauses. But, my sons, there is no way to attain\\nthis last great end, but by the means of wealth\\nwell got. Now seeing that what we seek for in\\nthis world is not to be had without money that,\\nas it can procure us whatever we search for, must\\nbe first of all acquired, and most carefully pre-\\nserved but they who meet an estate already got\\nto their hands, know not the trouble of getting\\nit, and that is the reason they consume it so\\nprodigally. Therefore, dear children, give over\\nthis irregular life, take care of yourselves, and\\nrather endeavor to increase your estates, than to\\nwaste them in these idle extravagances.\\nu Father, replied the eldest son, you com-\\nmand us to acquire but you should consider\\nthat acquisition depends only upon fortune. This\\nalso I am perfectly convinced of, that we shall\\nnever want what is destined us, though we\\nshould never stir a foot to obtain it on the\\nother side, we shall never be masters of what is\\nnot ordained for us, though we should torment\\nourselves to death in the endeavoring after it.\\nI remember an old proverb Whenever I fled", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "48\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nwhat destiny had allotted, I always met with it\\nbut whenever I sought for that which never was\\nappointed me, 1 never could find it. This is\\nclearly to be seen by the Fable of the old King s\\ntwo Sons-; of which, one discovered his father s\\ntreasures, and gained the kingdom with little\\ntrouble, while the other lost it, though he did all\\nhe could to preserve it. The Father on this\\ndesired that he might hear this story, which his\\nSon rehearsed as follows.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "FABLE II.\\nTHE KING AND HIS TWO SONS.\\nIn the country of Ardos, 1 there lived an ancient\\nKing, who had two sons, both covetous, yet\\ngiven to debauchery. This Monarch finding the\\ninfirmities of age increase upon him, and that he\\nwas hasting to the other world, and considering\\nthe humor of his two sons, was much afraid that\\nafter his death they would dissipate in idle ex-\\npenses the vast treasure which he had heaped\\ntogether, and therefore resolved to hide it.\\nWith this design he went to a religious Hermit\\nwho had retired from the world, and in whom lie\\nhad a very great confidence. By the counsel of\\nthis Hermit, the treasure was buried in the earth\\nnear where the Hermit dwelt, so privately that\\nnobody knew anything of it. This done, the\\nKing made his will, which he put into the Her-\\nmit s hands, with these farther orders. 1\\ncharge you/ said he, yet to reveal this treasure\\nto my children, when after my death you see them\\n1 Ardos is a province to the northeast of the river Indus.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "50\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nin the distresses of poverty. It may be, added\\nthe King, that when they have suffered a little\\nhardship, they will become more prudent in their\\nconduct.\\nThe Hermit having promised all fidelity in the\\nobservance of the King s commands, the Monarch\\nreturned to his palace, and in a short time after\\ndied nor did the Hermit long survive him the\\ntreasure therefore lay concealed, probably forever\\nto continue so, in the hermitage. The King\\nbeing now dead, the sons could not agree about\\nthe succession. This occasioned a bloody war\\nbetween them and the eldest, who was the more\\npowerful, utterly despoiled his younger brother\\nof all that he had. This young Prince, thus de-\\nprived of his inheritance, fell into a deep melan-\\ncholy, and resolved to quit the world. To that\\npurpose he left the city, and calling to mind\\nthe kindness between his Father and the Hermit,\\nThere is no other way for me, said he to him-\\nself, but to find out this honest man, that I may\\nlearn of him to live as he does, and end my life\\nin peace and contentedness in his company. 5\\nWith this resolution he left the city, but com-\\ning to the hermitage, found that the Hermit was\\ndead. He was greatly afflicted and disappointed\\nat this unexpected chance, but at length came to\\na resolution to live as he had done, and accord-\\ningly made choice of his retirement for his habi-\\ntation.\\nNow there was in this hermitage a well, which", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "THE KING AND HIS TWO SONS. 51\\nhad been used to supply the place with water,\\nbut it was now dry; to inquire into the cause of\\nthis, the unhappy Prince ventured to let himself\\ndown to the bottom of the well but how great\\nwas his astonishment, when he saw the lower\\npart of it for a great depth filled with his father s\\ntreasures. On finding this, he was thankful to\\nHeaven, and wisely took up a resolution to lay\\nout his money with more moderation than he had\\ndone before.\\nOn the other hand, his brother, who sat se-\\ncurely reveling upon his throne without any care\\nof his people or his army, imagining with himself\\nthat his father s treasure was hid in the palace,\\nas he had told him upon his death-bed, one day,\\nbeing at war with a neighboring Prince, was ob-\\nliged to have recourse to his expected treasure.\\nBut how was he amazed, after he had sought a\\nlong time and found nothing this quite disabled\\nhim from raising a powerful army, and threw him\\ninto a very great fit of melancholy. However,\\nmaking a virtue of necessity, he raised what\\nforce he could, and marched out of the city to\\nmeet and encounter his enemy. The battle was\\nobstinate, and this King and his enemy were both\\nslain so that the two armies, enraged at the loss\\nof their leaders, fell to butchering each other\\nwith equal fury, till at length the generals, having\\nagreed together that it would be their better way\\nto choose a mild aud gentle King for the govern-\\nment of the state, went and found out the young", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "52\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nPrince, who was retired to the hermitage, con-\\nducted him in great pomp to the royal palace,\\nand sat him upon the throne.\\nThis Fable shows that it is better for men\\nto rely upon Providence, than to torment them-\\nselves about the acquisition of a thing that was\\nnever ordained them.\\nWhen the young man had ended his Fable,\\nAll this, said the Father may be true but\\nall effects have their causes, and he who relies\\nupon Providence without considering these, had\\nneed to be instructed by the ensuing Fable.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "FABLE III.\\nTHE DERVISE, THE FALCON, AND THE RAVEN\\nA certain Dervise used to relate, that, in his\\nyouth, once passing through a wood and admir-\\ning the works of the great Author of Nature, he\\nspied a Falcon that held a piece of flesh in his\\nbeak and hovering about a tree, tore the flesh\\ninto bits, and gave it to a young Raven that lay\\nbald and featherless in its nest. The Dervise ad-\\nmiring the bounty of Providence, in a rapture of\\nadmiration, cried out, Behold this poor bird,\\nthat is not able to seek out sustenance for him-\\nself, is not, however, forsaken of its Creator, who\\nspreads the whole world like a table, where all\\ncreatures have their food ready provided for\\nthem He extends his liberality so far, that the\\nserpent finds wherewith to live upon the moun-\\ntain of Gahen. 1 Why, then, am I so greedy, and\\nwherefore do I run to the ends of the earth, and\\nplough up the oceau for bread Is it not better\\n1 A mountain in the East, famous for a vast number of venom-\\nous animals.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "54\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nthat I should henceforward confine myself in\\nrepose to some little corner, and abandon myself\\nto fortune. Upon this he retired to his cell,\\nwhere, without putting* himself to any farther\\ntrouble for anything in the faorld, he remained\\nthree days and three nights without victuals.\\nAt last, Servant of mine, said the Creator to\\nhim in a dream, know thou that all things\\nin this world have their causes and though my\\nprovidence can never be limited, my wisdom re-\\nquires that men shall make use of the means that\\nI hav.e ordained them. If thou wouldst imitate\\nany one of the birds thou hast seen to my glory,\\nuse the talents I have given thee, and imitate the\\nFalcon that feeds the Raven, and not the Raven\\nthat lies a sluggard in his nest, and expects his\\nfood from another.\\nThis example shows us that we are not to\\nlead idle and lazy lives upon the pretense of de-\\npending upon Providence.\\nOn this the elder son was silenced, but the sec-\\nond son, taking upon him to speak, said to his\\nFather, You advise us, sir, to labor, and get\\nestates and riches 3 but when we have heaped up\\na great deal of wealth, is it not also necessary\\nthat you inform us what we shall do with it?\\nTis easy to acquire wealth, replied the\\nFather, but a difficult thing to expend it well.\\nRiches many times prove very fatal an instance\\nof which you may see in the following Fable.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "FABLE IV.\\nTHE COUNTRYMAN AND SEVERAL RATS.\\nThere was once a certain Husbandman, who\\nhad a barn full of corn, which he carefully kept\\nclose locked up not far from this lived a Rat,\\nwho long labored on every side of it, endeavoring\\nto make a hole somewhere to creep in at. After\\ngreat trouble he at length found his way into the\\nbarn, where, when he had thoroughly filled his\\nbelly, amazed at the vast treasures which he saw\\nhimself master of, away he ran, full of joy, and\\ngave notice of it to a multitude of other Rats, his\\nneighbors telling them of his immense riches,\\nbut carefully concealing the place where they lay.\\nOn the news of his good fortune, all the Rats of\\nthe neighboring villages presently flocked about\\nhim, and made him a thousand offers of their ser-\\nvice, scraping and cringing to him, and soothing\\nhim in all the excursions of his fantastic humor.\\nThe fool, taking all this for reality, grew very\\nproud and stately, as believing himself to be some\\nextraordinary person and never considering that", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "56\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nthis magazine was not to last always, began most\\nextravagantly to play the prodigal at the poor\\nHusbandman s cost, treating his companions and\\nflatterers every day with as much as they could\\ncram down. At this juncture of time there hap-\\npened in the same country so terrible a famine,\\nthat the poor cried out for bread while the Bat\\nlay wallowing in plenty. The Husbandman now\\nbelieving it his time to make the best of his corn,\\nopened his barn door; but finding a most un-\\nexpected consumption of his store, he fell into a\\npassion, and presently removed what he had to\\nanother place. The Rat, who looked upon him-\\nself to be sole master of misrule in the barn, was\\nthen asleep, but his parasites were awake, and\\nseeing the Husbandman go and come, soon be-\\ngan to fear there was something the matter, and\\nthat they should by and by be murdered for their\\nmonstrous robberies upon this they betook\\nthemselves every one to flight, leaving the poor\\ncullied Rat fast asleep, not one of them having\\ngratitude enough to give him the least hint of\\nthe danger that threatened him. This is the\\npractice of your smell-feast friends while you\\nkeep a plentiful table they are your most humble\\nand obedient servants, but when the accommoda-\\ntion fails, like Tartars, they seek for other pas-\\ntures, and leave y.ou to destruction.\\nThe Rat, however, soon after waking*, was\\namazed to find none of his pickthanks at his el-\\nbow he left his hole in great haste, to know the", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "THE COUNTRYMAN AND SEVERAL RATS! 57\\ncause, which he soon found out; for going to the\\nbarn, and finding all was gone, not so much being\\nleft as would suffice him for that day, he fell into\\nsuch a deep despair, that in anger and distraction\\nhe beat out his brains against the next wall, and\\nso ended his days. This example, Son, shows us\\nthat we ought to live according to our income.\\nThe second brother being silenced also by this\\nstory, the youngest, taking his turn, said, Fa-\\nther, you have well instructed us how to gain\\nmoney, and to guard against the foolish wasting\\nit, but now pray inform us, when we have ac-\\nquired this wealth you speak of, what is to be\\ndone with it\\nIt is to be made use of, replied the Father,\\nupon all just occasions but more especially\\nfor the conveniences of life, according to the\\nrules of temperance and justice. In the first\\nplace, your expenses ought not to be such as\\nafterwards to be repented of by yourselves, or\\ncondemned by others as the waste of prodigality\\nand, in the second, it is a good general rule\\nagainst the other extreme, that no man ought\\nby his avarice to render himself hateful to the\\nworld.\\nThe Father having thus exhorted his children\\nto follow his counsel, they betook themselves all\\nthree to particular callings. The eldest of them\\nturned merchant, and travelled into foreign coun-\\ntries: among other goods, w T hich he purchased\\nfor the sake of trade, he had two oxen, both the", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "58\\nTHE FABLES OF .PILPAY.\\ncalves of the same cow, and both very fair and\\nbeautiful the one was called Coliotorbe, and the\\nother Mandebe. Our merchant took great care\\nto feed up these oxen but because his journey\\nwas long, they, in spite of their good feeding, be-\\nfore they arrived at the end of it, grew to be weak\\nand lean. While they were in this poor condition\\nthey met with a quagmire in the road, into which\\nCohotorbe fell, and stuck so fast, that the mer-\\nchant had much ado to get him out again and\\neven when he had got him out, he found the poor\\nbeast was so weak that, being hardly able to\\nstand, he was forced to leave him behind with\\nanother man, till he could recover strength to\\ncontinue his journey this man, after he had kept\\nhim three days in the desert, grew weary of his\\ncharge, left Cohotorbe to feed by himself, and\\nsent the merchant word that his ox was dead.\\nIn a little time after, Mandebe died of over-fa-\\ntigue, and Cohotorbe, having now a little recov-\\nered his flesh, began to enjoy his liberty, and\\nramble from one place to another; and coining\\nat length into a meadow that pleased him very\\nwell, stayed there for some time, living in ease and\\nplenty; so that he became, in a little more time,\\nas fair and plump as ever he was before.\\nNot far from this meadow there dwelt, un-\\nknown to Cohotorbe, a Lion who made all the\\ninhabitants of the woods round about him tremble,\\nand commanded over several other Lions, who\\nbelieved him to be the most potent sovereign in", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "THE COUNTRYMAN AND SEVERAL RATS. 59\\nthe world. This powerful monarch of the beasts,\\nnear whom nothing of the beef kind had ever\\nventured to approach, when he heard the bellow-\\ning of our ox, which was a noise he had never\\nheard before, a most dreadful terror seized him,\\nand no motive could fetch him from his den to\\nface this unknown enemy. Ashamed, however,\\nto discover his fears to his courtiers, he pretended\\nan illness that made him unable to stir out of his\\npalace. This king of the woods, among the rest\\nof his domestic servants, had two Foxes, that\\nwere as cunning as two crocodiles, one of which\\nwas called Kalila, and the other Damna; these\\nwere both beasts of great intrigue but the latter,\\nwhich was the male, was more proud and more\\nambitious than the former. One clay, says this\\ninquisitive Fox to his w 7 ife, Prythee, deary,\\nwhat is it thinkest thou that ails the King, that\\nhe dares not walk abroad as he used to do? To\\nwhom Kalila answered, Prythee, dear, let us\\nnever trouble ourselves about these matters tis\\nsufficient for you and I to live peaceably under his\\nprotection, without examining what he does. It\\nis not for us to prate about state affairs and, let\\nme tell you, spouse, they that meddle with things\\nthat no way concern them, are in danger of the\\nsame misfortune that befell the Ape.\\nAnd pray, replied the husband, what was\\nthat? 5 To whom the female Fox made this\\nreply.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "FABLE V.\\nTHE CARPENTER AND THE APE.\\nAn Ape, one day, sat staring* upon a Carpenter\\nwho was cleaving a piece of wood with two\\nwedges, which he put into the cleft one after an-\\nother, as the split opened. The Carpenter soon\\nafter getting away to his dinner, and leaving his\\nwork half done, the Ape would needs turn log-\\ncleaver, and coming to the piece of wood v pulled\\nout one wedge, without putting 1 in the other so\\nthat the wood, having nothing to keep it asunder,\\nclosed immediately again, and catching the med-\\ndling fool fast by the two fore feet, there held him\\ntill the surly Carpenter returned, who, without\\nceremony, knocked him on the head for meddling\\nwith his work.\\nu This Fable, spouse, instructs us that we ought\\nnot to meddle with other people s business.\\nAh, replied Damna, but these are but fool-\\nish stories and let me tell you, it is not for those\\nthat serve kings to be idle they must be always", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "THE CARPENTER AND THE APE.\\n61\\nendeavoring to advance themselves. Know you\\nnot the Fable of the two Companions, one of\\nwhom, by his industry, obtained a crown while\\nthe other, being slothful and faint-hearted, fell\\ninto extreme misery", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "FABLE VI.\\nTHE TWO TRAVELLERS.\\nThere were once two Friends, who made a\\nresolution never to leave each other. In pursu-\\nance of this, for a long 1 time, they always trav-\\nelled together. But one day, as they were jour-\\nneying in search of their common advantages,\\nthey came to a deep river at the foot of a hill\\nand the place was so delightful, that they resolved\\nto rest themselves by the stream. After they\\nwere well refreshed, they began to look about\\nthem, and please their eyes with what they could\\ndiscover most curious in so pleasant a place and\\nat length cast their eyes upon a white stone, that\\ncontained the following words written in blue\\nletters\\nTravellers, we have prepared an excellent\\nbanquet for your welcome but you must be bold\\nand deserve it before you can obtain it what\\nyou are to do is this throw yourself boldly into\\nthis fountain, and swim to the other side you\\nshall there meet with a lion carved in white", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "THE TWO TRAVELLERS. 63\\nstone this you must take upon your shoulders,\\nand, without stopping, run with it to the top of\\nyonder mountain, never fearing the wild beasts\\nthat surround you, nor the thorns that prick\\nyour feet; for be assured nothing will hurt you\\nand as soon as you are got to the top of the\\nhill, you will immediately find yourselves in pos-\\nsession of great felicity: but if you cease going\\nforward, you shall never come to the happiness\\nnor shall the slothful ever attain to what is here\\nprepared for the industrious.\\nThen Ganem (for that was the name of one of\\nthe two companions) says to Salem (for so was\\nthe other called), Brother, here is a means pre-\\nscribed us, that will put an end to all our pains\\nand travel let us take courage, and try whether\\nwhat this stone contains be true or false.\\nDear brother, replied Salem, it is not for a\\nman of sense to give credit to such an idle writ-\\ning as this appears to me to be, and in a vain ex-\\npectation of I know not what uncertain gain, to\\nthrow himself into evident danger.\\nFriend, replied Ganem, they who have\\ncourage contemn danger, to make themselves\\nhappy there is no gathering the rose, without\\nbeing pricked by the thorns.\\nBe that as it will/ answered Salem, it is\\nbut a romantic valor that prompts us to at-\\ntempt enterprises, the end of which we know\\nnot, even though we should succeed and if we\\nare in our senses, w 7 e must see that it is not our", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "64\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nbusiness, for the sake of a dark promise, to throw\\nourselves into this water, that seems to be a kind\\nof aii abyss, from whence it may not be so easy to\\nget out again. A rational man, brother, never\\nmoves one of his feet till the other be fixed. Per-\\nhaps this writing may be a mere whimsy, the idle\\ndiversion of some wandering beggar or, even if\\nit shoulfl be real, perhaps, when you have crossed\\nthis river, this lion of stone may prove so heavy,\\nthat you may not be able to do as you are or-\\ndered, and run with it, without stopping, to the\\ntop of the mountain. But supposing even that\\nall this were easy for you to perforin, yet, trust\\nme, it is not worth while to attempt it; for, when\\nyou have done whatever is by you to be done, you\\nknow not what will be the issue of your trouble.\\nFor my part I will be no sharer with you in dan-\\ngers of this kind, but shall use all my rhetoric\\nto endeavor to dissuade you from such idle and\\nchi m erical u n dert akin gs\\nNo persuasions/ replied Ganem, shall make\\nme alter my resolution and therefore if you will\\nnot follow me, dear friend, at least be pleased\\nto see me venture.\\nSalem, seeing him still resolute, cried out,\\nDearest brother, if you are weak enough, in\\nyour reason, to determine on this rash, and to me\\ndistracted, undertaking, give me a last embrace,\\nand farewell forever; you have refused my ad-\\nmonitions, and I have not the power to stay and\\nbe a witness of your ruin. On this they took a", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "THE TWO TRAVELLERS.\\n65\\nparting embrace and Salem, taking leave of\\nhis, as he supposed, unhappy brother, set forward\\nupon his journey.\\nOn the other hand, Gail em went to the brink of\\nthe river, resolving to perish, or to win the prize.\\nHe found it deep, but, strengthened by his cour-\\nage, he threw himself in, and swam to the other\\nside. When he had recovered the dry land, he\\nrested himself a while and then lifting up the\\nlion, which he saw before him, with all his might,\\nran with it, without stopping, to the top of the\\nmountain. When he had reached the top, he\\nhad before him the prospect of a very fair and\\nglorious city, which, as he was attentively view-\\ning, there issued from the lion of stone such a\\nterrible thundering noise, that the mountain, and\\nall the places round about it, trembled. This\\nnoise no sooner reached the ears of the inhabit-\\nants of the city, but they came running up to\\nGanem, who was not a little astonished to see\\nthem and, presently, some that seemed to be\\nsuperior to the rest in quality and degree, ac-\\ncosted him with great respect and ceremony\\nand, after they had harangued him with many\\nlarge encomiums, they set him upon a horse\\nsumptuously caparisoned, conducted him to the\\ncity, where they made him put on the royal robes,\\nand proclaimed him King of all their country.\\nWhen this ceremony was over, and the inhabit-\\nants seemed all very well pleased with their\\nKing, the new Monarch desired to understand\\n5", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "66\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nthe reason of his advancement: to which they\\nanswered, that the learned men of the kingdom\\nhad, in regard to the future happiness of their\\ncountry, by virtue of a talisman, so charmed the\\nfountain which he had crossed, and the lion of\\nstone which he carried to the top of the moun-\\ntain, that whenever their King died, any one who\\nwas so adventurous as to expose himself to the\\nhazards he had done, and brought the lion safe to\\nthe top of the mountain, had this reward for his\\ncourage that the lion roared out so prodig-\\niously, that the inhabitants, hearing the noise,\\nwent forth in search of the person who had ar-\\nrived with it, to make him their King. This\\ncustom, pursued they, has been of long con-\\ntinuance, and was meant to ensure us, for our\\nKing, a man of courage and resolution and\\nsince the lot has fallen upon your Majesty, your\\nsovereignty is absolute among us.\\nI have rehearsed this Fable to you, spouse,\\ncontinued the male Fox, to let you understand\\nthat -there is no tasting pleasure without trouble.\\nBut as courage and resolution, you see, are the\\nsure ways to preferment, I am resolved never to\\ngive over till I am one of the greatest lords in\\nthe court.\\nKalila asked her spouse on this, what means\\nhe intended to make use of to attain his ends\\nWhy, you see, answered Damna, that our\\nsovereign lord the Lion seems to be seized with", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "THE TWO TRAVELLERS.\\n67\\nastonishment and great uneasiness; now I am\\ndetermined to attempt, at least, to cure him of\\nhis disquiet.\\nHow canst thou presume, cried Kalila, to\\ngive counsel to a King, that never was accus-\\ntomed to the cabals of princes\\nPersons of wit, replied Damna, never w ant\\neither the means or industry to accomplish their\\ndesigns. I remember that one day, a handicraft\\ntradesman, who, by his industry and genius,\\nhad gained a kingdom, received a letter from\\na neighboring Prince, wherein he expostulated\\nwith the new King after this manner Thou that\\ndidst never handle before any other than a chisel\\nor a saw, how darest thou presume to govern a\\nkingdom To which the Carpenter returned\\nfor answer, He that gave me wit enough to\\nguide a saw, will also give me judgment to wield\\na sword with which I doubt not but I shall be\\nable to chastise the insolence of any of my too\\narrogant neighbors.\\nI know very well, replied Kalila, my dear,\\nthat you have both genius and courage; but let\\nme put you in mind, that Kings do not always\\ncherish with their favors those who have wit and\\nmerit to deserve them but their oldest servants,\\nand such as have done the state important service,\\ngenerally are the people who have the greatest\\nshare of their favors and as you are but a new-\\ncomer, and indeed none of the most eminent of\\nthe King s servants, when you consider this,", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "68\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nwhich, believe me, is the true state of the case,\\nwhat can you pretend to\\nValue me not, replied Damna, on the merit\\nof what I am at court at present for, let me tell\\nyou, I hope, in a short time, to have a much more\\nconsiderable employment. I well know what are\\nthe methods of ingratiating one s self with great\\npersons, and let me, for your own sake, inform\\nyou, that they who aspire to be admitted into\\nthe cabinet of princes, ought to have five partic-\\nular qualifications which are, Never to be in a\\npassion to avoid pride not to be covetous to be\\nsincere and never be astonished at the changes\\nof fortune.\\nThese are very good maxims, replied Kalila,\\nin all states of life, but, pray tell me, suppos-\\ning you were advanced to be the King s favorite,\\nwhat are the virtues you would practice to keep\\nhis esteem.\\nI would serve him, replied Damna, with\\na perfect fidelity I would punctually obey him\\nand whatever the King does, always believe his\\nintentions good I would persuade him to do\\ngood, by laying before him the benefits he will\\nreceive thereby, and dissuade him from doing\\nwhatever may be prejudicial to himself or his\\nkingdom.\\nI find, said Kalila, thou art resolved to go\\non with this design, and must needs own thou\\nseemest to have well qualified thyself for it but\\nyet let me warn thee to have a care what thou", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "THE TWO TRAVELLERS.\\n69\\ndoest, for it is a dangerous thing 1 to serve a Prince.\\nWise men say, that there are three sorts of per-\\nsons who are wholly deprived of judgment: they\\nwho are ambitious of preferments in the courts\\nof princes they who make use of poison, to show\\ntheir skill in curing it and they who intrust\\nwomen with their secrets. A King is well com-\\npared to a high mountain, upon which there are\\nmines of precious stones, and also numerous\\nherds of wild, devouring beasts it is a difficult\\nthing to approach these, but more dangerous to\\ndwell with them. Kings are also well compared\\nto a wild ocean, wherein seafaring people gener-\\nally either make their fortunes, or perish.\\nI am not ignorant of all this/ replied Damna\\niu his turn, but know also that kings resemble\\nfire, which will burn those that approach too\\nnear it but let me also tell thee, wife, that\\nhe who is afraid to adventure, will never come\\nto anything. After this discourse, Damna\\nwent to wait upon the Lion, and as soon as he\\napproached his presence, made him a profound\\nreverence. The Lion took immediate notice of\\nhim, and asked who he was. To which some of\\nhis courtiers replied, that he was such a one, and\\nthat his father had a long time served his Maj-\\nesty.\\n0, said the King, \u00c2\u00abI now remember him/\\nthen turning to Damna, Well, friend, said\\nthe Monarch, very graciously, where do you\\nlive?", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "70\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nI supply my father s place in your Majesty s\\nhousehold/ 5 replied Damna, but till now I\\nnever durst presume to appear in your Majesty s\\npresence with the offer of my service. I hope\\nyour Majesty will not disdain the oblation of my\\nfaithful intentions, though I am the meanest and\\nunworthiest of your Majesty s servants. Dry\\nwood is sometimes as much esteemed as a beauti-\\nful tree. The Lion was much pleased with\\nDamna s eloquence, and looking upon his court-\\niers, u Wit, said he, resembles fire, which will\\nshow itself, though covered with ashes.\\nDamna was so overjoyed that his compliment\\nhad pleased the King, that he took his opportunity\\nto beg a private audience of his Majesty and when\\nthey were together, Sir, said Damna, first\\nlet me implore your Majesty s pardon, for presum-\\ning to speak before your Majesty and then, if I\\nmay presume so far, beseech your Majesty to let\\nme know the cause of your melancholy retire-\\nment; for within these few days I have, with\\ngreat sorrow, observed your Majesty has not\\nbeen so cheerful as you were wont to be.\\nFain would the Lion have concealed his fear,\\nbut pleased with Damna s winning behavior, and\\nwanting some one to unbosom his grief to, he\\ndetermined to intrust him with the fatal secret\\nof his fears. Just as he was about to utter the\\ncause of his troubles, behold, Cohotorbe set up a\\nmost terrible bellowing this so disordered his\\ncountenance, that he found himself constrained,", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "THE TWO TRAVELLERS.\\n71\\neven though he had not before intended it, to\\ntell Damna, that the terrible noise of this beast,\\nwhatever he was, was the cause of all his disturb-\\nance. I imagine/ said the King, that the\\nbody of the beast which I hear bellow so dread-\\nfully, must be proportionable to the sound of his\\nvoice and that being so, it is in vain for us to\\nthink of resisting him, and, indeed, it is little\\nbetter than madness for us to tarry any longer in\\nthese woods.\\nIs this all that troubles your Majesty said\\nDamna.\\nu Nothing else, answered the Lion; and\\nthis I think sufficient.\\nSir, replied Damna, you ought not to quit\\nyour princely habitation for this it is not for\\na King to be afraid of a mere sound, but rather\\nto fortify his courage with so much the greater\\nresolution. Those creatures that make the loud-\\nest noises are not always the biggest nor the\\nstrongest. A crane, as big as he is, has neither\\nstrength nor courage to encounter the smallest\\nhawk and he that suffers himself to be deluded\\nby bulk of body, may likely enough be deceived,\\nas the Fox was.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "FABLE VII.\\nTHE FOX AND THE HEN.\\nThere was once, continued Damna, a\\ncertain Fox, who eagerly searching about for\\nsomething to appease his hunger, at length spied\\na Hen, that was busy scratching the earth aiid\\npicking up worms at the foot of a tree. Upon\\nthe same tree there also hung a drum, which\\nmade a noise every now and then, the brauches\\nbeing moved by the violence of the wind, and\\nbeating upon it. The Fox was just going to\\nfling himself upon the Hen, and make amends\\nfor a long fast, when he first heard the noise of\\nthe drum. 0 ho, 5 quoth he, looking up, 6 are\\nyou there? I will be with ye by and by: that\\nbody, whatever it be, I promise myself must cer-\\ntainly have more flesh upon it than a sorry Hen\\nso saying, he clambered up the tree, and in the\\nmean while the Hen made her escape. The\\ngreedy and famished Fox seized his prey, and\\nfell to work with teeth and claws upon it. But\\nwhen he had torn off the head of the drum, and", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "THE FOX AND THE HEN.\\n73\\nfound there was nothing within but an empty\\ncavity, air instead of flesh and gristles, and\\na mere hollowness instead of good guts and\\ngarbage, fetching a deep sigh, Unfortunate\\nwretch that I am, cried he, what a delicate\\nmorsel have I lost, only for the show of a large\\nbellyful n\\nI have recited this example, concluded he,\\nto the end your Majesty may not be terrified\\nwith the sound of the bellowing noise you hear,\\nbecause loud and strenuous, for there is no cer-\\ntainty from that of its coming from a terrible\\nbeast; and if yon please, I will go and see what\\nsort of creature it is. To which the Lion con-\\nsented nevertheless, when Damna was gone, he\\nrepented his having sent him. For, said the\\nMonarch to himself, I should have remembered\\nmy father s excellent rule, that it is a great error\\nin a Prince to discover his secrets to any, but es-\\npecially that there are ten sorts of people who\\nare never to be intrusted with them. These are,\\n1. Those whom he has used ill without a cause.\\n2. Those who have lost their estates or their\\nhonor at court. 3. Those who have been de-\\ngraded from their employments without any\\nhopes of ever being restored to them again. 4.\\nThose that love nothing but sedition and disturb-\\nance. 5. Those that see their kindred or ac-\\nquaintance in preferments from whence them-\\nselves have been excluded. 6. Such as, having", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "74\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\ncommitted any crime, have been more severely\\npunished than others who have transgressed in\\nthe same manner. 7. Such as have done good\\nservice, and have been but ill rewarded for it.\\n8. Enemies reconciled by constraint. 9. Those\\nwho believe the ruin of the Prince will turn to\\ntheir advantage. 10. And lastly, those who be-\\nlieve themselves less obliged to their Sovereign\\nthan to his enemy. And as these are together\\nso numerous a class of persons, I hope I have\\nnot done imprudently in discovering my secrets\\nto Damna. 55\\nWhile the King was making these reflections\\nto himself, Damna returned, and told him, with\\na smiling countenance, that the beast which\\nmade such a noise was no other than an Ox,\\nthat w r as feeding in a meadow, without any other\\ndesign than to spend his days lazily in eating\\nand sleeping. u And, added Damna, if your\\nMajesty thinks it convenient, I will so order the\\nmatter, that he shall be glad to come and enroll\\nhimself in the number of your servants. 55 The\\nLion was extremely pleased with Damna 5 s pro-\\nposals, and made him a sign to go and fetch\\nthe Ox into his presence. On this, Damna went\\nimmediately to Cohotorbe, and asked him from\\nwhence he came, and what accident had brought\\nhim into those quarters? In answer to which,\\nwhen Cohotorbe had related his history at large,\\nDamna said, Friend, I am very glad I have\\nhappened to see thee, for it may be in my power", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "THE FOX AND THE HEN.\\n75\\nto do thee a singular service, by acquainting thee\\nwith the state of the place thou hast accidentally\\nwandered into know, then, that here lives a Lion\\nnot far off, who is the king of all the beasts of\\nthis country, and that he is, though a terrible\\nenemy, yet a most kind and tender friend to all\\nthe beasts who put themselves under his protec-\\ntion. When I first saw you here, I acquainted\\nhis Majesty with it, and he has graciously de-\\nsired to see thee, and given me orders to conduct\\nthee to his palace. If thou wilt follow me, I\\npromise thee the favor of being admitted into\\nhis service and protection but if thou refusest\\nto go along with me, know that thou hast not\\nmany days to live in this place.\\nSo soon as the Ox but heard the word Lion\\npronounced, he trembled for fear; but, recov-\\nering himself a little as Damna continued his\\nspeech, he at length made answer, If thou wilt\\nassure me that he shall do me no harm, I will\\nfollow him. Damna, on this, immediately swore\\nto him; and Cohotorbe, upon the faith of his\\noaths, consented to go and wait upon the Lion.\\nDamna, on this, ran before to give the King no-\\ntice of Cohotorbe s coming and our Ox, arriv-\\ning soon after, made a profound reverence to the\\nKing, who received him with great kindness, and\\nasked him what occasion had brought him into\\nhis dominions?\\nIn answer to which, when the Ox had recounted\\nto him all his adventures, Eemain here, said", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "76\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nthe Lion, with us, and live in peace for I per-\\nmit all my subjects to live within my dominions\\nin repose and tranquillity. The Ox, having re-\\nturned his Majesty thanks for his kind reception,\\npromised to serve him with a real fidelity; and at\\nlength insinuated himself in such a manner into\\nthe Lion s favor, that he gained his Majesty s\\nconfidence, and became his most intimate favor-\\nite.\\nThis, however, was matter of great affliction to\\npoor Damna, who, when he saw that Cohotorbe\\nwas in greater esteem at court than himself, and\\nthat he was the only depository of the King s\\nsecrets, it wrought in him so desperate a jeal-\\nousy, that he could not rest, but was ready to\\nhang himself for vexation ill the fullness of his\\nheart he flew to make his moan to Kalila. O,\\nmy dear wife, said he, I have taken a world of\\ncare and pains to gain the King s favor, and all\\nto no purpose I brought, you may remember,\\ninto his presence the object that occasioned all\\nhis disturbances, and that very Ox is now become\\nthfe sole cause of my disquiet.\\nTo which Kalila answered, Spouse, you ought\\nnot to complain of w hat you have done, or at least\\nyou have nobody to blame but yourself.\\nIt is true, said Damna, that I am the\\ncause of all my troubles this I am too sensible\\nof, but w T hat I desire of you is, to prescribe me\\nthe remedy.\\nI told you from the beginning, replied Ka-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "THE FOX AND THE HEN.\\n77\\nlila, that for my part I would never meddle\\nwith your affairs, and now do not intend to\\ntrouble myself with the cure of your disturb-\\nances. Mind your own business yourself, and\\nconsider what course you have to take, and take\\nit; for, as to me, I have plagues enough of my\\nown, without making myself unhappy about the\\nmisfortunes which your own follies have brought\\nupon you.\\n64 Well then, replied Dainna, what I shall do\\nis this I will use all my endeavors to ruin this\\nOx which occasions me all my misery, and shall\\nbe contented if I but find I have as much wit\\nas the Sparrow that revenged himself upon the\\nHawk. Kalila, upon this, desired him to recite\\nthat Fable, and Damna gave it to her in the fol-\\nlowing manner.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "FABLE VIII.\\nTHE SPARROW AND THE SPARROW-HAWK.\\nTwo Sparrows had once built their nests under\\nthe same hovel, where they had also laid up some\\nsmall provision for their young- ones but a Spar-\\nrow-hawk, who had built his nest upon the top\\nof a mountain, at the foot of which this hovel\\nstood, came continually to watch at what time\\ntheir eggs would be hatched; and when they\\nwere, immediately ate up the young 1 sparrows.\\nThis was a most sensible affliction to both the\\nparents. However, they had afterwards another\\nbrood, which they hid so among the thatch of the\\nhovel, that the Hawk was never able to find them\\nthese, therefore, they bred up so well, and in so\\nmuch safety, that they had both of them the pleas-\\nure to see them ready to fly. The father and the\\nmother, by their continual chirping, testified for\\nalong time their joy for such a happiness but\\nall of a sudden, as the young ones began to be\\nfledged, they fell into a profound melancholy,\\nwhich was caused through extremity of fear lest", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "THE SPARROW AND THE SPARROW-HAWK. 79\\nthe Sparrow-hawk should devour these young*\\nones as he had done the others, as soon as they\\nfound their way out of the nest. The eldest of\\nthese young sparrows one day, perceiving this,\\ndesired to know of the father the reason of his\\naffliction, which the father having discovered to\\nhim, he made answer, that instead of breaking\\nhis heart with sorrow, it much better became him\\nto seek out some way, if possible, to remove so\\ndangerous a neighbor. Ail the sparrows ap-\\nproved this advice of the young one and while\\nthe mother flew to get food, the father went an-\\nother way in search of some cure for his sorrows.\\nAfter he had flown about for some time, said he\\nto himself, I know not, alas what it is I am\\nseeking. Whither shall I fly and to whom shall\\nI discover my troubles\\nAt length he resolved, not knowing what\\ncourse to take, to address himself to the first\\ncreature he met, and to consult him about his\\nbusiness. This first creature chanced to be a\\nSalamander, whose extraordinary shape at first\\naffrighted him however, the Sparrow would not\\nalter his resolution, but accosted and saluted\\nhim. The Salamander, who was very civil, gave\\nhim an obliging reception; aiid looking upon\\nhim with a fixed eye, Friend, 55 said he, I\\ndiscover much trouble in thy countenance; if\\nit proceed from weariness, sit down and rest thy-\\nself if from any other cause, let me know it\\nand if it be in my power to serve thee, command", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "80\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nme. With that the Sparrow told his misfortunes\\nin such moving- language as raised compassion in\\nthe Salamander. Well, said he, be of cour-\\nage, let not these troubles any more perplex thee\\nI will deliver thee from this wicked neighbor this\\nvery night only show me his nest, and then go\\npeaceably to roost with thy young ones. This the\\nSparrOw accordingly punctually did, and returned\\nthe Salamander many thanks for being so much\\nconcerned for his misfortunes.\\nNo sooner was the night come, but the Sala-\\nmander, determined to make good his promise,\\ncollected together a number of his fellows, and\\naway they went in a body, with every one a bit\\nof lighted sulphur in their mouths to the Spar-\\nrow-hawk s nest, who, not dreaming of any such\\nthing, was surprised by the Salamanders, who\\nthrew the sulphur into the nest, and burnt the\\nold Hawk, w r ith all the young ones.\\nThis Fable teaches ye, that whoever has a\\ndesign to ruin his enemy, may possibly bring it\\nabout, let him be never so weak.\\nBut consider, spouse, replied Kalila, u Coho-\\ntorbe is the King s chief favorite, and it will be a\\ndifficult thing, believe me, to ruin him where\\nprudent princes have once placed their confidence,\\nthey seldom withdraw 7 it because of bare report.\\nAnd I presume you will not be able to use any\\nother means on this occasion.\\nI will take care, however, replied Damna, 64 of", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "THE SPARROW AND THE SPARROW-HAWK. 81\\nthis, at least, that it shall be represented to the\\nLion, that one of the six great things which cause\\nthe ruin of kingdoms, and which is indeed the\\nprincipal, is to neglect aud contemn men of wit\\nand courage.\\nThat, indeed, 5 replied Kalila, is one very\\ngreat one but what, I pray, are the other five 99\\nThe second/ continued Damna, is not to\\npunish the seditious the third is to be too much\\ngiven to women, to play, and divertisements the\\nfourth, the accidents attending a pestilence, a fam-\\nine, or an earthquake the fifth is being too rash\\nand violent and the sixth is the preferring war\\nbefore peace.\\nYou are wise and prudent, spouse, replied\\nKalila but let me, though more simple, advise\\nthee in this matter be not the carver of your own\\nrevenge but consider that whoever meditates\\nmischief, commonly brings it at last upon his own\\nhead. On the other side, he that studies his\\nneighbor s welfare, prospers in everything he\\nundertakes, as you may see by the ensuing Fable.\\n6", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "FABLE IX.\\nTHE KING WHO FROM A SAVAGE TYRANT BECAME\\nBENIGN AND JUST.\\nThere was once in the eastern part of Egypt\\na King, whose reign had long been a course of\\nsavage tyranny long had he ruined the rich and\\ndistressed the poor so that all his subjects, day\\nand night, implored of heaven to be delivered\\nfrom him. One day, as he returned from hunt-\\ning, after he had summoned his people together,\\nUnhappy subjects, 5 says he to them, my con-\\nduct has been long unjustifiable in regard to you\\nbut that tyranny, with which I have governed\\nhitherto, is at an end, and I assure you from\\nhenceforward you shall live in peace and at ease,\\nand nobody shall dare to oppress you. The peo-\\nple were extremely overjoyed at this good news,\\nand forbore praying against the King.\\nIn a word, this Prince made from this time\\nsuch an alteration in his conduct, that he ac-\\nquired the title of the Just, and every one began\\nto bless the felicity of his reign. One day, when\\nhis subjects were thus settled in happiness, one", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "THE KING WHO BECAME BENIGN AND JUST. 83\\nof his favorites presuming to ask him the reason\\nof so sudden and so remarkable a change, the\\nKing gave him this answer: As I rode a hunt-\\ning the other day, said he, I saw a series of\\naccidents which threw me into a turn of mind\\nthat has produced this happy change, which, be-\\nlieve me, cannot give my people more real satis-\\nfaction than it does myself. The things that\\nmade this change in me were these I saw a dog\\nin pursuit of a fox, who, after he had overtaken\\nhim, bit off the lower part of his leg however,\\nthe fox, lame as he was, made a shift to escape\\nand get into a hole, and the dog, not able to get\\nhim out, left him there hardly had he gone,\\nhowever, a hundred paces, when a man threw a\\ngreat stone at him and cracked his skull at the\\nsame instant the man ran in the way of a horse,\\nthat trod upon his foot and lamed him forever\\nand soon after the horse s foot stuck so fast be-\\ntween two stones, that he broke his ankle-bone\\nin striving to get it out. On seeing the sudden\\nmisfortunes befall those who had engaged in\\ndoing ill to others, I could not help saying to\\nmyself, Men are used as they use others who-\\never does that which he ought not to do, receives\\nwhat he is not willing to receive.\\nThis example shows you, my dear spouse,\\nthat they who do mischief to others, are gen-\\nerally punished themselves for it, when they least\\nexpect it believe me, if you attempt to ruin Co-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "84\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nhotorbe, you will repent of it he is stronger\\nthan you, and has more friends.\\nNo matter for that, dear spouse/ replied\\nDamna, wit is always beyond strength, as the\\nfollowing Fable will convince you. 53", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "FABLE X.\\nA RAVEN, A FOX, AND A SERPENT.\\nA Raven had once built her nest for many sea-\\nsons together in a convenient cleft of a mountain,\\nbut however pleasing the place was to her, she\\nhad always reason enough to resolve to lay there\\nno more for every time she hatched, a Serpent\\ncame and devoured her young ones. The Raven\\ncomplaining to a Fox that was one of her friends,\\nsaid to him, Pray tell me, what would you ad-\\nvise me to do to be rid of this Serpent?\\nWhat do you think to do asked the Fox.\\nWhy, my present intent is, replied the Raven,\\nto go and peck out his eyes when he is asleep,\\nthat so he may no longer find the way to my nest.\\nThe Fox disapproved this design, and told the\\nRaven, that it became a prudent person to manage!\\nhis revenge in such a manner that no mischief\\nmight befall himself in taking it Never run\\nyourself, says he, into the misfortune that once\\nbefell the Crane, of which I will tell you the\\nFable.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "FABLE XL\\nTHE CRANE AND THE CRAW-FISH.\\nA Crane had once settled her habitation by\\nthe side of a broad and deep lake, and lived upon\\nsuch fish as she could catch in it these she got\\nin plenty enough for many years but at length\\nhaving become old and feeble, she could fish no\\nlonger. In this afflicting circumstance she be-\\ngan to reflect, with sorrow, on the carelessness of\\nher past years I did ill, 55 said she to herself,\\nin not making in my youth necessary provision\\nto support me in my old age but, as it is, I must\\nnow make the best of a bad market, and use cun-\\nning to get a livelihood as I can. With this\\nresolution she placed herself by the water-side,\\nand began to sigh and look mighty melancholy. A\\nCraw-fish, perceiving her at a distance, accosted\\nher, and asked her why she appeared so sad\\nAlas, said she, how can I otherwise choose\\nbut grieve, seeing my daily nourishment is like\\nto be taken from me? for I just now heard this\\ntalk between two fishermen passing this way", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "THE CRANE AND THE CRAW-FISH. 87\\nsaid the one to the other,, Here is great store\\nof fish, what think you of clearing this pond 9 to\\nwhom his companion answered, No; there is\\nmore in such a lake let us go thither first, and\\nthen come hither the clay afterwards. 5 This they\\nwill certainly perform and then, 55 added the\\nCrane, I must soon prepare for death.\\nThe Craw-fish, on this, went to the fish, and\\ntold them what she had heard upon which the\\npoor fish, in great perplexity, swam immediately\\nto the Crane, and addressing themselves to her,\\ntold her what they had heard, and added, We\\nare now in so great a consternation, that we are\\ncome to desire your protection. Though you are\\nour enemy, yet the wise tell us, that they who\\nmake their enemy their sanctuary, may be as-\\nsured of being w T ell received you know full well\\nthat we are your daily food and if we are de-\\nstroyed, you, who are now too old to travel in\\nsearch of food, must also perish we pray you,\\ntherefore, for your own sake, as well as ours, to\\nconsider, and tell us what you think is the best\\ncourse for us to take.\\nTo which the Crane replied, That which you\\nacquaint me with, I heard myself from the mouths\\nof the fishermen we have no power sufficient to\\nwithstand them; nor do I know any other way to\\nsecure you, but this it will be many months be-\\nfore they can clear the other pond they are to go\\nabout first and, in the mean time, I can at times,\\nand as my strength will permit me, remove you", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "88\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\none after another into a little pond here hard by,\\nwhere there is very good water, and where the\\nfishermen can never catch you, by reason of\\nthe extraordinary depth. The fish approved\\nthis counsel, and desired the Crane to carry\\nthem one by one into this pond. Nor did she\\nfail to fish up three or four every morning, but\\nshe carried them no farther than to the top of\\na small hill, where she ate them and thus she\\nfeasted herself for a while.\\nBut one day, the Craw -fish, having a desire to\\nsee this delicate pond, made known her curiosity\\nto the Crane, who, bethinking herself that the\\nCraw-fish was her most mortal enemy, resolved\\nto get rid of her at once, and murder her as she\\nhad done the rest; with this design she flung the\\nCraw-fish upon her neck, and flew towards the\\nhill. But when they came near the place, the\\nCraw-fish, spying at a distance the small bones\\nof her slaughtered companions, mistrusted the\\nCrane s intention, aud laying hold of a fair op-\\nportunity, got her neck in her claw, and grasped\\nit so hard, that she fairly saved herself, and\\nstrangled the Crane.\\nThis example, said the Fox, shows you\\nthat crafty, tricking people often become victims\\nto their own cunning.\\nThe Raven, returning thanks to the Fox for\\nhis good advice, said, I shall not by any means\\nneglect your wholesome instructions; but what\\nshall I do?", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "THE CRANE AND THE CKAW-FISH. 89\\nWhy, replied the Pox, you must snatch\\nup something that belongs to some stout man or\\nother, and let him see what you do, to the end\\nhe may follow you. Which that he may easily\\ndo, do you fly slowly and when you are just over\\nthe Serpent s hole, let fall the thing that you\\nhold in your beak or talons, whatever it be, for\\nthen the person that follows you, seeing the Ser-\\npent come forth, will not fail to knock him on\\nthe head. The Raven did as the Fox advised\\nhim, and by that means was delivered from the\\nSerpent.\\nWhat cannot be done by strength, 5 said\\nDamna, is to be performed by policy.\\nIt is very true, replied Kalila; but the\\nmischief here is, that the Ox has more policy\\nthan you. He will, by his prudence, frustrate all\\nyour projects, and before you can pluck one hair\\nfrom his tail, will flay off your skin. I know not\\nwhether you have ever heard of the Fable of the\\nRabbit, the Fox, and the Wolf; if not, I will tell\\nit you, that you may make your advantage of it\\nin the present case.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "FABLE XII.\\nTHE RABBIT, THE FOX, AND THE WOLF.\\nA hungry Wolf once spied a Rabbit feeding\\nat the foot of a tree, and was soon preparing to\\nseize him. The Rabbit, perceiving him, would\\nhave saved his life by flight, but the Wolf threw\\nhimself in his way, and stopped his escape: so\\nthat seeing himself in the power of the Wolf,\\nsubmissive and prostrate at his feet, he gave\\nhim all the good words he could think of. I\\nknow, said he, that the king of all creatures\\nwants a supply to appease his hunger, and that\\nhe is now ranging the fields in search of food\\nbut I am but an insignificant morsel for his royal\\nstomach therefore let him be pleased to take\\nmy information. About a furlong from hence\\nlives a Fox that is fat and plump, and whose flesh\\nis as white as a capon s such a prey will do your\\nMajesty s business. If you please, I will go and\\ngive him a visit, and engage him to come forth\\nout of his hole then, if he prove to your liking,\\nyou may devour him if not, it will be my glory", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "THE KABBIT, THE FOX, AND THE WOLF. 91\\nthat I had the honor of dying not in vain, but\\nbeing a small breakfast for your Majesty.\\nThus over-persuaded, the Wolf gave the Rab-\\nbit leave to seek out the Fox, and followed him\\nat the heels. The Rabbit left the Wolf at the\\nentrance of the hole, and crept in himself, over-\\njoyed that he had such an opportunity to re-\\nvenge himself on the Fox, from whom he had\\nreceived an affront which he had for a long time\\npretended to have forgot. He made him a low\\nconge, and gave him great protestations of his\\nfriendship. On the other side, the Fox was no\\nless obliging in his answers to the Rabbit s civili-\\nties, and asked him what good wind had blown\\nhim thither.\\nu Only the great desire I had to see your wor-\\nship, replied the Rabbit and there is one of\\nmy relations at the door, who is no less ambitious\\nto kiss your hands, but he dares not enter with-\\nout your permission.\\nThe Fox on this, mistrusting there was some-\\nthing more than ordinary in all this civility, said\\nto himself, I shall find the bottom of all this\\npresently, and then, if it proves as I suspect, I\\nwill take care to pay this pretended friend of\\nmine in his own coin. However, not seeming\\nto take any notice of what he suspected, Sir,\\nsaid he to the Rabbit, your friend shall be most\\nwelcome he does me .too much honor but,\\nadded he, I must entreat you to let me put my\\nchamber in a little better order to receive him.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "92\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nThe Rabbit, too much persuaded of the good\\nsuccess of his enterprise, Poh, poh, said he,\\nmy relation is one that never stands upon cere-\\nmony/ and so went out to give the Wolf notice\\nthat the Fox was fallen into the snare. The\\nWolf thought he had the Fox fast already, and\\nthe Rabbit believed himself quite out of danger,\\nas having done the Wolf such a piece of good\\nservice. But the Fox was too sharp- sighted to\\nbe thus trepanned out of his life. He had, at the\\nentrance of his hole, a very deep trench, which\\nhe had digged on purpose to guard him against\\nsurprises of this nature. Presently, therefore,\\nhe took away the planks, which he had laid for\\nthe convenience of those that came to visit him,\\ncovered the trench with a little earth and straw,\\nand set open a back door in case of necessity\\nand having thus prepared all things, he desired\\nthe Rabbit and his friend to walk in. But in-\\nstead of the success of their plot, the two visit-\\nors found themselves, before they expected it, in\\nthe bottom of a very deep pit and the Wolf,\\nimagining that the Rabbit had a hand in the\\ncontrivance, in the heat of his fury, tore him to\\npieces.\\nBy this you see that finesse and policy sig-\\nnify nothing, where you have persons of wit and\\nprudence to deal with.\\nIt is very true, said Damna but the Ox\\nis now proud of his preferment, and thoughtless", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "THE RABBIT, THE FOX, AND THE WOLF. 93\\nof danger, at least from me; for he has not the\\nleast suspicion of my hatred. A Rabbit, wiser\\nthan that you have been speaking of, once under-\\ntook the ruin of a Lion, and you shall see how\\nhe brought it about.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "FABLE XIII.\\nTHE LION AND THE RABBIT.\\nIn the neighborhood of Mianstol 1 there was a\\nvery delightful meadow, where several wild beasts\\nhad taken up their habitations, by reason of the\\npleasantness of the place. Among those crea-\\ntures there was a furious Lion, who disturbed the\\npeace of all the rest with his continual murders.\\nIn order to remedy this dreadful evil, one day\\nthey met all together, went to wait upon the\\nLion, and laid their case before him, that they\\nwere his subjects, and by consequence, that it no\\nway became him to make, every day, such dread-\\nful slaughters among them, of whole families to-\\ngether. You seek after us, added they, to\\nrule over us but though we are proud of a king\\nof so much valor, yet in fear we avoid you would\\nyou live peaceably with us, and enjoy your quiet,\\nby letting us alone, we would bring you every\\nmorning sufficient and delicate food, nor should\\n1 Mianstol is a large tract of country on the banks of the Gan-\\nges, uninhabited except by a great number of wild beasts.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "THE LION AND THE RABBIT.\\n95\\nyou ever want to crown your meals with a flasket\\nof tame and wild fowl, and you should yourself\\nnever be put to the toil of hunting. The\\nLion readily accepted this proposal and the\\nbeasts cast lots every morning, and he upon\\nwhom the lot fell was appointed to hunt for\\nthe Lion.\\nOne day the lot fell upon a Rabbit, who see-\\ning he could not avoid it, after he had summoned\\nall the beasts together, said to them, You see\\nhow miserable a life it is we lead here either we\\nmust be eaten ourselves, or spend our labor to\\nfeed a churlish master. Now hear what I have\\nto propose do you but stand by me, and I will\\ncertainly deliver you from this cruel tyrant that\\nreigns over us. To this they all unanimously\\nanswered, that they would do their utmost.\\nUpon this, the Rabbit stayed in his hole till the\\nhour of dinner was past, and made no provision\\nfor the Lion. By this time the Lion^s anger\\naugmented with his appetite he lashed the\\nground with his tail, and at length perceiving*\\nthe Rabbit, Whence come you, said he, and\\nwiiat are my subjects doing? Do they suppose\\nI accepted their proposal, and spared their lives,\\nto be kept without victuals by their idleness?\\nBe assured, if I wait much longer, they shall,\\nsome of them, severely pay for it.\\nMay it please your Majesty to hear me,\\nanswered the Rabbit, bowing to him with a pro-\\nfound respect: your subjects, sacred sir, have", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "96\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nnot been wanting in their duty they sent me\\nhither to bring your Majesty your accustomed\\nprovision but I met a Lion by the way, who took\\nit from me. I told him, when he seized it, that it\\nwas for the king to which he most insolently\\nanswered, that there was uo other king in this\\ncountry but himself. Struck dumb with this mon-\\nstrous behavior, I left him, and ran to inform\\nyour Majesty of this heinous piece of insolence.\\nThe Lion, on this, furiously turning about his\\nburning eyes, cried out, Who is this audacious\\nusurper that dares to lay his paw upon my food,\\nwhich my subjects had labored to provide for\\nme Canst thou show me where the audacious\\ntraitor lives\\nYes, sir, replied the Rabbit, if you will\\nbe pleased to follow me. The Lion, breath-\\ning revenge and destruction, followed the wily\\nRabbit and when they came to a well that was\\nfull of clear water, Sir, said the Rabbit, your\\nenemy lives in this well I dare not show him\\nyou, but only be pleased to look in yourself, and\\nyou will see him have a care, however, that\\nyourself is not first assailed.\\nWith that the Lion went stalking to the well\\nand seeing the reflection of his own image, which\\nhe took to be another Lion in the water, that\\nhad devoured his food, inflamed with anger, he\\nflung himself into the well to encounter this\\nmortal foe, and there was drowned himself.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "THE LION AND THE RABBIT.\\n97\\nThis Fable shows you, that a strong person\\nmay be destroyed by one that is much weaker,\\nwhen he is not mistrusted.\\nWell, well, said Kalila, if you can ruin the\\nOx without doing the Lion any harm, go on and\\nprosper if not, I advise you to give over your\\nenterprise for it does not become a subject, for\\nhis own private interest and repose, to suffer any\\nmischief to befall his Prince.\\nHere the confabulation between Damna and\\nKalila ended; and Damna, having taken leave\\nof his wife, absented himself for some time from\\nthe Lion s court. Afterwards he returned, and\\naffecting an air of sadness before his Majesty,\\nHonest Damna/ said the King to him,\\nu whence comest thou? where hast thou been\\nthis long time? is there any news abroad?\\nYes, sir, answered Damna with a deep sigh,\\na there is news indeed such news as I dread\\nto speak, yet such as your Majesty ought to\\nhear. On this the King, starting for fear,\\ncried out, What is it?\\nI beg your Majesty, replied Damna, since\\nyou will hear it, that you will be pleased to grant\\nme a private audience.\\nAffairs of importance ought never to be de-\\nlayed, replied the King; and so, commanding\\nthe room to be immediately cleared, ordered\\nDamna to speak what he had to say.\\nIt is requisite, said that wily Minister, that\\nthe bearer of ill news should have the address to\\n7", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "98\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\ngive it an allay and it is also most necessary\\nthat he to whom it is reported should be able to\\njudge whether the person that makes the report\\nbe worthy to be credited, or whether he speak\\nfalsely, and for the sake of his own interest and\\nif he be worthy to be believed, he ought to be\\nentirely confided in, when his discourse may be\\nadvantageous to the public, or, what is yet of\\ngreater consequence, to the Sovereign himself.\\nOn this, the Lion interrupting him, Thou\\nknowest, said he, that I have experienced thy\\nfidelity, and therefore speak boldly what thou\\nhast to say.\\nThe purity of my intentions, continued\\nDamna, have made me to assume this bold-\\nness, and I am more than happy to be known to\\nyour Majesty.\\nI question not thy zeal, said the Lion but\\nprithee come to this news, which it so much con-\\ncerns me to know.\\nWhen Damna perceived the good success of\\nhis flatteries, and that the King had confidence\\nin him, he thus began his discourse Sir, said\\nhe, I am sorry to relate it, but my exqellently\\nesteemed friend, and your Majesty s great favor-\\nite, Cohotorbe, has daily conferences with the\\ngrandees and chieftains of your army, and I know\\nthat in them he improves every circumstance, as\\nmuch as lies in his power, to your Majesty s prej-\\nudice which makes me believe he has some de-\\nsign upon your sacred person. I grieve to tell", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "THE LION AND THE RABBIT.\\n99\\nthis, and am not less astonished than angry, when\\nI reflect that he should so ungratefully abuse\\nyour favors, and the particular friendship with\\nwhich you are pleased to honor him. 55\\nDamna, cried the Lion, take care what\\nthou sayest; thou art accusing one of whom I\\nhave a settled good opinion but if this be true,\\nwhat course is to be taken\\nSir, replied Damna, there are two sorts\\nof people in the world, the one sage and prudent,\\nthe other rash and inconsiderate. The one are\\nalways at a loss, when any accident befalls them\\nthe other always foresee things, and therefore\\nnothing moves them, whatever happens. We\\nought, sir, to imitate their prudence, and secure\\nourselves from danger, so soon as we have the\\nleast notice or intimation of it. There are also,\\nbeside these, yet another sort of people, who, I\\nhave observed, never truly foresee danger, but,\\nhowever, know how to take their proper courses\\nwhen it presents itself and these three charac-\\nters put me in mind of the Fable of the three\\nFishes, which I would tell your Majesty, did I\\nnot fear it would offend your patience. The\\nLion, on this, commanded Damna to let him\\nhear it out so Damna thus proceeded.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "FABLE XIV.\\nTHE TWO FISHERMEN AND THE THREE FISHES.\\nThere was once in your Majesty s dominions\\na certain pond, the water of which was very clear,\\nand emptied itself into a neighboring river.\\nThis pond was in a quiet place it was remote\\nfrom the highway, and there were in it three\\nPishes the one of which was prudent, the second\\nhad but little wit, and the third was a mere fool.\\nOne day, by chance, two Fishermen, in their\\nwalks, perceiving this pond, made up to it, and\\nno sooner observed these three Fishes, which\\nwere large and fat, but they went and fetched\\ntheir nets to take them. The Fishes suspecting,\\nby what they saw of the Fishermen, that they\\nintended no less than their destruction, began to\\nbe in a world of terror. The prudent Fish imme-\\ndiately resolved what course to take: he threw\\nhimself out of the pond, through the little chan-\\nnel that opened into the river, and so made his\\nescape. The next morning the two Fishermen\\nreturned they made it their first business to\\nstop up all the passages, to prevent the Fishes", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "THE TWO FISHERMEN AND THE THREE FISHES. 101\\nfrom getting out, and were making preparations\\nfor taking them. The half-witted Fish now\\nheartily repented that he had not followed his\\ncompanion at length, however, he bethought\\nhimself of a stratagem he appeared upon the\\nsurface of the water with his belly upward, and\\nfeigned to be dead. The Fishermen also, having\\ntaken him up, thought him really what he coun-\\nterfeited himself to be, so threw him again into\\nthe water. And the last, which was the foolish\\nFish, seeing himself pressed by the Fishermen,\\nsunk down to the bottom of the pond, shifted up\\nand down from place to place, but could not avoid\\nat last falling into their hands, and was that day\\nmade part of a public entertainment.\\nThis example/ continued Damna, shows\\nyour Majesty, that you ought to prevent Coho-\\ntorbe from doing the mischief he intends, by\\nmaking yourself master of his life, before he have\\nyours at his command.\\nWhat you say is very agreeable to reason/\\nsaid the King, but I cannot yet believe that Coho-\\ntorbe, upon whom I have heaped so many favors,\\nshould be so perfidious as you represent him.\\nWhy, it is most true, replied Damna, that\\nhe never received anything but kindness from\\nyour Majesty but what is bred in the bone will\\nnever come out of the flesh; neither can any-\\nthing come out of a vessel but what is put into\\nit of which the following Fable is a sufficient\\nproof.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "FABLE XT.\\nTHE SCOBPION AXD THE TOBTOISE.\\nA Toetoise and Scorpion had once contracted\\na great intimacy, and bonnd themselves in snch\\na tie of friendship, that the one conld not live\\nwithout the other. These inseparable compan-\\nions, one day. finding themselves obliged to\\nchange their habitation, travelled together: bnt\\nin their way meeting with a large and deep river,\\nthe Scorpion, making a stop, said to the Tortoise,\\nM My dear friend, yon are well provided for what\\nwe see before us, bnt how shall I get over this\\nwater v%\\nM Xever trouble yourself, my dear friend, for\\nthat, replied the Tortoise I will carry yoa\\nupon my back secure from all danger.* The\\nScorpion, on this, without hesitation, got upon\\nthe back of the Tortoise, who immediately took\\nwater and began to swim. But he was hardly\\ngot half way across the river, when he heard\\na terrible rumbling upon his back which made\\nhim ask the Scorpion what he was doing u Do-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "THE SCORPION AND THE TORTOISE. 103\\ning v replied the Scorpion, why, I am whet-\\nting* my sting, to try whether I can bore this\\nhorny cuirass of yours, that covers your flesh like\\na shield, from all injuries.\\nk 0, ungrateful wretch cried the Tortoise\\nwouldst thou, at a time when I am giving thee\\nsuch a demonstration of my friendship, wouldst\\nthou at such a time, pierce with thy venomous\\nsting the defense that nature has given me, and\\ntake n way my life? It is well, however, I have\\nit in my power both to save myself and reward\\nthee as thou deservest. So saying, he sunk his\\nback to some depth under the water, threw off the\\nScorpion and left him to pay his life, the just for-\\nfeit of his monstrous ingratitude.\\nHad he not destroyed his ungrateful favorite\\nin this manner, royal sir/ 5 continued Damna,\\nhis own life had paid for it and it is a good\\nand most just general rule, that the wicked are\\nnever to be favored.\\nYou urge me too hard upon this subject,\\nsaid the Lion, and I cannot but think that\\nwere Cohotorbe capable of so much perfidious-\\nness, he would certainly have shown his mali-\\ncious intentions before.\\nNever trust to that, replied Damna he\\ncarries on his design with more prudence. He\\nwill not, royal sir, attack your Majesty s person\\nopenly and publicly himself; no, but he will\\ncajole your whole court, and delude them into", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "104\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nhis interests, and then take his own time to de-\\nstroy your sacred person, and openly avowing his\\nguilt, perhaps set himself up for king in your\\nplace. Just Heaven keep me from seeing such a\\nday Providence defend me from such masters\\nYou say something indeed now/ 5 said the\\nLion, interrupting him; but now I know him\\nguilty, how shall we find a fair pretense to be rid\\nof him\\nLet me alone for that/ replied Damna; a\\nfaithless subject must be punished.\\nThese amusements of the subtle Fox made\\nsuch an impression on the mind of the King, that\\nhe at length told Damna he was come to a res-\\nolution to admit Cohotorbe no more into his\\npresence, but to banish him altogether from his\\ncourt, after he had upbraided him with his in-\\ngratitude, and let him know the reason of his\\nfall. This resolution, however, was far enough\\nfrom being pleasing to Damna a guilty con-\\nscience never can have rest he feared that if the\\nKing once came to talk with Cohotorbe, all his\\nvillainy would be discovered. On this, said he to\\nthe Lion, Sir, if I may continue my boldness\\nof speaking to your Majesty, I have heard from\\npersons of understanding that a prince ought\\nnever to inflict public punishment upon faults\\ncommitted in secret, nor secretly to chastise\\npublic crimes therefore, seeing Cohotorbe is a\\nsecret transgressor, he must be privately pun-\\nished.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "THE SCORPION AND THE TORTOISE. 105\\nNo, replied the Lion it is a great piece\\nof injustice to punish any one before he be told\\nthe reason of his punishment.\\nTo satisfy yourself of his guilt, replied\\nDamna, it will be sufficient, that once for all\\nyou make him sensible of your displeasure, and\\ngive him a cold reception his conscience will\\nupbraid him with his perfidiousness at the same\\ninstant, and he will no longer doubt but that you\\nare preparing for him his due reward and you\\nwill perceive him accordingly disturbed and agi-\\ntated in his mind, which will be an evident proof\\nof the truth of my suspicions.\\nIf it prove so, replied the Lion, I shall be\\nsoon convinced of his treason.\\nDamna, now seeing the King prepared to his\\nheart s desire, went to Cohotorbe, and made him\\na low bow. To whom the Ox, after many ca-\\nresses, said, My good old frieud, what is the\\nreason that you come to see me no oftener? is\\nit because you think me no longer one of your\\nfriends\\nThough I have been absent for some time,\\nreplied Damna, yet, believe me, I have still pre-\\nserved you in my thoughts.\\nBut why, replied the Ox, did you retire\\nfrom the court\\nu For this plain reason, replied Damna, u be-\\ncause I love my liberty and when we are in the\\nKing s presence we tremble for fear, as always\\nbeing under restraint.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "106 THE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nIf I mistake you not, friend/ replied Coho-\\ntorbe, you look as if you were not satisfied with\\nthe King, and were afraid of some misfortune or\\nfoul play/ 5\\nIndeed, you have guessed but too well the\\ncause of my uneasiness, answered Damna I\\ntremble, and am as troubled as you can conceive\\nme to be but it is for your sake, friend, and not\\nfor my own, that I am in this perplexity.\\nPoor Cohotorbe, terribly frightened at this an-\\nswer, quaking for fear, says to Damna, My dear\\nfriend, let me know the danger that threatens\\nme, that, if possible, I may guard against it.\\nTo this Damna, with a look of great compas-\\nsion, replied, It is but just, friend, that you\\nshould know your danger, nor should I act con-\\nsistently with that friendship I have ever pro-\\nfessed to you, not to acquaint you with it. The\\ntruth, therefore, is this a friend of mine has in-\\ntrusted me with a private discourse which passed,\\nsome days ago, between the King and a great per-\\nson who has no kindness for your lordship. Said\\nthe King to this great person, I have been con-\\nsidering that Cohotorbe is now very fat and of no\\nuse to us and as I must a few days hence feast\\nall the lords of my court, I think my cheapest\\nway will be to roast this Ox alive and whole for\\ntheir entertainment. I tremble to repeat this\\nbut as I knew it, I could not but inform you of\\nit, and bring you this news, to convince you that\\nI am your real friend, and to assist you, as far as\\nlies in my power, to avoid the danger. 5", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "THE SCORPION AND THE TORTOISE. 107\\nCohotorbe was astonished at this piece of dis-\\nmal intelligence. But by what device, said he,\\nshall I be able to escape this intended cruelty\\nof the King? Alas good Heaven is my witness,\\nI never gave him the least occasion to use me so\\nseverely. Certainly I must have some private\\nenemy, who has falsely accused me behind my\\nback, and incensed him without a cause against\\nme. And a Prince, who discards and punishes\\na servant on such grounds, is like the Drake,\\nwho, seeing the resemblance of the moon in the\\nwater, thought it to be some extraordinary fish,\\nand deluded with that error, dived several times\\nto catch it but, mad to see that all his efforts\\nproved vain, in a violent rage came out of the\\nwater, swearing never to return to that element\\nagain and, after that, though he were ever so\\nhungry, would never dive more after any fish, be-\\nlieving it to be only the light of the moon. But\\nfor me, unhappy that I am, backbiters and flat-\\nterers have so prepossessed the Lion against me,\\nthat whatever I do henceforward to please him,\\nhe will still believe that I only dissemble.\\nu I know not what to say, or how to advise in\\nthis case, replied Damna the King may see\\nhis error, and alter his mind but then, on the\\nother side, being absolute in his power, he may,\\nwithout being bound to give any reason for it,\\ncondemn you to death.\\nIt is most true, replied Cohotorbe, that\\nprinces often seek the destruction of those who", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "108\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nseem their greatest favorites. And many, who\\nenvy the grandeur and ease of a court-life, know\\nnot the dangerous accidents that attend it; as\\nyou may learn by the ensuing Fable.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "FABLE XVI.\\nTHE FALCON AND THE HEN.\\nOr all the animals I was ever acquainted\\nwith/ said a Falcon once to a Hen, you are the\\nmost unmindful of benefits, and the most un-\\ngrateful.\\nWhy, what ingratitude, replied the Hen,\\n66 have you ever observed in me\\nCan there be a greater piece of ingratitude,\\nreplied the Falcon, than that which you com-\\nmit in regard to men? By day they seek out\\nevery nourishment to fat you and in the night\\nyou have a place always ready to roost in, where\\nthey take care that your chamber be close barred\\nup, that nothing may trouble your repose never-\\ntheless, when they would catch you, you forget\\nall their goodness to you, and basely endeavor to\\nescape their hands which is what I never do, I\\nthat am a wild creature, no way obliged to them,\\nand a bird of prey. Upon the meanest of their\\ncaresses I grow tame suffer myself to be taken,\\nand never eat but upon their fists.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "110\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nAll this is very true, replied the Hen but\\nI find you know not the reason of my flight you\\nnever saw a Falcon upon the spit; but I have\\nseen a thousand Hens dressed with all manner\\nof sauces.\\nct I have recited this Fable to show you that\\noften they who are ambitious of a court-life,\\nknow not the inconveniences of it.\\nI believe, friend, said Damna, that the\\nLion seeks your life for no other reason than\\nthat he is jealous of your virtues.\\nThe fruit-trees only, replied Cohotorbe,\\nare subject to have their branches broken\\nNightingales are caged because they sing more\\npleasantly than other birds and we pluck the\\nPeacocks 5 feathers from their tails for no other\\nreason but because they are beautiful. Merit\\nalone is, therefore, too often the source and origin\\nof our misfortunes. However, I am not afraid of\\nwhatever contrivances the malice of wicked peo-\\nple can make to my prejudice but shall endeavor\\nto submit to what I cannot prevent, and imitate\\nthe Nightingale in the following Fable.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "FABLE XVII.\\nTHE NIGHTINGALE AND THE COUNTRYMAN.\\nA certain Countryman had a rose-bush in his\\ngarden, which he made his sole pleasure and de-\\nlight. Every morning he went to look upon it,\\nin the season of its flowering, and see his roses\\nready to blow. One day as he was admiring,\\naccording to his custom, the beauty of the flow-\\ners, he spied a Nightingale perched upon one of\\nthe branches near a very fine flower, and pluck-\\ning off the leaves of it one after another. This\\nput him into so great a passion, that the next day\\nhe laid a snare for the Nightingale, in revenge\\nof the wrong; in which he succeeded so w r ell, that\\nhe took the bird, and immediately put her in a\\ncage. r The Nightingale, very melancholy to see\\nherself in that condition, with a mournful voice\\nasked the Countryman the reason of her slavery.\\nTo w r hom he replied, Kuowest thou not that\\nmy whole delight was in those flowers, which\\nthou wast wantonly destroying? every leaf that\\nthou pluckedst from that rose was as a drop of\\nblood from my heart.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "112\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nAlas replied the Nightingale, you use\\nme very severely for having cropped a few leaves\\nfrom a rose but expect to be used harshly in the\\nother world, for afflicting me in this manner;\\nfor there all people are used after the same man-\\nner as they here use the other animals. 55\\nThe Countryman, moved with these words, gave\\nthe Nightingale her liberty again for which she,\\nwilling to thank him, said, Since you have had\\ncompassion in your nature, and have done me\\nthis favor, I will repay your kindness in the man-\\nner it deserves. Know therefore/ 5 continued she,\\nthat, at the foot of yonder tree, there lies buried\\na pot full of gold go and take it, and Heaven\\nbless you with it. 55\\nThe Countryman digged about the tree, and,\\nfinding the pot, astonished at the Nightingale 5 s\\nsagacity in discovering it, I wonder, 5 said he\\nto her, that, being able to see this pot, which\\nwas buried under ground, you could not discover\\nthe net that was spread for your captivity. 5\\nKnow you not, 55 replied the Nightingale,\\nthat, however sharp-sighted or prudent we are,\\nwe can never escape our destiny\\nBy this example you see that, when we are\\nconscious of our own innocence, we are wholly to\\nresign ourselves up to our fate. 55\\nIt is very true, 55 replied Damna the Lion,\\nhowever, according to the most just observation\\nof the captive Nightingale in your Fable, in seek-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE COUNTRYMAN. 113\\ning your destruction, cannot but incur divine\\npunishment and, desirous as he is to augment\\nhis grandeur by your fall, I am apt to think that\\nwhat once befell the Hunter will be his destiny. 55\\n8", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "FABLE XVIII.\\nTHE HUNTER, THE FOX, AND THE LEOPARD.\\nA certain Hunter once, said Damna, pursu-\\ning his discourse, espied, in the middle of a field,\\na Fox, who looked with so engaging an aspect,\\nand had on a skin so fair and lovely, that he had\\na great desire to take him alive. With this in-\\ntent he found out his hole, and just before the\\nentrance into it dug a very deep trench, which he\\ncovered with slender twigs and straw, and, hav-\\ning laid on it a piece of smoking lamb s flesh,\\njust cut up, went and hid himself in a corner out\\nof sight. The Fox, returning to his hole, and\\nobserving at a distance what the Hunter had left\\nfor his breakfast, presently ran to see what dainty\\nmorsel it was. When he came to the trench, he\\nwould fain have been tasting the delicate enter-\\ntainment; but the fear of some treachery would\\nnot permit him to fall to and, in short, finding\\nhe had strong reasons to suspect some ill design\\ntowards him, he was cunning enough to remove\\nhis lodging, and take up other quarters. In a", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "THE HUNTER, THE FOX, AND THE LEOPARD. 115\\nmoment after lie was gone, as fortune would have\\nit, came a hungry Leopard, who, being tempted\\nby the savory odor of the yet warm and smoking\\nflesh, made such haste to fall to, that he tumbled\\ninto the trench. The Hunter, hearing the noise\\nof the falling Leopard, immediately threw him-\\nself into the trench, without looking into it,\\nnever questioning but that it was the Fox he had\\ntaken but there found, instead of him, the\\nLeopard, who tore him in pieces, and devoured\\nhim.\\nThis Fable teaches us, that, however ear-\\nnestly we may wish for any event, providence and\\nwisdom ought to regulate our desires.\\nI did very ill, indeed, replied Cohotorbe,\\nto accept the Lion s offer of favor and friend-\\nship, and now heartily wish I had been content\\nw 7 ith an humbler fortune.\\nIt is not enough, replied Damna, interrupt-\\ning him, to repent and bewail your past life;\\nyour business is now to endeavor to moderate the\\nLion s passion.\\nI am assured of his natural good will to me,\\nreplied Cohotorbe but traitors and flatterers\\nwill do their utmost to change his favor into\\nhatred, and I am afraid they will bring about\\ntheir designs. Do not you remember that the\\nWolf, tht 4 Fox, and the Raven once ruined the\\nCamel?", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "FABLE XIX.\\nTHE WOLF j THE FOX, THE RAVEN, AND THE\\nCAMEL.\\nIn former ages/ continued Cohotorbe, tliere\\nwere a crafty Raven, a subtle Fox, and a bloody\\nWolf, who put themselves into the service of a\\nLion, that held his court in the wood, near a cer-\\ntain not-much-frequented highway. Near this\\nplace, a merchant s Camel once, quite tired with\\nlong travel, got rid of his burden, and lay down\\nto rest himself, and, if possible, preserve his life.\\nIn a few days after, having recovered his strength,\\nhe rose up, and, ignorant of the governor of these\\nterritories, entered into the Lion s wood with a\\ndesign to feed. But, before he had spent an\\nhour in travelling into it, he was astonished with\\nthe appearance of the Lion, whose majestic gait\\nand aspect soon informed our traveller that he\\nwas Monarch of the place. The Camel, who at\\nfirst sight expected nothing but to be devoured,\\nwas rejoiced to find this, and humbly offered him\\nhis service. The Lion accepted it and after he", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "THE WOLF, THE FOX, THE RAVEN, AND THE CAMEL. 117\\nknew by what accident he came into the place,\\nasked him what he would choose to do.\\n6 Whatever your Majesty pleases/ replied the\\nCamel, very submissively.\\nThou art at thy liberty/ replied the Lion,\\nto return, if thou likest it, and be the slave of\\nthy former master; or, if thou wilt rather live\\nwith me, thou hast my sacred and inviolable\\npromise that thou shalt be secure from all inju-\\nries.\\nThe Camel was very glad of this, and remained\\nwith the Lion, doing nothing but feed without\\ndisturbance, so that he soon became plump and\\nfat.\\nOne day after this, the Lion, in his hunting\\nmet an Elephant, with whom he encountered\\nand, returning w ounded to the wood, at length he\\nwas nearly starved to death. While he lay on his\\ndeath-bed, however, the Raven, the Wolf, and the\\nFox, who lived only upon what the Lion left after\\nhe had been at the field, fell into a deep melan-\\ncholy; which the Lion perceiving, said to them,\\n6 1 am more sorry for your sadness than for my\\nown wounds. Go, and see if you can meet with\\nany venison in the purlieus adjoining; if you do,\\nreturn and give me notice, and, notwithstanding\\nmy wounds, I will go and seize it for you.\\nUpon this, away they went, left the Lion, and\\nheld a council all three together.\\nSaid the Wolf, 6 If I may speak among you,\\nfriends, what good does this Camel do here We", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "118\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nhave no correspondence with him, nor does the\\nLion get anything by him; let us kill him, and\\nhe will keep us alive for two or three days, and\\nby that time the King may, perhaps, be cured of\\nhis wounds/ This advice, however, though hun-\\nger much pleaded in its favor, did not please the\\nFox, who affirmed that the Camel s life could not\\nbe justly taken away, since the Lion had given\\nhis word and solemn promise that he should live\\nunmolested in the wood; for that such an action\\nwould render the King odious to all posterity,\\nwho would look upon him as a perfidious Mon-\\narch, who gave protection to a stranger in his\\ndominions, only to put him to death without\\na cause, whenever he could make an advantage\\nof his destruction.\\nOn this the Raven, who had as hungry a belly\\nas the Wolf, together with a great deal of wit\\nand as much malice, took upon him to reconcile\\nboth these opinions, saying that there might be\\na fair pretense found to color the death of the\\nCamel. Stay here/ continued he, till I re-\\nturn, and I will bring you the Lion s consent for\\nhis destruction. 5 So saying, away he went to\\nthe Lion and, when he came into his presence,\\nmaking a profound reverence, and putting on a\\nstarved and meagre look, said, e May it please\\nyour Majesty to hear me a few words we are\\nalmost famished to death, and so weak that we\\ncan hardly crawl along; but we have found out a\\nremedy for all this, and, if your Majesty will but", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "THE WOLF, THE FOX, THE RAVEN, AND THE CAMEL. 119\\ngive leave, have contrived how we shall have a\\nfeast.\\n6 What is your remedy? answered the Lion,\\nhardly able to open his jaws for weakness and\\nanguish and what the feast you propose your-\\nselves\\nTo whom the Raven replied, Sir, the Camel,\\nwhom you once met with in the wood, lives like\\na hermit in your kingdom he never comes near\\nus, nor is he good for anything but to satisfy our\\nhunger. And, in regard your Majesty wants\\ngood and wholesome diet in your present weak\\ncondition, I am surgeon enough to venture to\\nassure you that camel s flesh must be very proper\\nfor you/\\nThe Lion, who was of a truly noble disposition,\\nwas highly incensed at this proposal of the Raven,\\nand very passionately exclaimed, 6 what a\\nwicked and treacherous age is this Vile and\\ncunning as you are, for I have long known you,\\nGorvo (for so was the Raven called), how can all\\nyour sophistry prove it lawful in a King to be\\nfaithless, and violate ascertained promises\\nSir, 5 replied the Raven, 6 far be it from me\\nto attempt .to prove that but, may it please your\\nMajesty, I cannot but remember, upon this most\\nurgent occasion, that great casuists hold it for a\\nmaxim, that a single person may be sacrificed to\\nthe welfare of a whole nation. Or, should not\\nthis be entirely satisfactory to your Majesty, per-\\nhaps there may be some expedient found to dis-\\nengage you from your promise.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "120\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nu Upon that the Lion bowed down his head with\\nfatigue and anguish, as if to consider of it, and\\nthe Raven returned to his companions, to whom\\nhe related what discourse had passed between the\\nKing and him. And now, 5 said he, let us go\\nto the Camel, and inform him of the unfortunate\\naccident that has befallen the King, and of his\\nbeing likely to starve; and then lay before him,\\nthat since we have spent the greatest part of our\\nlives in peace and plenty under the King s reign,\\nit is but just that some of us now should surren-\\nder up our own to prolong his days. In pur-\\nsuance of this discourse, we will engage the\\nCamel to accompany us, and go to the King and\\noffer him our three carcasses; striving at the\\nsame time, which shall be most free of his flesh\\nto serve his Majesty for his present nourishment.\\nThe Camel, perhaps, will then be willing to fol-\\nlow our example, and offer to sacrifice himself\\nin the same manner, and then we will take him\\nat his word/\\nThis they all readily agreed to and, in short,\\nacted their parts so well, that they took the\\nCamel with them to the King, to whom the\\nRaven thus addressed himself 6 Sir/ said he,\\n6 seeing your health is of much more consequence\\nto the public good, and more precious to us than\\nour own lives, suffer me to show the just sense I\\nhave of my duty, by offering up my own body to\\nyou, to appease your raging hunger.\\n6 What a goodly collation you offer to his Maj-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "THE WOLF, THE FOX, THE RAVEN, AND THE CAMEL. 121\\nesty cried the Fox, well instructed in the part\\nhe was to act in this design; you that have\\nonly a little skin, and three or four dry bones,\\nare a precious bit to. satisfy the King, who, I\\nwarrant you, could feed at this time like a glut-\\nton after a three days fast. I have better flesh,\\nand more substantial than yours, and have so\\nmuch true sense of my duty (as I hope every one\\nof his Majesty s subjects has, especially those\\nwho, like us, have tasted of his favors) that I am\\nas desirous as yourself to approve my gratitude\\nand love to my so.vereign. And, turning to the\\nLion, Sir/ said he, 6 let me entreat your Maj-\\nesty to eat me.\\nAfter these, the Wolf played his part. 6 Sir,\\nsaid he c your Majesty must have more solid diet\\nto refresh your hungry stomach than these can\\nafford you, and I think myself a banquet much\\nmore proper to regale you.\\nThe Camel, on this, unwilling to appear less\\naffectionate than the rest, when it came to his\\nturn, All you three, said he, are not enough\\nto satisfy the King s hunger; but, though he\\nhad not eaten a mouthful these three days, I\\nalone am sufficient to restore him to his health.\\nu Then said all the rest, This Camel speaks\\nreason his flesh is excellent, dainty, and worth\\nyour Majesty s taste. How happy will he be to\\nleave to posterity such an example of zeal and\\ngenerosity And, so saying, they all fell upon\\nhim, and tore him to pieces, before he could speak\\nanother word.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "122\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nThis Fable shows you, that when several\\nconspirators combine together in the contrivance\\nof an enterprise, they easily bring it to pass. 5\\nYou are perfectly in the right/ said Damna;\\nand, for my part, were I in your condition, I\\nwould defend my life and, if I must perish, fall\\nlike a warrior, not like a victim of justice at the\\ngallows. He that dies with his sword in his\\nhand, renders himself famous. It is not good to\\nbegin a war but, when we are attacked, it is\\nignominious to surrender ourselves like cowards\\ninto the enemy s hand.\\nThis is right and proper counsel/ 5 replied\\nCohotorbe but we ought to know our strength\\nbefore we engage in a combat for, if w T e attack\\nour enemy rashly and imprudently, we may, too\\nlate perhaps, remember the famous story of the\\nAngel Euler of the Sea, which I will tell you. 5", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "FABLE XX.\\nTHE ANGEL RULER OF THE SEA, AND TWO\\nBIRDS, CALLED GERANDI. 1\\nTwo Birds, of that kind called Gerandi, con-\\ntinued Cohotorbe, once lived together upon the\\nshores of the Indian Sea. After they had long\\nenjoyed the pleasures of conjugal affection, when\\nit was near the season for laying eggs, said the\\nFemale to the Male, It is time for me to choose\\na proper place wherein to produce my young\\nones. 5\\nTo whom the Male replied, 6 This where we\\nnow are is, I think, a very good place.\\nNo, replied the Female, 6 this cannot do\\nfor the sea may hereafter swell beyond these\\nbounds, and the waves carry away my eggs.\\n6 That can never be, said the Male, c nor\\ndares the Angel Ruler of the Sea do me an in-\\njury for, if he should, he knows I would cer-\\ntainly call him to an account.\\n1 Gerandi are birds of the East Indies, which lay their eggs in\\nthe sands on the sea-shore, and sit four weeks.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "124\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nYou must never boast, replied the Female,\\nof a thing which you are not able to perform.\\nWhat comparison is there between you and the\\nprince of the sea Take my advice avoid such\\nquarrels and, if you despise my admonitions,\\nbeware you are not ruined by your obstinacy.\\nRemember the misfortune that befell the {Tor-\\ntoise.\\nIt is a story I have not heard/ replied the\\nMale pray tell it me.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "FABLE XXI.\\nTHE TORTOISE AND TWO DUCKS.\\n6 There was a Tortoise, 5 continued the Fe-\\nmale, 6 that lived in a pond with some Ducks,\\nher old companions, in full content and great\\nfelicity for many years. But at length there\\nhappened so dry a season, that there was at last\\nno water in the pond. The Ducks, upon this,\\nfinding themselves constrained to remove to some\\nother habitation, went to the Tortoise to take\\ntheir leaves of him. The Tortoise, in terror for\\nhis impending destruction, upbraided them for\\nleaving him in the time of his calamity, and be-\\nsought them to carry him along with them. To\\nwhom the Ducks replied,\\nu Be assured it is a great trouble to us that\\nwe must leave you in this condition but we are\\nconstrained to it for our own preservation and\\nas to what you propose to us, to take you with\\nus, we have a long journey to make, and you can\\nnever follow us, because you cannot fly. On this\\ncondition, however, it is possible for us to save", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "126 THE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nyou, if you can only be enough your own friend\\nto follow our advice, and keep a strict and perfect\\nsilence and, on this condition, if you will prom-\\nise us not to speak a word by the way, we will\\ncarry you. But we shall meet with some that\\nwill talk to us, aud then it is ten to one but you\\nwill be twattling and if you are, remember that\\nwe now tell you beforehand, it will be your de-\\nstruction.\\nNo, answered the Tortoise, fear me not\\nI will do whatever you will have me. Things\\nbeing thus settled, the Ducks ordered the Tor-\\ntoise to take a little stick and hold it by the\\nmiddle fast in his mouth and then, exhorting\\nhim to keep steady, they took the stick by each\\nend, and so raised him up. Thus they carried\\nhim along in triumph; but it was not long be-\\nfore as they flew over a village, the inhabitants,\\nwondering at the novelty of the sight, fell a\\nshouting with all their might this made such\\na noise, that the Tortoise grew impatient to\\nbe twattling; and, at length, not being able\\nto keep silence any longer, he was going to\\nwish the people s mouths sewed up, for mak-\\ning such a clamor but as soon as he opened\\nhis mouth to vent his curses, he let go the\\nstick, and so fell to the ground and killed him-\\nself.\\nThis example shows us, spouse/ said the fe-\\nmale Gerandi, 6 that we ought not to despise the\\nexhortations of friends. 5", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "THE TORTOISE AND TWO DUCKS. 127\\n6 1 have heard your Fable, said the Male, 6 and\\nall that I shall say in answer to it is this They\\nwho want courage are no way capable of great\\nperformances. Be governed by me I have as\\nearnest a desire of preserving our young ones as\\nyourself, yet I am bold to say, let us hatch our\\nyoung ones in this place; and be assured, that\\nthe Angel Ruler of the Sea dares do us no\\nharm/ The Female, on this, obeyed, and built\\nher nest accordingly in the sand by the sea-sicle.\\nBut, within a clay or two after, the ocean swell-\\ning, the waves overturned the nest, and the\\nRuler of the Sea took the eggs. The Female,\\non this misfortune, addressing herself to the\\nMale, said,\\nI told you that you were too vainglorious\\nto dare to outbrave a power which it becomes\\nyou rather to revere but, now he has done this\\ninjury, let us gee how you will revenge your-\\nself.\\nc Depend upon it/ replied the Male, I will\\nmake him restore your eggs/ And, so saying,\\nwithout delay he flew to all the birds, one after\\nanother, told them the story, and craved their\\naid to revenge himself upon the Ruler of the\\nSea. All the birds promised their succor to the\\nGerandi, and went with him to the Griffin, and\\nthreatened to acknowledge him no longer for\\ntheir King if he did not head them in this en-\\nterprise. The Griffin, as tenacious of the rights\\nof his subjects as revengeful in his own nature,", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "128\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nreadily engaged in the war, and immediately flew\\nbefore them, and they beset the Ruler of the\\nSea s Palace who, seeing such an infinite num-\\nber of birds, in great terror and affright, came\\nout to them, and restored the eggs.\\nAn enemy, 55 said Damna, I very well know,\\nis at no time to be despised. 5\\nHowever, 55 replied Cohotorbe, I will not\\nbegin the combat; but if the Lion attacks me, I\\nwill endeavor to defend myself. 5\\nWell, 55 answered Damna, that you may\\nknow when to be upon your guard, let me give\\nyou this caution when you see him lash the\\nground with his tail, and roll his eyes angrily\\nabout, you may be sure he will immediately be\\nupon you. 55\\nI thank you for your advice, 55 replied Coho-\\ntorbe and when I observe the signs which you\\nhave, so like a friend, informed me of, I shall\\nprepare myself to receive him. 55\\nHere they parted and Damna, overjoyed at\\nthe success of his enterprise, ran to Kalila, who\\nasked him how his design went forward. I\\nthank my fates, 55 cried Damna, I am just going\\nto triumph over my enemy. 55 After this short\\nconfabulation, the two Foxes went to court, where\\nsoon after Cohotorbe arrived.\\nThe Lion no sooner beheld him, but he\\nthought him guilty and Cohotorbe, casting his\\neyes upon the Lion, made no question, from", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "THE TORTOISE AND TWO DUCKS.\\n129\\nwhat he saw, but that his Majesty had resolved\\nhis ruin so that both the one and the other\\nmanifesting those signs which Damn a had de-\\nscribed to each, there began a most terrible\\ncombat, wherein the Lion killed the Ox, but not,\\nhowever, without a great deal of trouble and\\nhazard.\\nWhen all was over, what a wicked crea-\\nture thou art cried Kalila to Damna thou\\nhast here, for thine own sake, endangered the\\nKing s life thy end will be miserable for con-\\ntriving such pernicious designs and that which\\nhappened to a cheat, who was the cully of his\\nown knaveries, will one day befall thee. 5\\n9", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "FABLE XXII.\\nTWO YOUNG MERCHANTS, THE ONE CRAFTY, AND\\nTHE OTHER WITHOUT DECEIT.\\nTwo young merchants once left their country,\\nto travel together upon the account of trade\\nthe one was called Sharpwit, the other Simpleton.\\nThese two, in one of their first journeys, by acci-\\ndent found a bag full of money on which, said\\nSharpwit to his companion, Travelling, I be-\\nlieve, in truth, is very profitable, but it is also\\nvery painful therefore, brother, let us be con-\\ntented with this money which fortune has\\nthrown into our way, without fatiguing our-\\nselves any more. Simpleton consenting to\\nthis, they left off their designs of travelling,\\nand returned both to their lodging. Before they\\nparted, Simpleton bethought himself of dividing\\nwhat they had found, to the end they might be\\nboth at their own liberty.\\nBut, 55 said Sharpwit, no, brother, believe\\nme, it is much better to put it into a safe place,\\nand every day to take something out of the stock", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "TWO YOUNG MERCHANTS.\\n131\\nfor our occasions, without bringing the whole of\\nour several fortunes into separate danger. To\\nthis Simpleton answered, that he very well ap-\\nproved of his proposal; and, accordingly, they\\nhid the money, taking each of them only a small\\nsum for their particular expenses. The next day,\\nhowever, Sharpwit went where the money lay,\\nand having taken it away, returned home. On\\nthe other hand, Simpleton thought not of going\\nto the hoard while his little stock lasted; but\\nwhen he had expended all that he had, he went\\nto Sharpwit s lodging, and meeting with him,\\nCome, said he, let us go together, and\\ntake out such another sum as we took out be-\\nfore.\\nContent, answered Sharpwit; for I have\\nspent all my stock, and want money.\\nSo they went both together; but when they\\ncame to the place where the money had been\\nhid, behold, the birds were flown. Sharpwit on\\nthis threw himself on the ground, tore his hair,\\nrent his clothes, and weeping to his companion,\\nWhy hast thou dealt so unkindly with thy\\nfriend P said he, u for nobody but you could\\ntake away the money, since nobody else knew\\nwhere it was hid. It was in vain for Simpleton\\nto swear he had not taken it away the other\\nstill feigned to be assured of the contrary, and\\nwickedly, not contented with robbing his brother\\nof all he had, was for having him lose his life by\\nfalse accusations, that he might be sure to have no", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "132\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nmore fear of his finding- him out. What will not\\nthe wicked thirst after money compel us to To\\nconclude, at length, they went both before a judge,\\nbefore whom Sharpwit, after he had related the\\nwhole story how they found the money, and how\\nthey agreed to hide it, accused Simpleton of hav-\\ning stolen it.\\nThe judge called presently for witnesses to\\nprove the robbery; to which Sharpwit replied,\\nI have no other witnesses but the tree that\\ngrows next the place and I hope God, who is\\njust, will suffer the dumb tree to give testimony\\nof the truth. The judge, admiring to hear the\\nman talk at such a rate, resolved to see the issue\\nof the business, and accepting the tree for a wit-\\nness, promised the next day to take a walk to the\\ntree and examine it and so the two merchants\\nwent home. In the mean time Sharpwit told his\\nfather the whole story, assuring him withal that\\nhe had no hope but in him, when he took the\\ntree for his evidence. And if you will but act\\nyour part, added he, we shall have the sum\\nwhich I have taken to ourselves, and as much\\nmore from the party accused upon his condemna-\\ntion, which will serve us very well the remainder\\nof our days. 5\\nHis father, on this, asked him what he was to\\ndo. Why, sir, 5 replied the son, you must go\\ninto the tree in the evening, and lie there all\\nnight, to the end that when the judge comes\\nbetimes in the morning, you may give testimony\\naccording to the custom.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "TWO YOUNG MERCHANTS.\\n133\\nson said the Father, leave off these\\nschemes of knavery, for though thou mayst de-\\nceive men, thou canst never deceive the Al-\\nmighty and I am afraid thy fortune will have\\nthe same success with that of the Frog*.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "FABLE XXIII.\\nTHE FROG, THE CRAW-FISH, AND THE SERPENT.\\nThere was once a Frog which had her habita-\\ntion in the neighborhood of the hole of a Ser-\\npent, who every time she brought forth young\\nones, ate them up; this put her almost beside\\nher wits and one day going to pay a visit to a\\nCraw-fish, that was one of her gossips, in the\\nanguish of her heart she uttered many bitter\\nimprecations against the Serpent, and made her\\nthe confidant of her grievances. The Craw-fish\\nput her in good heart, assuring her that a way\\nmight be found out to rid her from such a per-\\nnicious neighbor.\\nYou will oblige me, indeed, said the Frog,\\nif you will teach me that.\\nHark you, then, replied the Craw-fish\\nthere is in such a place one of my comrades,\\nwho is very large, and indeed a monster among\\nus; take you a sufficient number of little min-\\nnows, and lay them all in a row from the Craw-\\nfish s hole to the Serpent s lodgiug; for the", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "THE FROG, THE CRAW-FISH, AND THE SERPENT. 135\\nCraw-fish that I tell you of will certainly snap\\nthem all up, one after another, till he comes\\nwhere the Serpent lies, who will come forth upon\\nthe noise, and then the Craw-fish will devour him\\ntoo. The Frog followed this advice, and tasted\\nthe sweet pleasure of revenge. But two days\\nafter, the Craw-fish that had eaten the Serpent,\\nthinking to find more, went hunting in the same\\nneighborhood, and soon fell upon the place where\\nthe Frog was now hatching another brood, and\\nate up not only all her young ones, but herself\\nalso.\\nYou see by this Fable, concluded he, that\\ndeceivers are often deceived.\\nFather, said the son, let me entreat you\\nto leave off this idle discourse we have no time\\nfor talking, but must conclude either to earn the\\nmoney, or go without it. Upon this, the old\\nman, who was covetous enough, not able to dis-\\nsuade his son, submitted, and went and hid him-\\nself in the tree. The next day, betimes in the\\nmorning the judge made haste to the tree,\\naccompanied by a great number of persons of\\nwit and penetration, and a great crowd of\\nothers that desired to be witnesses of this new\\nway of accusation.\\nAfter some ceremonies, the judge asked the\\ntree whether it were true that Simpleton had\\ntaken the money in dispute. Presently he\\nheard a voice that answered, Yes, he is\\nguilty of what he is accused. This somewhat", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "136\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nastonished the judge at first; but afterwards,\\nsurmising that there might be somebody in the\\ntree, ordered all the boughs round about the tree\\nto be heaped together, and set on fire. Upon\\nwhich the poor old man, after he had endured\\nthe heat as long as he could, cried out, Mercy\\nmercy and being then lifted out of the tree,\\nconfessed the truth, made manifest the innocence\\nof Simpleton, and Sharpwit s wickedness; for\\nwhich he was punished as he deserved, while all\\nthe money was taken from the accuser, and given\\nto the party accused.\\nI have recited this example to you/ said\\nKalila, to show you, that there is nothing like\\nacting with uprightness and sincerity.\\nYou are to blame, said Damna, to call wit\\nby the name of knavery, and the care of a man s\\nown interests by the appellation of artifice for\\nmy part, I am apt to think that I have showed\\nnothing but wit and judgment in my whole con-\\nduct.\\nThou art a wicked creature, cried Kalila\\nnor will I any longer listen to thee, or live with\\nthee thou teachest such wicked maxims, that\\nthose who frequent thy company, I am afraid,\\nwill come to the same end with a certain Gar-\\ndener, of whom I will tell thee a remarkable his-\\ntory.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "FABLE XXIV.\\nTHE GARDENER AND THE BEAR.\\nThere was once, in the eastern parts of our\\ncountry, a Gardener, who loved gardening to\\nthat degree that he wholly absented himself\\nfrom the company of men, to the end he might\\ngive himself up entirely to the care of his flow-\\ners and plants. He had neither wife nor chil-\\ndren and from morning till night he did noth-\\ning but work in his garden, so that it lay like a\\nterrestrial paradise. At length, however, the\\ngood man grew weary of being alone, and took a\\nresolution to leave his garden in search of good\\ncompany.\\nAs he was, soon after, walking at the foot of\\na mountain, he spied a Bear, whose looks had in\\nthem nothing of a savage fierceness natural to\\nthat animal, but were mild and gentle. This\\nBear was also weary of being alone, and came\\ndown from the mountain, for no other reason but\\nto see whether he could meet with any one that\\nwould join society with him. So soon, therefore,", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "138\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nas these two saw each other, they began to have\\na friendship one for another; and the Gardener\\nfirst accosted the Bear, who, in return, made him\\na profound reverence. After some compliments\\npassed between them, the Gardener made the\\nBear a sign to follow him, and carrying him into\\nhis garden, regaled him with a world of very de-\\nlicious fruit, which he had carefully preserved\\nso that at length they entered into a very strict\\nfriendship together insomuch that when the\\nGardener was weary of working, and lay down to\\ntake a little nap, the Bear, out of affection, stayed\\nall the w 7 hile by him, and kept off* the flies from\\nhis face. One day as the Gardener lay down to\\nsleep at the foot of a tree, and the Bear stood by,\\naccording to his custom, to drive away the flies,\\nit happened that one of those insects did light\\nupon the Gardener s mouth, and still as the Bear\\ndrove it away from one side, it would light on\\nthe other which put the Bear into such a pas-\\nsion, that he took up a great stone to kill it. It\\nis true he did kill the fly but at the same time\\nhe broke out two or three of the Gardener s teeth.\\nFrom whence men of judgment observe, that it\\nis better to have a prudent enemy than an igno-\\nrant friend.\\nThis example shows, that we should take care\\nwhom we are concerned with and I am of opin-\\nion that your society is no less dangerous than\\nthe company of the Bear.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "THE GARDENER AND THE BEAR.\\n139\\nThis is an ill comparison/ 5 replied Damna\\nI hope I am not so ignorant, but that I am able\\nto distinguish between what is baneful and what\\nis beneficial to my friend. 55\\nWhy, I know very well indeed, 55 replied Ka-\\nlila, that your transgressions are not the fail-\\nings of ignorance but I know, too, that you can\\nbetray your friends, and that when you do so, it is\\nnot without long premeditation witness the con-\\ntrivances you made use of to set the Lion and the\\npoor Ox together by the ears but after this I\\ncannot endure to hear you pretend to innocence.\\nIn short, you are like the man that would make\\nhis friend believe that rats eat iron. 55", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "FABLE XXV.\\nTHE MERCHANT AND HIS FRIEND.\\nA certain Merchant, said Kalila, pursuing\\nher discourse, had once a great desire to make\\na long journey. Now in regard that he was not\\nvery wealthy, It is requisite/ said he to himself,\\nthat before my departure I should leave some\\npart of my estate in the city, to the end that if\\nI meet with ill luck in my travels, I may have\\nwherewithal to keep me at my return. 5 To this\\npurpose he delivered a great number of bars of\\niron, which were a principal part of his wealth,\\nin trust to one of his friends, desiring him to\\nkeep them during his absence and then, taking\\nhis leave, away he went. Some time after, hav-\\ning had but ill luck in his travels, he returned\\nhome and the first thing he did was tor go to his\\nFriend, and demand his iron but his Friend,\\nwho owed several sums of money, having sold the\\niron to pay his own debts, made him this answer\\n6 Truly, friend/ said he, 4 1 put your iron into a\\nroom that was close locked, imagining it would", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "THE MERCHANT AND HIS FRIEND. 141\\nhave been there as secure as my own gold but\\nan accident has happened which nobody could\\nhave suspected, for there was a rat in the room\\nwhich ate it all up.\\nThe Merchant, pretending* ignorance, replied,\\nIt is a terrible misfortune to me indeed but\\nI know of old that rats love iron extremely I\\nhave suffered by them many times before in the\\nsame manner, and therefore can the better bear\\nmy present affliction. This answer extremely\\npleased the Friend, who was glad to hear the\\nMerchant so well inclined to believe that a\\nrat had eaten his iron and to remove all sus-\\npicions, desired him to dine with him the next\\nday. The Merchant promised he would, but in\\nthe mean time he met in the middle of the city\\none of his Friend s children the child he carried\\nhome, and locked up in a room. The next day\\nhe went to his Friend, who seemed to be in great\\naffliction, which he asked him the cause of, as if\\nhe had been perfectly ignorant of what had hap-\\npened.\\n4 0, my dear friend, answered the other, 6 1\\nbeg you to excuse me, if you do not see me so\\ncheerful as otherwise I would be I have lost one\\nof my children I have had him cried by sound\\nof trumpet, but I know not what is become of\\nhim.\\nc replied the Merchant, 1 am grieved\\nto hear this for yesterday in the evening, as I\\nparted from hence, I saw an owl in the air with", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "142\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\na child in his claws but whether it were yours\\nI cannot tell.\\nf Why, you most foolish and absurd crea-\\nture replied the Friend, are you not ashamed\\nto tell such an egregious lie An owl, that\\nweighs at most not above two or three pounds,\\ncan he carry a boy that weighs above fifty?\\nWhy, replied the Merchant, do you make\\nsuch a wonder at that as if in a country where\\none rat can eat an hundred tons weight of iron,\\nit were such a wonder for an owl to carry a child\\nthat weighs not over fifty pounds in all 5 The\\nFriend, upon this, found that the Merchant was\\nno such fool as he took him to be, begged his\\npardon for the cheat which he designed to have\\nput upon him, restored him the value of his iron,\\nand so had his son again.\\nThis Fable shows/ continued Kalila, that\\nthese fine-spun deceits are not always successful;\\nbut as to your principles, I can easily see that if\\nyou could be so unjust as to deceive the Lion, to\\nwhom you were so much indebted for a thousand\\nkindnesses, you will with much more confidence\\nput your tricks upon those to whom you are less\\nobliged. This is the reason why I think your\\ncompany is dangerous/\\nWhile Damn a and Kalila were thus confabu-\\nlating together, the Lion, whose passion was now\\nover, made great lamentations for Cohotorbe,\\nsaying that he began to be sensible of his loss,", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "THE MERCHANT AND HIS FRIEND. 143\\nbecause of his extraordinary endowments. I\\nknow not, added he, whether I did ill or well\\nin destroying him, or whether what was reported\\nof him was true or false. Thus musing for a\\nwhile in a studious melancholy, at length he re-\\npented of having punished a subject who might,\\nfor aught he knew, be innocent. Damna, ob-\\nserving that the Lion was seized with remorse of\\nconscience, left Kalila, and accosted the King\\nwith a most respectful humility\\nSir, said he, what makes your Majesty so\\npensive Consider that here your enemy lies at\\nyour feet and fix your eyes upon such an object\\nwith delight.\\nWhen I think upon Cohotorbe s virtues, said\\nthe Lion, I cannot but bemoan his loss. He\\nwas my support and my comfort, and it was by\\nhis prudent counsel that my people lived in re-\\npose.\\nThis indeed was once the case, replied\\nDamna but his revolt was therefore the more\\ndangerous and I am grieved to see your Majesty\\nbewail the death of an unfaithful subject. It is\\ntrue he was profitable to the public but in re-\\ngard he had a design upon your person, you have\\ndone no more than what the wisest have already\\nadvised, which is to cut off a member that would\\nprove the destruction of the whole body. These\\nadmonitions of Damna s for the present gave the\\nLion a little comfort but notwithstanding all,\\nCohotorbe s innocence crying continually after-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "144\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nwards in the Monarch s breast for vengeance,\\nroused at last some thoughts in him, by which he\\nfound means to discover the long chain of vil-\\nlanies Damn a had been guilty of. He that will\\nreap wheat must never sow barley. He only that\\ndoes good actions, and thinks just thoughts, will\\nbe happy in this world, and cannot fail of rewards\\nand blessings in the other.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER III.\\nTHAT THE WICKED COME TO AN ILL END.\\ng^llll HAVE with great attention and de-\\nlight/ 5 said Dabschelini, now heard\\nS^sSS the history of a sycophant, who by his\\nflatteries deceived his prince, and was the cause\\nthat he wronged his minister tell me now\\ntherefore how the Lion came to discover Dam-\\nna s infidelities, and what w r as the end of this\\ncunning and most wicked Fox.\\nKings, answered the old Brahmin, are by\\nno means to give any credit to the various re-\\nports that are whispered in their ears, till they\\nunderstand whether the stories which they hear\\nproceed from the lips of friends or enemies. It is\\nwith great delight that I have observed your\\nMajesty s attention to what I have beeu relating,\\nand now shall joyfully proceed to give the account\\nof those things which you yet desire to know.\\nSome time after the Lion had killed the Ox, he\\nwas, as I have already observed, very much trou-\\nbled in his mind: the reflections that he contin-\\nually made upon the good services which the Ox\\n10", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "146\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nhad done him, plunged him into so deep a mel-\\nancholy, that he abandoned the care of his do-\\nminions, and his court became a wilderness. He\\ntalked without intermission of Cohotorbe s rare\\nendowments and the good character which\\nothers gave him was the only consolation which\\nhis grief would admit.\\nOne night, as he was engaged in discourse\\nwith the Leopard concerning the virtues of the\\nOx, Your Majesty, 5 said the Leopard, too heavily\\nafflicts yourself for a thing which it is impossible\\nto remedy and suffer me to remind your Maj-\\nesty that he that turmoils himself to seek what\\nhe cannot find, not only never acquires what he\\nseeks, but instead of that loses what he has as\\nthe Pox once lost a hide in hopes of getting a\\nHen which he longed for. It is a remarkable\\nstory, and if your Majesty will give me permis-\\nsion, I will relate it to you/ 99", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "FABLE I.\\nTHE FOX, THE WOLF, AND THE RAVEN.\\nA certain Fox, that was ranging about in\\nsearch of food, once found a large piece of a raw\\nhide, which some wild beast or other had let fall\\nhe ate one part of it, and took the rest with a\\ndesign to carry it to his hole; but on his way,\\nnear a village, he spied several Hens that were\\nplump and fat, which a certain boy set to watch\\nthem had always in his eye. These dainties set\\nthe Fox s teeth a-watering to that degree, that\\nhe left his raw hide, which he was sure of, to\\nget one of these delicate morsels. At the same\\ninstant a Wolf came up to him, and asked\\nhim what he gazed after with so much earnest-\\nness.\\nThose Hens thai? you see yonder, answered\\nthe Fox u I would fain have one of them for my\\nsecond course.\\nYou w ill only lose your time, replied the\\nWolf, in attempting it; they are guarded by so\\nvigilant a servant, that it is impossible for you to", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "148\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nget near them, without running a manifest haz-\\nard. Take my advice therefore content yourself\\nwith your piece of raw hide, for fear you meet\\nwith the same hard fortune that once befell the\\nAss, who, while he was looking after his tail, lost\\nhis ears.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "FABLE II.\\nTHE ASS AND THE GARDENER.\\nA certain Ass/ continued lie, had once by\\nsome accident lost his tail, which was a grievous\\naffliction to him and as he was everywhere seek-\\ning after it, being fool enough to think he could\\nset it on again, he passed through a meadow, and\\nafterwards got into a garden. The Gardener see-\\ning him, and not able to endure the mischief he\\nwas doing in trampling down his garden, fell\\ninto a violent rage, ran to the Ass, and never\\nstanding on the ceremony of a pillory, cut off\\nboth his ears, and beat him out of the ground.\\nThus the Ass, who bemoaned the loss of his tail,\\nwas in far greater affliction when he saw himself\\nwithout ears and believe me, that, in general,\\nwhoever he be that takes not reason for his guide,\\nwanders about, and at length falls over precipices.\\nThe Fox, however, was still eagerly impor-\\ntuned by his extraordinary longing after a tit-bit.\\nWhat come you hither for, said he to the\\nWolf, to trouble me with your morals and your", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "150\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nfables I will let you see, that he who has cour-\\nage scorns the terror of such examples, and\\ndares do anything. So saying, he advanced\\nslyly toward the Hens, leaving his piece of raw\\nhide and the Wolf, finding that his admonitions\\nwould do no good, went about his business. In\\nthe mean time the Fox crept softly toward his\\nfeathered prey but the boy, perceiving his thiev-\\nish intention, threw a large stone so luckily at\\nhim, that he hit him on the foot. The poor Fox,\\nafraid lest the boy should reach his pate next\\ntime, returned with much more haste than he\\ncame, resolved to be contented with his piece of\\nraw hide. But, alas that was gone too for a\\nRaven, coming by at the same time, had carried\\nit away and the Fox could now have torn his\\nown flesh for madness.\\nYou see, sir, pursued the Leopard, by these\\nstories, the misfortunes that attend rash and in-\\nconsiderate enterprises and permit me to add,\\nthat your Majesty ought never to despair, nor\\nabandon the government of your dominions for\\nthe loss of one subject.\\nOn this the Lion for a while stood mute, but\\nthen recovering his speech, You say true, said\\nhe, but if I do not this, I would at least ease\\nmy troubled mind, and strongly revenge Coho-\\ntorbe s death, if I could find that he had been\\nunjustly accused.\\nThis is a just and a noble intent, replied the", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "THE ASS AND THE GARDENER. 151\\nLeopard but, sir, desponding is not the way\\nto attain your end you must carefully examine\\nwhether the complaints that were brought you\\nof his miscarriages were true or not. If he w T as\\nguilty, he has been deservedly punished if not,\\nthe accuser ought to feel your severity. Then\\nsaid the Lion to the Leopard, I appoint thee\\nmy searcher of the truth on this occasion, and\\nentreat thee to do all thou canst to find it out.\\nNow, in regard it was by this time late, the\\nLeopard for the present took his leave of the\\nLion but on his way to his lodging, passing by\\nKalila and Damna s apartment, he thought he\\nheard them discoursing together. The Leopard\\nhad long suspected Damna to be no less wicked\\nthan indeed he was, and his curiosity therefore\\nled him to go near and listen. Kalila, as fortune\\nwould have it, was at this very time upbraiding\\nher husband with his perfidiousness, his dissimu-\\nlation, and all the artifices he had made use of to\\nruin Cohotorbe. The Leopard, fully informed by\\nher reproaches of Damna s treasons, went imme-\\ndiately away to the Lion s mother, to whom he\\nrelated what he had heard and she, presently\\nhastening to her son, cried to him, You have\\nreason indeed to be afflicted for the loss of Coho-\\ntorbe, your favorite, for he died innocent.\\nWhat proof have you of this demanded\\nthe Lion eagerly.\\nPardon me, answered the Mother, if I am\\nnot so hasty to reveal a secret which may, if too", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "152\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nsuddenly related to you, inflame your anger to\\ntoo high a degree, and prejudice the person that\\nhas intrusted me. But I beseech you to listen to\\nthis Fable.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "FABLE III.\\nTHE PRINCE AND HIS MINISTER.\\nThere was once a Prince who was very much\\nfamed throughout all these countries he was a\\ngreat conqueror, and was potent, rich, and just.\\nOne day as he rode a-hunting, vsaid he to his\\nMinister, Put on thy best speed; I will run my\\nhorse against thine, that we may see which is the\\nswiftest I have a long time had a strange desire\\nto make this trial. The Minister, in obedience\\nto his master, spurred his horse, and rode full\\nspeed, and the King followed him. But when\\nthey were got at a great distance from the gran-\\ndees and nobles that accompanied them, the\\nKing, stopping his horse, said to his Minister,\\nI had no other design in this but to bring thee\\nto a place where we might be alone for I have a\\nsecret to impart to thee, having found thee more\\nfaithful than any other of my servants. I have a\\njealousy that the Prince, my brother, is framing\\nsome contrivance against my person, and for that\\nreason I have made choice of thee to prevent", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "154\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nhim; but be discreet. The Minister on this\\nswore he would be true to him and when they\\nhad thus agreed, they stayed till the company\\novertook them, who were in great trouble for the\\nKing s person. The Minister, however, notwith-\\nstanding his promises to the King, upon the first\\nopportunity he had to speak with the King s\\nbrother, disclosed to him the design that was\\nbrewing to take away his life. And this obliged\\nthe young Prince to thank him for his informa-\\ntion, promise him great rewards, and take some\\nprecautions in regard to his own safety.\\nSome few days after, the King died, and his\\nbrother succeeded him but when the Minister\\nwho had done him this signal service expected\\nnow some great preferment, the first thing he\\ndid, after he was advanced to the throne, was to\\norder him to be put to death. The poor wretch\\nimmediately upbraided him with the service he\\nhad done him. Is this, said he, the recom-\\npense for my friendship to you this the reward\\nwhich you promised me\\nYes, answered the new King whoever re-\\nveals the secrets of his prince deserves no less\\nthan death and since thou hast committed so\\nfoul a crime, thou deservest to die. Thou betray-\\nedst a king who put his confidence in thee, and\\nwho loved thee above all his court how is it pos-\\nsible, therefore, for me to trust thee in my ser-\\nvice It was in vain for the Minister to allege\\nany reasons in his own justification they would", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "THE PRINCE AND HIS MINISTER. 155\\nnot be heard, nor could lie escape the stroke of\\nthe executioner.\\nYou see by this Fable, son, continued the old\\nLioness, that secrets are not to be disclosed. 55\\nBut, my dear mother, 55 answered the King 1\\nhe that intrusted you with this secret desires it\\nshould be made known, seeing he is the first that\\nmakes the discovery for if he could not keep it\\nhimself, how could he desire another to be more\\nreserved Let me conjure you, 55 continued he,\\nif what you have to say be true, put me out of\\nmy pain. 5\\nThe mother seeing 1 herself so hardly pressed,\\n64 Then, 5 said she, I must inform you of a crim-\\ninal unworthy of pardon for though it be the\\nsaying of wise men that a king ought to be mer-\\nciful, yet there are certain crimes that ought\\nnever to be forgiven. It is Damn a I mean, 5\\npursued the matron Lioness, who, by his false\\ninsinuations, wrought Cohotorbe s fall. And\\nhaving so said, she retired, leaving the Lion in a\\ndeep astonishment. Some time he pondered with\\nhimself on this discovery, and afterwards sum-\\nmoned an assembly of the whole court. Damna,\\ntaking umbrage at this (as guilty consciences al-\\nways make people cowards), comes to one of the\\nKing s favorites, and asks him if he knew the\\nreason of the Lion s calling such an assembly\\nw hich the Lion s mother overhearing, Yes,\\nsaid she, it is to pronounce thy death for thy", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "156\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nartifice and juggling politics are now, though too\\nlate, discovered.\\nMadam/ answered Damna, they who ren-\\nder themselves worthy of esteem and honor at\\ncourt by their virtues, never fail of enemies.\\nthat we, added he, would act no otherwise\\nthan as the Almighty acts in regard to us for\\nHe gives to every one according to his desert\\nbut we, on the other side, frequently punish\\nthose who are worthy of reward, and as often\\ncherish those that deserve our indignation.\\nHow much was I to blame to quit my solitude,\\nmerely to consecrate my life to the King s ser-\\nvice, to meet with this reward Whoever, con-\\ntinued he, dissatisfied with wdiat he has, pre-\\nfers the service of princes before his duty to his\\nCreator, will be sure, I find, early or late, to re-\\npent in vain. This your ladyship may see by the\\nfollowing story.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "FABLE IV.\\nA HERMIT WHO QUITTED THE DESERT TO LIVE\\nAT COURT.\\nThere was once in a remote part of his Maj-\\nesty s (my hitherto most gracious master) domin-\\nions, a certain Hermit, who had renounced the\\npleasures of the world, and led a very austere life\\nin a wilderness. His virtue, in a small time,\\nmade such a noise in the world, that an infinite\\nnumber of people flocked every day to visit him\\nsome out of curiosity, and others to consult him\\nupon several different matters. The fame of this\\nHermit s wisdom and virtue spread every day\\nmore and more. The King of the country, who\\nwas very devout, and who loved all virtuous and\\nworthy men, no sooner understood that there was\\nin his kingdom a person of so much knowledge\\nand goodness, but he rode to see him, made him\\na noble present, and desired that he might hear\\nsome of his learned and virtuous exhortations.\\nOn this desire of the Monarch, the Hermit\\nbegan, and laid before him a most glorious scene", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "158\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nof true knowledge. Sir/ 5 said he, the\\nAlmighty Governor of the universe has two hab-\\nitations the one perishable, which is the world,\\nthe other eternal, which is the abode of the\\nblessed hereafter. It is not for your Majesty,\\ntherefore, to dote upon the felicities of the\\nearth you ought to aspire to those eternal\\ntreasures, the meanest part of which is of a no-\\nbler value than all the principalities of the world\\ntry, then, sacred sir, with earnestness, to attain\\nthe possession of those eternal blessings, and you\\nshall not lose the reward of your endeavors.\\nThe Monarch, on this, demanded by what assi-\\nduities they might be acquired. By a series\\nof virtuous actions alone, replied the Hermit\\nparticularly by relieving the poor and succor-\\ning the distressed for of this be ever mindful\\nall princes that desire to enjoy eternal repose\\nmust labor to give temporal tranquillity to their\\nsubjects.\\nThe King was so taken with this discourse\\nthat he took up a resolution to spend some hours\\nwith this good Hermit every day, and so for the\\npresent returned to his palace. Long continued\\nhe every day his visits to this oracle of truth\\namong the rest, one day, as the King and the\\nHermit were together in the hermitage, they saw\\na confused multitude of people thronging toward\\nthem, and rending the air with the loud cries of\\nJustice, justice. The Hermit went to the door\\nof the cave, and bade them draw near examined", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "A HERMIT WHO QUITTED THE DESERT. 159\\nthem, and, having understood their differences,\\nmade a quick and peaceful accommodation be-\\ntween them, sending them all away praying for\\na thousand blessings on him. The King, upon\\nthis, admiring the Hermit s prudence and dis-\\npatch, desired him that he would favor him so\\nfar as, for the sake of the public good, sometimes\\nto leave his tranquil abode for a few hours, and\\nbe present in his councils. The Hermit readily\\nagreed to this, believing he might be beneficial\\nto the poor; and after this was frequently in\\nthose assemblies and the King ever pronounced\\nhis decrees according to his judgment, insomuch\\nthat at length he became so necessary, that\\nnothing was done in the kingdom without his\\nadvice.\\nThe Hermit, now beginning to find that men\\nmade their addresses to him, began to forget his\\ndetermined solitude and humility, and soon took\\nupon him the rank and quality of chief minister.\\nTo which end he provided himself with a rich liv-\\nery and a numerous train. He now forgot his\\nausterities, his penances, and his prayers, and\\nlooking upon himself as one that would be greatly\\nmissed in the government, took great care of his\\nown person, lay soft, and fed upon the most\\nexquisite dainties: and the King, who was very\\nwell satisfied with the Hermit, let him do as he\\npleased; and, in short, discharged upon his\\nshoulders the whole burden of his cares.\\nOne day another Hermit, a friend to him that", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "160\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nlived at court, coming to visit his brother, with\\nwhom he had frequently spent whole nights in\\nprayer, and whole days in fasting and penitence,\\nwas astonished to see him arrayed in costly habits,\\nand environed with a great number of servants.\\nReserving his patience, however, till night locked\\nup all the court in dark retirement, when all\\nwas hushed, he accosted the courtier Hermit\\nin the most pathetic manner 0, my dear\\nfriend/ 5 said he, in what a condition do I find\\nyou What a strange alteration is this and\\nwhat is now become of all the sanctity that you\\nused to pretend to The Court-Hermit would\\nfain have excused himself, by saying, that he\\nwas constrained to keep so great a train but his\\nbrother, who was a person of wit and judgment,\\nsaid, These excuses are the dictates of sensual-\\nity I see that wealth and preferment have en-\\nchanted your devotion. What demon has put\\nyou out of conceit with your praying life? and\\nwhy, forgetting the duties of a retired station, do\\nyou here prefer noise before silence, and tumult\\nbefore ease 55\\nThink not/ answered the Court-Hermit,\\nthat the business of the court is any hinderance\\nto me from continuing my devotions no, brother,\\nI continue them with more than wonted fervor,\\nand hourly return my humble thanks to Heaven\\nfor placing me in a station where I may do good\\nto the world/ 5\\nYou deceive yourself/ 5 replied the brother", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "A HERMIT WHO QUITTED THE DESERT. 161\\nHermit, to think that your prayers can be\\nheard, while you are environed with the cares and\\npomps of the world, as they were, when holy and\\nheavenly duties took up all your time. No, no. I\\nadjure you therefore, take my advice break these\\nchains of gold that bind you to the court, and re-\\nturn to your desert otherwise, be assured, you\\nwill at last meet with the cruel destiny of the\\nblind Man who despised the counsel of his\\nFriend.\\n11", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "FABLE V.\\nTHE BLIND MAN WHO TRAVELLED WITH ONE OF\\nHIS FRIENDS.\\nThere were once, continued he, two Men\\nthat travelled together, one of whom was blind.\\nThese two companions being in the course of\\ntheir journey, one time, surprised by night upon\\nthe road, entered into a meadow, there to rest\\nthemselves till morning and as soon as day ap-\\npeared, they rose, got on horseback, and contin-\\nued their journey. Now, the blind Man, instead\\nof his whip, as ill fate would have it, had picked\\nup a Serpent that was stiff with cold but having\\nit in his hand, as it grew a little warm, he felt\\nit somewhat softer than his whip, which pleased\\nhim very much he thought he had gained by\\nthe change, and therefore never minded the loss.\\nIn this manner he travelled some time but when\\nthe sun began to appear and illuminate the world,\\nhis Companion perceived the Serpent, and with\\nloud cries, Friend, said he, you have taken\\nup a Serpent instead of your whip throw it out", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "THE BLIND MAN S JOURNEY WITH HIS FRIEND. 1C3\\nof your hand, before you feel the mortal caresses\\nof the venomous animal\\nBut the blind Man, no less blind in his intel-\\nlects than in his body, believing that his friend\\nhad only jested with him to get away his whip,\\nWhat said he, do you envy my good luck\\nI lost my whip that was worth nothing, and\\nhere my kind fortune has sent me a new one.\\nPray do not take me for such a simpleton but\\nthat I can distinguish a Serpent from a whip. 5\\nWith that his friend replied, 6 Companion, I\\nam obliged by the laws of friendship and human-\\nity to inform you of your danger; and therefore\\nlet me agaiu assure you of your error, and con-\\njure you, if you love your life throw away the\\nSerpent.\\nTo which the blind Man, more exasperated\\nthan persuaded 6 Why do you take all this pains\\nto cheat me, and press me thus to throw away a\\nthing which you intend, as soon as I have done\\nso, to pick up yourself? His Companion,\\ngrieved at his obstinacy, entreated him to be per-\\nsuaded of the truth, swore he had no such design,\\nand protested to him that what he held in his\\nhand was a real and poisonous Serpent. But\\nneither oaths nor protestations would prevail;,\\nthe blind Man would not alter his resolution.\\nThe sun by this time began to grow high, and\\nhis beams having* warmed the Serpent by degrees,\\nhe began to crawl up the blind Man s arm, which\\nhe immediately after bit in such a venomous\\nmanner, that he gave him his death wound.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "164\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nThis example teaches us, brother, continued\\nthe pious Hermit, that we ought to distrust\\nour senses and that it is a difficult task to mas-\\nter them, when we are in possession of the thing\\nthat flatters our fancy.\\nThis apposite Fable, and judicious admonition,\\nawakened the Court-Hermit from his pleasing\\ndream he opened his eyes, and surveyed the\\nhazards that he ran at court; and bewailing the\\ntime which he had vainly spent in the service of\\nthe world, he passed the night in sighs and tears.\\nHis friend constantly attended him, and rejoiced\\nat making him a convert but, alas day be-\\ning come, the new honors that were done him\\ndestroyed all his repentance. At this melancholy\\nsight, the pious stranger, with tears in his eyes,\\nand many prayers for his lost brother, as he ac-\\ncounted him, took his leave of the court, and\\nretired to his cell. On the other hand, the\\ncourtier began to thrust himself into all manner\\nof business, and soon became unjust, like the peo-\\nple of the world. One day, in the hurry of his\\naffairs, he rashly and inconsiderately condemned\\nto death a person, who, according to the laws\\nand customs of the country, ought not to have\\nsuffered capital punishment. After the execution\\nof the sentence, his conscience teased him with\\nreproaches that troubled his repose for some\\ntime and, at length, the heirs of the person\\nwhom he had unjustly condemned, with great\\ndifficulty, obtained leave of the King to inform", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "THE BLIND MAN S JOURNEY WITH HIS FRIEND. 165\\nagainst the Hermit, whom they accused of injus-\\ntice and oppression and the council, after ma-\\nture debate upon the informations, ordered that\\nthe Hermit should suffer the same punishment\\nwhich he had inflicted upon the person deceased.\\nThe Hermit made use of all his credit and his\\nriches to save his life. But all availed not, and\\nthe decree of the council was executed.\\nI must confess, said Damna, that, accord-\\ning to this example, I ought long since to have\\nbeen punished for having quitted my solitude to\\nserve the King notwithstanding that, I can\\nsafely appeal to Heaven, that I am guilty of no\\ncrime against any person yet.\\nDamna here gave over speaking, and his elo-\\nquence was admired by all the court different\\nopinions were formed of him by the different per-\\nsons present and as for the Lion, he held down\\nhis head, turmoiled with so many various\\nthoughts, that he knew not what to resolve, nor\\nwhat answer to give. While the Lion, however,\\nwas in this dilemma, and all the courtiers kept\\nsilence, a certain creature, called Siagousch, who\\nwas one of the most faithful servants the King\\nhad, stepped forward, and spoke to this effect\\nthou most wicked wretch all the reproaches\\nwhich thou throwest upon those that serve kings,\\nturn only to thy own shame for besides that it\\ndoes no way belong to thee to enter into these\\naffairs, know that an hour of service done to the", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "166\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nKing is worth a hundred years of prayers. Many\\npersons of merit have we seen, that have quitted\\ntheir little cells to go to court, where, serving\\nprinces, they have eased the people, and secured\\nthem from tyrannical oppressions. The Fable\\nwhich I am going to tell you may serve for a\\nproof of what I say. 55\\n5", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "FABLE VI.\\nA RELIGIOUS DOCTOR \u00c2\u00a3ND A DERVISE.\\nThere once lived in a certain city of Persia an\\nancient religions Doctor, who spent bis life wholly\\nin his proper calling*, the inculcating true notions\\nof virtue, piety, and religion into persons of all\\nranks. This excellent man had an established\\nreputation throughout the kingdom, of being a\\nvery learned and virtuous man. He was called\\nRouchan Zamir, that is to say, Clear Conscience.\\nA Dervise of great fame once, pushed on by the\\nmotives of an extraordinary devotion, parted from\\nMauralnachos, a province of Tartary, to visit\\nthis religious Doctor, and to consult him upon\\nsome difficult questions. After much fatigue he\\narrived at the habitation of our Doctor. The\\nDoctor himself, however, was not within but a\\nperson that he kept as a constant companion was\\nthere, who, observing that the Dervise was weary,\\ndesired him to rest himself; adding, that this\\nwas the hour at which the Doctor usually re-\\nturned from court, whither he went every day.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "168\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nHere all was at once destroyed for when the\\nDervise heard that the religious Doctor, Clear\\nConscience, intermeddled with state affairs,\\ncried he, how sorry I am to have come\\nso far, and lost my time and labor for I am very\\nwell assured that there is nothing to be learned\\nfrom a man that frequents courts. 5 With these\\nwords he departed from the place, with a very ill\\nopinion of the religious Doctor.\\nNow it happened that the Captain of the watch\\nwas searching about that day for a notorious rob-\\nber, who had made his escape the night before\\nand the King had threatened to put him to death\\nif he did not find him again. The Captain, meet-\\ning the Dervise, seized him instead of the of-\\nfender whom he sought for, and, without examin-\\ning him, hurried him away immediately to exe-\\ncution. It was in vain for the Dervise to swear\\nhimself an honest man his tale would not be\\nheard; and already the hangman had his knife\\nready to take off his head, when our religious\\nDoctor, returning from court, saw the Dervise in\\nthe hands of the executioner. The Doctor imme-\\ndiately ordered him to be untied, affirming him\\nto be one of his brethren, aud that it was impos-\\nsible he should have committed the crime of\\nwhich he was accused. The executioner made a\\nprofound reverence to the Doctor, fell upon his\\nknee, and kissed his hand, and unbound the Der-\\nvise, who accompanied the Doctor to his habita-\\ntion. As they were going on, the Doctor entered", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "A RELIGIOUS DOCTOR AND A DERVISE. 169\\noil the occasion of his present manner of life with\\nhis released friend.\\nBe not surprised/ 5 said he/ that I spend\\nthe greatest part of my time at court I live not\\nafter this manner for the sake of the vanities of\\nthe world these, believe me, brother, I have no\\ntaste for; no, it is for nobler ends that I attend\\na court. Injustice and oppression too often reign\\nthere; these I spend my labors to prevent, and\\ndevote my life to w hat I abhor, that I may be able\\nto rescue the stranger from destruction, make\\nthe distressed be relieved, and to deliver from\\ndeath the innocent, such as you are. The Der-\\nvise on this, acknowledging that he had made a\\nmost rash and wicked judgment, told the Doctor,\\nthat from that time forward, he would never\\nblame those that went to court for good pur-\\nposes.\\nBy this example/ added Siagousch, we see\\nthat the greatest observers of the law and truest\\nfollowers of virtue are not always banished from\\nthe court.\\nIt is true, replied Damna, that sometimes\\nmost virtuous men do live at court but it is\\nnot till after they have implored the succor of\\nHeaven because they know full well, that un-\\nless Heaven particularly protect them, they must,\\nof necessity, ruin themselves. Besides, these\\npeople never come to court till they have abso-\\nlutely laid aside all private interests, which is the", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "170\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nmost dangerous rock that they can split upon.\\nI confess, that with a mind so free from interest,\\na, man may embrace all sorts of conditions. But\\nwe, alas that are not endowed with such a sub-\\nlime virtue, how shall we, with safety to our-\\nselves, exercise an employment so dangerous, un-\\nless we have the good fortune to serve just and\\npenetrating princes, who, being able to distin-\\nguish faithful from wicked servants, reward and\\npunish them according to the rules of justice\\nOn this, the Mother of the Lion, rising from\\nher seat, with a look of conscious knowledge and\\ndisdain, said, Dauma, we all allow the truth of\\nwhat you have been saying; but, know you, too,\\nthat the assembly sits not here but to upbraid\\nthee for thy perfidy to the best of princes, and\\nfor destroying one of his most faithful subjects.\\nMadam, 5 replied Damna, I well know what\\nit is your highness is pleased to hint at but per-\\nmit me to prove my innocence by answering, that\\nhis Majesty is not ignorant, any more than this\\nassembly, that there never was any quarrel or\\ndispute between the Ox and me. On the other\\nhand, all the world knows that he was obliged to\\nme alone for the preferment and dignities to\\nwhich the King s favor had advanced him. It is\\ntrue that I informed his Majesty of an attempt\\nthat was forming against his person. It was my\\nduty to do this when I knew it, and I hope there\\nis not one of all you present but would have done\\nthe same and of this be assured, I accused none", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "A RELIGIOUS DOCTOR AND A DERVISE. 171\\nbut the guilty, and declared nothing but what I\\nheard with my ears, and saw with my own eyes.\\nThe love and reverence I bear my most gracious\\nsovereign alone influenced me in what I have\\ndone and I have this to satisfy my conscience,\\nthat though I have been so unhappy as to destroy\\nmy friend (for which, pardon me, ye most illus-\\ntrious assembly, but I cannot now forbear to\\nweep), yet I acted without passion or interest:\\nfor what advantage could I reap by Cohotorbe s\\ndeath P The favors which I have received from\\nthe King my master, and the duty I owe him,\\nwould they permit me to conceal from him such\\na piece of treason And as for those that now\\naccuse me, let me silence them forever, by declar-\\ning this sacred truth They are only such as fear\\nme, and seek my life, to the end that I should\\nnot discover their enterprises.\\nThese words Damna pronounced with such a\\nconstancy and presence of mind, that the Lion\\nknew not what to resolve. After much delibera-\\ntion, We must refer this cause/ 5 said he, to a\\nselect number of judges; for it is my pleasure\\nthat this affair be thoroughly and carefully ex-\\namined.\\nMost justly ordained, cried Damna; for\\nthey w r ho judge with precipitation commonly\\njudge amiss most gladly I submit myself to\\nsuch a tribunal, and humbly adore your Majesty s\\nwisdom and goodness for appointing it. My in-\\nnocence, I doubt not, in time, will clear itself,", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "172\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nthough a hasty judgment might unknowingly\\nhave pronounced me guilty. Nothing ought to\\nhe decided in things of consequence, without hav-\\ning a perfect know ledge of the whole affair.\\nThe Lion s mother, observing that her son gave\\near to Damna with delight, was afraid lest the\\nsubtle Fox should, by his eloquence, put a stop to\\nthe course of justice. Son/ 5 therefore said she\\nto the Lion, my mind forebodes to me that\\nyou will believe Damna innocent, and that you\\nlook upon all those that have accused him as\\nliars. I never thought, continued she, that a\\nKing who is looked upon to be the most just of\\nprinces, could suffer himself to be thus seduced\\nby the fair words and glozing insinuations of a\\ncapital offender, who is endeavoring at nothing\\nby all these fine stories but to deceive you, and to\\nescape the rigor of the law. So saying, she\\nrose up in a great passion, and retired to her\\nown apartment and the Lion, partly to pacify\\nhis Mother, and partly because he began to think\\nDamna guilty, ordered him to be committed to a\\nclose prison.\\nWhen the room was clear, his Mother returned,\\nand addressing herself to her son, Son, said\\nshe, think me not invidious in my nature for\\nthus pushing oil the fate of this offender it is\\nwith reluctance that I have done it, but justice to\\nyourself, and to the innocence of departed Coho-\\ntorbe, requires it. Guilty he unquestionably is\\nin the highest degree but yet, when I recollect", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "A RELIGIOUS DOCTOR AND A DERVISE. 173\\nall the circumstances of his life, I cannot conceive\\nhow a person of so much understanding came\\nto suffer himself to be tempted to so great a\\ncrime.\\nCertainly/ 5 answered the King, this has\\nbeen the effect of envy in him, that has made\\nhim commit so foul a piece of treachery and it\\nis a vice able to destroy the cunningest minds.\\nEnvy, pursued he, is a vice that keeps the\\nthoughts in a perpetual motion, and torments us\\nwith continual disquiet. Nay, so strangely de-\\ntestable a passion is this, that there are some\\nwho bear a grudge even to those that do them\\ngood. This you may know by the following\\nexample.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "FABLE VII.\\nTHREE ENVIOUS PERSONS THAT FOUND MONEY.\\nThree Men once were travelling the same\\nroad, and soon by that means became acquainted.\\nAs they were journeying on, said the eldest to\\nthe rest, u Pray tell me, fellow-travellers, why\\nyou leave your settled homes to wander in for-\\neign countries\\nI have quitted my native soil, answered one,\\nbecause I could not endure the sight of some\\npeople whom I hated worse than death and this\\nhatred of mine, I must confess, was not founded\\non any injury done me by them but arose from\\nmy own temper, which, I own it, cannot endure\\nto see another happy. Few words will give\\nyou my answer, replied the second for the\\nsame distemper torments my breast, and sends\\nme a-rambling about the world. Friends,\\nreplied the eldest, then let us all embrace for\\nI find we are all three troubled with the same\\ndisease. On these reciprocal confessions they\\nsoon became acquainted, and, being of the same", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "THREE ENVIOUS PERSONS THAT FOUND MONEY. 175\\nhumor, immediately closed in an union together.\\nOne day, as they travelled through a certain deep\\nhollow way, they spied a bag of money, which\\nsome traveller had dropped in the road. Pres-\\nently they all three alighted, and cried one to\\nanother, Let us share this money and return\\nhome again, where we may be merry and enjoy\\nourselves. But this they only said in dissimu-\\nlation for every one being unwilling that his\\ncompanion should have the least benefit, they\\nwere truly each of them at a stand, whether it\\nwere not best to go on without meddling with\\nthe bag, to the end the rest might do the same\\nbeing well contented not to be happy themselves,\\nlest another should be so also. In conclusion,\\nthey stopped a whole day and night in the same\\nplace to consider what they should do. At the\\nend of which time, the Kiug of the country rid-\\ning a-hunting with all his court, the chase led\\nhim to this place. He rode up to the three men,\\nand asked them what they did with the money\\nthat lay on the ground. And being thus sur-\\nprised, and dreading some ill consequence if they\\nequivocated, they all frankly told the truth.\\nSir, said they, we are all three turmoiled\\nwith the same passion, which is envy. This\\npassion has forced us to quit our native coun-\\ntry, and still keeps us company wherever we\\ngo and a great act of kindness would it be in\\nany one, if it were possible, that he would cure\\nus of this accursed passion, which, though we", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "176 THE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\ncannot but carry in our bosoms, yet we hate and\\nabhor.\\nWell, said the King, I will be your doc-\\ntor but before I can do anything, it is requisite\\nthat every one of you should inform me truly in\\nwhat degree this passion prevails over him, to\\nthe end that I may apply a remedy in proper\\nproportion of strength.\\nMy envy, alas said the first, has got such\\na head, that I cannot endure to do good to any\\nman living. You are an honest man in com-\\nparison with me, cried the second for I am\\nso far from doing good to another myself, that I\\nmortally hate that anybody else should do another\\nman good. Said the third, You both are chil-\\ndren in this passion to me neither of you pos-\\nsess the quality of envy in a degree to be com-\\npared with me for I not only cannot endure to\\noblige, nor to see any other person obliged, but I\\neven hate that anybody should do myself a kind-\\nness.\\nThe King was so astonished to hear them talk\\nat this rate, that he knew not what to answer.\\nAt .length, after he had considered some time,\\nu Monsters, and not men, that ye are, said he\\nyou deserve, not that I should let you have the\\nmoney, but punishment, if that can be adequate\\nto your tempers. At the same time he com-\\nmanded the bag to be taken from them, and con-\\ndemned them to punishments they justly mer-\\nited. He that could not endure to do good, was", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "THREE ENVIOUS PERSONS THAT FOUND MONEY. 177\\nsent into the desert barefoot and without provis-\\nion he that could not endure to see good done\\nto another, had his head chopped off, because he\\nwas unworthy to live, as being one that loved\\nnothing but mischief; and lastly, as for him that\\ncould not endure any good to be done to himself,\\nhis life was spared, in regard his torment was\\nonly to himself and he was put into a quarter\\nof the kingdom where the people were of all oth-\\ners famous for being the best-natured, and the\\nmost addicted to the performance of good deeds\\nand charitable actions. The goodness of these\\npeople, and the favors they conferred upon him\\nfrom day to day, soon became such torment to\\nhis soul, that he died in the utmost anguish.\\nBy this history, continued the Lion, u you\\nsee what envy is that it is of all vices the most\\nabominable, and most to be expelled out of all\\nhuman society. Most true/ replied the\\nMother and it is for that very reason that\\nDam li a ought to be put to death, since he is at-\\ntainted of so dangerous a vice. If he be\\nguilty, replied the Lion, he shall perish; but\\nthat I am not yet well assured of but am re-\\nsolved to be, before he is condemned.\\nWhile matters were thus carrying on at court,\\nhowever, Damua s wife, moved with compassion,\\nwent to see him in his prison, and read him this\\ncurtain-lecture Did I not tell you, said she,\\nthat it behoved you to take care of going on\\n12", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "178 THE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nwith the execution of your enterprise and that\\npeople of judgment and discretion never begin a\\nbusiness till they have warily considered what will\\nbe the issue of it? A tree is never to be planted,\\nspouse/ continued she, before we know what\\nfruit it will produce/ 5 While Kalila was thus up-\\nbraiding Damna, there was in the prison a Bear,\\nof whom they were not aware, and who, having\\noverheard them, resolved to make use of what his\\nears had furnished him withal, as occasion should\\ndirect him.\\nThe next day, betimes in the morning, the\\ncouncil met again, where, after every one had\\ntaken his place, the Mother of the Lion thus be-\\ngan u Let us remind your Majesty/ 5 said she,\\nthat we ought no more to delay the punish-\\nment of a capital offender than to hurry on the\\ncondemnation of the innocent and that a King\\nthat forbears the punishment of a malefactor is\\nguilty of no less a crime than if he had been a\\nconfederate with him. 55 The old lady spoke this\\nwith much earnestness; and the Lion, consider-\\ning that she spoke nothing but reason, com-\\nmanded that Damna should be immediately\\nbrought to his trial. On this, the chief justice,\\nrising from his seat, made the accustomed speech\\non such occasions, and desired the several mem-\\nbers of the council to speak, and give their opin-\\nion freely, boldly, and honestly, in this matter\\nsaying, withal, that it would produce three great\\nadvantages first, that truth would be found out,", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "THREE ENVIOUS PERSONS THAT FOUND MONEY. 179\\nand justice done secondly, that wicked men and\\ntraitors would be punished and thirdly, that the\\nkingdom would be cleared of knaves and impos-\\ntors, who by their artifices troubled the repose of\\nit. But, notwithstanding the eloquence of the\\njudge, as nobody then present knew the depth of\\nthe business, none opened their mouths to speak.\\nThis gave Damna an occasion to defend him-\\nself with so much the greater confidence and in-\\ntrepidity.\\nSir, said he, rising slowly from his seat,\\nand making a profound reverence to his Majesty\\nand the court, had I committed the crime of\\nwhich I stand accused, I might draw some color\\nof advantage from the general silence; but I find\\nmyself so innocent, that I wait with indifference\\nthe end of this assembly. Nevertheless, I must\\nneeds say this, that seeing nobody has been\\npleased to deliver his sentiments upon this affair,\\nit is a certain sign that all believe me innocent.\\nLet me not, sacred sir, be blamed for speaking in\\nmy own justification I am to be excused in that,\\nsince it is lawful for every one to defend himself.\\nTherefore, 5 said he, pursuing his discourse, I\\nbeseech all this illustrious company to say in the\\nKing- s presence whatever they know concerning\\nme but let me caution them at the same time\\nto have a care of affirming anything but what is\\ntrue, lest they find themselves involved in what\\nbefell the ignorant Physician of whom, with\\nyour Majesty s permission, I will relate the\\nFable.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "FABLE VIII.\\nTHE IGNORANT PHYSICIAN.\\nThere was once, in a remote part of the East,\\na man who was altogether void of knowledge and\\nexperience, yet presumed to call himself a Phy-\\nsician. He was so ignorant, notwithstanding,\\nthat he knew not the colic from the dropsy, nor\\ncould he distinguish rhubarb from bezoar. He\\nnever visited a patient twice for his first coming\\nalways killed him. On the other hand, there was\\nin the same province another Physician, of that\\nlearning and ability that he cured the most des-\\nperate diseases by the virtue of the several herbs\\nof the country, of which he had a perfect knowl-\\nedge. Now this learned man became blind, and\\nnot being able to visit his patients, at length re-\\ntired into a desert, there to live at his ease. The\\nignorant Physician no sooner understood that the\\nonly man he looked upon with an envious eye was\\nretired out of the way, but he began boldly to\\ndisplay his ignorance under the opinion of mani-\\nfesting his knowledge. One day the King of the", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "THE IGNORANT PHYSICIAN. 181\\ncountry s daughter fell sick, upon which the\\nknowing- Physician was sent for; because, that\\nbesides he had already served the court, people\\nwere convinced that he w r as much more able than\\nhe that went about to set himself up in this\\npompous manner. The learned Physician being\\nin the Princess s chamber, and understanding\\nthe nature of her disease, ordered her to take a\\ncertain pill composed of such ingredients as he\\nprescribed. Presently they asked him where\\nsuch and such drugs were to be had.\\nFormerly, answered the Physician, I have\\nseen them in such and such boxes in the King s\\ntreasury but what confusion there may have\\nbeen since among those boxes I know not.\\nUpon this the igmorant Physician pretended that\\nhe knew the drugs very well, and that he also\\nknew where to find and how to make use of them.\\nGo then, 5 said the King, to my treasury, and\\ntake what is requisite. Away went the igno-\\nrant Physician, and fell to searching for the box\\nbut because many of the boxes were alike, and\\nfor that he knew not the drugs when he saw\\nthem, he was not able to determine. On the\\nwhole, however, he rather chose, in the puzzle of\\nhis judgment, to take a box at a venture than to\\nacknowledge his ignorance. But he never con-\\nsidered that they who meddle with what they\\nunderstand not are generally constrained to an\\nearly repentance for in the box which he had\\npicked out there was a most exquisite poison, of", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "182\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nwhich he made his pills, and which he caused\\nthe Princess to take, who died immediately after\\non which the King commanded the ignorant\\nPhysician to be apprehended and condemned to\\ndeath.\\nThis example/ pursued Damna, teaches\\nus that no man ought to say or do a thing which\\nhe understands not/\\ni man may, however, perceive by your phys-\\niop \\\\iomy, said one of the assistants, interrupting\\nhim, notwithstanding these fine speeches, that\\nyou are a sly companion, one that can talk better\\nthan you can act and therefore I pronounce\\nthat there is little heed to be given to what you\\nsay.\\nThe judge on this asked him that spoke last\\nwhat proof he could produce of the certainty of\\nwhat he averred. Physiognomists, answered\\nhe, observe, that they who have their eyebrows\\nparted, their left eye bleared, and bigger than\\nthe right, the nose turned towards the left side,\\nand who, counterfeiting your hypocrites, cast\\ntheir eyes always toward the ground, are gen-\\nerally traitors and sycophants and therefore,\\nDamna having all these marks, from what I know\\nof the art, I thought I might safely give that\\ncharacter of him which I have done, without in-\\njury to truth.\\nw Your art may fail you, replied Damna for\\nit is our Creator alone who forms us as He pleases,", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "THE IGNORANT PHYSICIAN.\\n183\\nand gives us such a physiognomy as He thinks\\nfitting, and for what purposes He best knows.\\nAnd permit me to add, that, if what you say were\\ntrue, and every man carried written in his fore-\\nhead what he had in his heart, the wicked might\\ncertainly be distinguished from the righteous at\\nsight, and there would be no need of judges and\\nwitnesses to determine the disputes and differ-\\nences that arise in civil society. In like manner\\nit would be unjust to put some to their oaths and\\nothers to the rack, to discover the truth, because\\nit might be evidently seen. And if the marks\\nyou have mentioned impose a necessity upon those\\nthat bear them to act amiss, would it not be pal-\\npable injustice to punish the wicked, since thej\\nare not free in their own actions We must\\nthen conclude, according to this maxim, that if I\\nwere the cause of Cohotorbe s death, I am not to\\nbe punished for it, since I am not master of my\\nactions, but was forced to it by the marks which\\nI bear. You see, by this way of arguing, there-\\nfore, that yonr inferences are false. Damna,\\nhaving thus stopped the assistant s mouth, no-\\nbody durst venture to say anything more which\\nforced the judge to send him back to prison, and\\nleft the King yet undetermined what to think of\\nhim.\\nDamna, being returned to his prison, was about\\nto have sent a messenger to Kalila to come to\\nhim, when a brother Fox that was in the room by\\naccident spared him that trouble, by informing", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "184\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nhim of Kalila s death, who died the day before of\\ngrief at seeing her husband entangled in such\\nan unfortunate affair.\\nThe news of Kalila s death touched Danina so\\nto the quick, that, like one who cared not to live\\nany longer, he seemed to be altogether comfort-\\nless. Upon which the Fox endeavored to cheer\\nhim up, telling him, that if* he had lost a dear\\nand loving wife, he might, however, if he pleased\\nto try him, find him a zealous and a faithful\\nfriend. Damna, on this, knowing he had no\\nfriend left that he could trust, and for that the\\nFox so frankly proffered him his service, accepted\\nhis kindness.\\nf I beseech you then, said Damna, go to\\nthe court, and give me a faithful account of what\\npeople say of me this is the first proof of friend-\\nship which I desire of you.\\nMost willingly, answered the Fox and im-\\nmediately taking his leave, he went to the court\\nto see what observations he could make, but fur-\\nther report of his doings there is none.\\nThe next morning, by the break of day, the\\nLion s mother w T ent to her son, and asked him\\nwhat he had determined to do with Damna.\\nHe is still in prison, answered the King;\\niC and I can find nothing proved upon him yet,\\nnor know I what to do about him.\\nWhat a deal of difficulty is here, replied the\\nMother, to condemn a traitor and a villain, who\\ndeserves more punishments than you can inflict", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "THE IGXORAXT PHYSICIAN.\\n185\\nand yet I am afraid, when all is done, will escape\\nby his dexterity and cunning. 5\\nI cannot blame you for being discontented\\nwith these delays, replied the King for I\\nalso am so, but know not how to help myself;\\nand if you please to be present at his next exam-\\nination yourself, I will order it immediately, and\\nyou shall see what will be resolved upon.\\nWhich said, he ordered Damna to be sent for,\\nthat the business might be brought to a conclu-\\nsion. The King s orders were obeyed, and the\\nprisoner being brought to the bar, the chief jus-\\ntice put the same question as the day before,\\nWhether anybody had anything to say against\\nDamna But nobody said a word which Damna\\nobserving, I am glad to see, said he, that, in\\nyour Majesty s court there is not a single villain\\nfew sovereign princes can say as much but here\\nis a proof of the truth of it before us, in that\\nthere is nobody here who will bear false witness,\\nthough it be wished by every one that something\\nwere said and in other courts it were well if the\\nsame honor and honesty were kept up.\\nAfter Damna had done speaking, the Lion,\\nlooking upon his Mother, asked her opinion. I\\nfind, answered she, that you have a kindness\\nfor this most cunning villain but believe me, he\\nwill, if you pardon him, cause nothing but faction\\nand disorder in your court.\\nI beseech you, replied the Lion, to tell me\\nwho has so strongly prepossessed you against\\nDamna.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "186\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nIt is but too true/ replied the Queen\\nmother, that he has committed the crime that\\nis laid to his charge. I know him to be guilty\\nbut I shall not now discover the person who in-\\ntrusted me with this secret. However, I will go\\nto him, and ask him whether he will be willing\\nthat I should bring him in for a witness and\\nso saying, she went home immediately, and sent\\nfor the Leopard.\\nWhen he was come, This villain whom you\\nhave accused to me, said she, will escape the\\nhands of justice, unless you appear yourself\\nagainst him. Go, therefore, continued she, at\\nmy request, and boldly declare what thou kuow-\\nest concerning Damna. Pear no danger in so\\nhonest a cause; for no ill shall befall thee.\\nMadam, answered the Leopard, you know\\nthat I could wish to be excused from this but\\nyou also know that I am ready to sacrifice my life\\nto your Majesty s commands dispose of me,\\ntherefore, as you please I am ready to go wher-\\never you command. With that she carried the\\nLeopard to the King; to whom, Sir, said she,\\nhere is an undeniable witness which I have\\nto produce against Damna. Then the Lion,\\naddressing himself to the Leopard, asked him\\nwhat proof he had of the delinquent s treason.\\nSir, answered the Leopard, I was willing\\nto conceal this truth, on purpose, for some time,\\nto see what reasons the cunning traitor would\\nbring to justify himself but now it is time your", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "THE IGNORANT PHYSICIAN. 187\\nMajesty knew all. 55 On this the Leopard made a\\nlong recital of what had passed between Kalila\\nand her husband which deposition being made\\nin the hearing of several beasts, was soon divulged\\nfar and near, and presently afterwards confirmed\\nby a second testimony, which was the Bear s, of\\nwhom I made mention before. After this the\\ndelinquent was asked what he had now to say for\\nhimself; but he had not a word to answer. This\\nat length determined the Lion to sentence that\\nDamna, as a traitor, should be shut up between\\nfour walls, and there starved to death.\\nThese Chapters, 55 concluded Pilpay, may it\\nplease your Majesty, are lessons to deceivers and\\nsycophants, that they ought to reform their man-\\nners and I think have sufficiently made it ap-\\npear, that slanderers and railers generally come\\nto an unfortunate end besides, that while they\\nlive they render themselves odious to all human\\nsociety. He that plants thorns, must never ex-\\npect to gather roses. 5", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IV.\\nHOW WE OUGHT TO MAKE CHOICE OF FRIENDS,\\nAND WHAT ADVANTAGE MAY BE REAPED FROM\\nTHEIR CONVERSATION.\\nOU have now told me, said the King*,\\nto my infinite satisfaction, the story\\nof a knave, who, under the false appear-\\nances of friendship, occasioned the death of an\\ninnocent person. I desire you next to inform\\nme, what benefit may be made of honest men\\nand real friends in civil life.\\nTour Majesty, answered the Brahmin, is\\nto know that honest men esteem and value noth-\\ning so much in this world as a real friend. Such\\na one is as it were another self, to whom we im-\\npart our most secret thoughts, who partakes of\\nour joy, and comforts us in our affliction add to\\nthis, that his company is an everlasting pleasure\\nto us. But nothing can, perhaps, give your Maj-\\nesty a clearer or nobler idea of the pleasures of a\\nreciprocal friendship than the following Fable.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "FABLE I.\\nTHE RAVEN, THE RAT, AND THE PIGEONS.\\nNear adjoining to Odorna there was once a\\nmost delightful place, which was extremely full\\nof wild fowl, and was therefore much frequented\\nby the sportsmen and fowlers. A Raven one day\\naccidentally espied in this place, at the foot of a\\ntree, on the top of which she had built her nest,\\na certain Fowler with a net in his hand. The\\npoor Raven was afraid at first, imagining it was\\nherself that the Fowler aimed at but her fears\\nceased when she observed the motions of the\\nperson, who, after he had spread his net upon\\nthe ground, and scattered some corn about it to\\nallure the birds, went and hid himself behind a\\nhedge, where he was no sooner laid down, but a\\nflock of Pigeons threw themselves upon the corn,\\nwithout hearkening to their chieftain, who would\\nfain have hindered them, telling them that they\\nwere not so rashly to abandon themselves to their\\npassions. This prudent leader, who was an old\\nPigeon, called Montivaga, perceiving them so ob-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "190\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nstinate, had many times a desire to separate him-\\nself from them but fate, that imperiously con-\\ntrols all living creatures, constrained him to fol-\\nlow the fortune of the rest, so that he alighted\\nupon the ground with his companions. It was\\nnot long after this before they ail saw themselves\\nunder the net, and just ready to fall into the\\nFowler s hands.\\nu Well/ said Montivaga on this, mournfully to\\nthem, what think you now will you believe\\nme another time, if it be possible that you may\\nget away from this destruction I see, con-\\ntinued he, perceiving how they fluttered to get\\nloose, that every one of you minds his own\\nsafety only, never regarding what becomes of his\\ncompanions and, let me tell you, that this is not\\nonly an ungrateful but a foolish way of acting;\\nwe ought to make it our business to help one\\nanother, and it may be so charitable an action\\nmay save us all let us all together strive to\\nbreak the net. On this they all obeyed Monti-\\nvaga, and so well bestirred themselves, that they\\ntore the net up from the ground, and carried it\\nup with them into the air. The Fowler, on this,\\nvexed to lose so fair a prey, followed the Pigeons,\\nin hopes that the weight of the net would tire\\nthem.\\nIn the mean time the Raven, observing all this,\\nsaid to herself, This is a very pleasant adven-\\nture, I am resolved to see the issue of it 99 and\\naccordingly she took wing and followed them.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "THE RAVEN, THE RAT, AND THE PIGEONS. 191\\nMontivaga observing 1 that the Fowler was resolved\\nto pursue them, This man, 5 said he to his com-\\npanions, will never give over pursuing us till he\\nhas lost sight of us therefore, to prevent our de-\\nstruction, let us bend our flight to some thick\\nwood or some ruined castle, to the end that,\\nwhen we are protected by some forest or thick\\nwall, despair may force him to retire. This\\nexpedient had the desired success for, having 1\\nsecured themselves among 1 the boughs of a thick\\nforest, where the Fowler lost sight of them, he\\nreturned home, full sorely afflicted for the. loss of\\nhis game and his net to boot.\\nAs for the Raven, she followed them still, out\\nof curiosity to know how they got out of the net,\\nthat she might make use of the same secret upon\\nthe like occasion.\\nThe Pigeons, thus quit of the Fowler, were\\noverjoyed however, they were still troubled with\\nthe entanglements of the net, which they could\\nnot get rid of: but Montivaga, who was fertile\\nin inventions, soon found a way for that.\\nWe must address ourselves, said he, to\\nsome intimate friend, who, setting aside all\\ntreacherous and by-ends, will go faithfully to\\nwork for our deliverance. I know a Rat, con-\\ntinued he, that lives not far from hence, a\\nfaithful friend of mine, whose name is Zirac he,\\nI know, will gnaw the net, and set us at liberty.\\nThe Pigeons, who desired nothing more, all en-\\ntreated to fly to this friend and soon after they", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "192\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\narrived at the Rat s hole, who came forth upon\\nthe fluttering of their wings; and, astonished\\nand surprised to see Montivaga so entangled in\\nthe net, my dear friend/ said he, how\\ncame you in this condition\\nTo whom Montivaga replied, I desire you,\\nmy most faithful friend, first of all to disengage\\nmy companions. But Zirac, more troubled to\\nsee his friend bound than for all the rest, would\\nneeds pay his respects to him first but Monti-\\nvaga cried out, u I conjure you once more, by our\\nsacred friendship, to set my companions at lib-\\nerty before me; for that besides being their\\nchieftain I ought to take care for them in the\\nfirst place, I am afraid the pains thou wilt take to\\nunbind me will slacken thy good offices to the\\nrest; whereas the friendship thou hast for me will\\nexcite thee to hasten their deliverance, that thou\\nmayest be sooner in a condition to give me my\\nfreedom. The Rat, admiring the solidity of\\nthese arguments, applauded Montivaga s gener-\\nosity, and fell to unloosening the strangers\\nwhich was soon done, and then he performed the\\nsame kind office for his friend.\\nMontivaga, thus at liberty, together with his\\ncompanions, took his leave of Zirac, returning\\nhim a thousand thanks for his kindness. And\\nwhen they were gone, the Rat returned to his\\nhole.\\nThe Raven, having observed all this, had a\\ngreat desire to be acquainted with Zirac. To", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "THE RAVEN, THE RAT, AND THE PIGEONS. 193\\nwhich end he went to his hole, and called him by\\nhis name. Zirac, frighted to hear a strange\\nvoice, asked who he was. To which the Haven\\nanswered, It is a Raven who has some business\\nof importance to impart to thee. 55\\nWhn t business, replied the Rat, can you\\nand I have together? We are enemies. 5 Then\\nthe Raven told him, he desired to list himself in\\nthe number of a Rat s acquaintance whom he\\nknew to be so sincere a friend.\\nI beseech you, 5 answered Zirac, find out\\nsome other creature, whose friendship agrees\\nbetter with your disposition. You lose your time\\nin endeavoring to persuade me to such an incom-\\npatible reconciliation. 55\\nNever stand upon incompatibilities, 5 said the\\nRaven, but do a generous action, by affording\\nan innocent person your friendship and acquaint-\\nance, when he desires it at your hands.\\nu You may talk to me of generosity till your\\nlungs ache/ replied Zirac, I know your tricks\\ntoo well in a w ord, we are creatures of so differ-\\nent species, that we can never be either friends\\nor acquaintance. The example which I remem-\\nber of the Partridge, that overhastily granted\\nher friendship to a Falcon, is a sufficient warn-\\ning to make me wiser.\\n13", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "FABLE II.\\nTHE PARTRIDGE AND THE FALCON.\\nA Partridge/ said Zirac, keeping close in\\nhis hole, but very obligingly pursuing his dis-\\ncourse, was promenading at the foot of a hill,\\nand tuning her throat, in her coarse way, so de-\\nlightfully, that a Falcon flying that way, and hear-\\ning her voice, came towards her, and very civilly\\nwas going to ask her acquaintance. Nobody/\\nsaid he to himself, 6 can live without a friend\\nand it is the saying of the wise, that they who\\nwant friends labor under perpetual sickness.\\nWith these thoughts he would fain have accosted\\nthe Partridge; but she, perceiving him, escaped\\ninto a hole, all over in a cold sweat for fear.\\nu The Falcon followed her, and presenting him-\\nself at the entrance of the hole, 6 My dear Par-\\ntridge, said he, 4 1 own that I never had hitherto\\nany great kindness for you, because I did not\\nknow your merit but since my good fortune now\\nhas made me acquainted with your merry note,\\nbe pleased to give me leave to speak with you,", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "THE PARTRIDGE AND THE FALCON. 195\\nthat I may offer you my friendship, and that I\\nmay beg of you to grant me yours/\\n6 Tyrant/ answered the Partridge, let me\\nalone, and labor not in vain to reconcile fire and\\nwater.\\n6 Most amiable Partridge, 5 replied the Falcon,\\nbanish these idle fears, and be convinced that I\\nlove you, and desire that we may enter into a\\nfamiliarity together had I any other design, I\\nwould not trouble myself to court you with such\\nsoft language out of your hole. Believe me, I\\nhave such good pounces, that I would have seized\\na dozen other Partridges in the time that I have\\nbeen courting- your affection. I am sure you will\\nhave reasons enough to be glad of my friendship;\\nfirst, because no other Falcon shall do you any\\nharm while you are under my protection sec-\\nondly, because that being in my nest, you will be\\nhonored by the world and, lastly, I will procure\\nyou a male to keep you company, and give you all\\nthe delights of love and a young progeny. 5\\n6 It is impossible for me to think that you can\\nhave so much kindness for me, replied the Par-\\ntridge but, indeed, should this be true, I ought\\nnot to accept your proposal for you being the\\nprince of birds, and of the greatest strength, and\\nI a poor weak Partridge, whenever I shall do\\nanything that displeases you, you will not fail to\\ntear me to pieces. 5\\nNo, no, said the Falcon, 6 set your heart at\\nrest for that the faults that friends commit are", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "196\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\neasily pardoned/ Much other discourse of this\\nkind passed between them, and many doubts\\nwere started and answered satisfactorily, so that\\nat length the Falcon testified such an extraordi-\\nnary friendship for the Partridge, that she could\\nno longer refuse to come out of her hole. And\\nno sooner was she come forth, than the Falcon\\ntenderly embraced her, and carried her to his\\nnest, where for two or three days he made it his\\nwhole business to divert her. The Partridge,\\noverjoyed to see herself so caressed, gave her\\ntongue more liberty than she had done before,\\nand talked much of the cruelty and savage tem-\\nper of the birds of prey. This began to offend\\nthe Falcon though for the present he dissem-\\nbled it. One day, however, he unfortunately fell\\nill, which hindered him from going abroad in\\nsearch of prey, so that he grew hungry and\\nwanting victuals, he soon became melancholy,\\nmorose, and churlish. His being out of humor\\nquickly alarmed the Partridge, who kept herself,\\nvery prudently, close in a corner, with a very\\nmodest countenance. But the Falcon, soon\\nafter, no longer able to endure the importunities\\nof his stomach, resolved to pick a quarrel with the\\npoor Partridge. To which purpose, It is not\\nproper, said he, that you should lie lurking\\nthere in the shade, while all the world is exposed\\nto the heat of the sun. 5\\nThe Partridge, trembling every joint of her,\\nreplied, 6 King of birds, it is now night, and all", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "THE PARTEIDGE AND THE FALCON. 197\\nthe world is in the shade as well as I, nor do I\\nknow what sun you mean. 9 Insolent bag-\\ngage, 5 replied the Falcon, then you will make\\nme either a liar or mad and so saying, he fell\\nupon her, and tore her to pieces.\\nDo not believe, pursued the Rat, that\\nupon the faith of your promises, I will lay myself\\nat your mercy.\\nRecollect yourself, answered the Raven,\\nand consider that it is not worth my while to\\nfool my stomach with such a diminutive body as\\nthine it is therefore with no such intent I am\\ntalking with thee, but I know thy friendship may\\nbe beneficial to me scruple not, therefore, to\\ngrant me this favor.\\nThe sages of old, replied the Rat, 66 admon-\\nish us to take care of being deluded by the fair\\nwords of our enemies, as was a certain unfortu-\\nnate Man, whose story, if you please, I will relate\\nto you.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "FABLE III.\\nTHE MAN AND THE ADDER.\\nA Man mounted upon a Camel once rode into\\na thicket, and went to rest himself in that part\\nof it from whence a caravan was just departed,\\nand where the people having left a fire, some\\nsparks of it, being driven by the wind, had set a\\nbush, wherein lay an Adder, all in a flame. The\\nfire environed the Adder in such a manner that\\nhe knew not how to escape, and was just giving\\nhimself over to destruction, when he perceived\\nthe Man already mentioned, and with a thousand\\nmournful conjurations begged of him to save his\\nlife. The Man, on this, being naturally compas-\\nsionate, said to himself, It is true these crea-\\ntures are enemies to mankind however, good\\nactions are of great value, even of the very great-\\nest when done to our enemies and whoever\\nsows the seed of good works, shall reap the fruit\\nof blessings. After he had made this reflection,\\nhe took a sack, and tying it to the end of his\\nlance, reached it over the flame to the Adder,", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "THE MAN AND THE ADDER.\\n199\\nwho flung himself into it and when he was safe\\nin, the traveller pulled back the bag, and gave\\nthe Adder leave to come forth, telling him he\\nmight go about his business but hoped he would\\nhave the gratitude to make him a promise, never\\nto do any more harm to men, since a man had\\ndone him so great a piece of service.\\nTo this the ungrateful creature answered,\\nYou much mistake both yourself and me think\\nnot that I intend to be gone so calmly no, my\\ndesign is first to leave thee a parting blessing,\\nand throw my venom upon thee and thy Camel. 5\\nu Monster of ingratitude replied the Travel-\\nler, desist a moment at least, and tell me\\nwhether it be lawful to recompense good with\\nevil.\\nNo, replied the Adder, it certainly is not;\\nbut in acting in that manner I shall do no more\\nthan what yourselves do every day that is to say,\\nretaliate good deeds with wicked actions, and re-\\nquite benefits with ingratitude. 5\\nYou cannot prove this slanderous and wicked\\naspersion, replied the Traveller nay, I will\\nventure to say, that if you can show me any one\\nother creature in the world that is of your opin-\\nion, I will consent to whatever punishment you\\nthink fit to inflict on me for the faults of my fel-\\nlow-creatures.\\nI agree to this willingly, answered the Ad-\\nder and at the same time spying a Cow, let us\\npropound our question, said he, to this crea-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "200\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nture before us, and we shall see what answer she\\nwill make. The Man consented and so both\\nof them accosting the Cow, the Adder put the\\nquestion to her, how a good turn was to be re-\\nquited. By its contrary, replied the Cow, if\\nyou mean according to the custom of men and\\nthis I know by sad experience. I belong, said\\nshe, to a man, to whom I have long been several\\nways extremely beneficial I have been used to\\nbring him a calf every year, and to supply his\\nhouse with milk, butter, and cheese but now I\\nam grown old, and no longer in a condition to\\nserve him as formerly I did, he has put me in\\nthis pasture to fat me, with a design to sell me\\nto a butcher, who is to cut my throat, and he\\nand his friends are to eat my flesh and is not\\nthis requiting good with evil\\nOn this, the Adder taking upon him to speak,\\nsaid to the Man, What say you now are not\\nyour own customs a sufficient warrant for me to\\ntreat you as I intend to do?\\nThe Traveller, not a little confounded at this\\nill-timed story, was cunning enough, however, to\\nanswer, This is a particular case only, and give\\nme leave to say, one witness is not sufficient to\\nconvict me; therefore pray let me have another.\\nWith all my heart, replied the Adder let\\nus address ourselves to this Tree that stands here\\nbefore us. The Tree, having heard the subject\\nof their dispute, gave his opinion in the following\\nwords Among men, benefits are never requited", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "THE MAN AND THE ADDER.\\n201\\nbut with ungrateful actions. I protect travellers\\nfrom the heat of the sun, and yield them fruit to\\neat, and a delightful liquor to drink; neverthe-\\nless, forgetting the delight and benefit of my\\nshade, they barbarously cut down my branches to\\nmake sticks, and handles for hatchets, and saw\\nmy body to make planks and rafters. Is not this\\nrequiting good with evil\\nThe Adder, on this, looking upon the Travel-\\nler, asked if he was satisfied. But he was in\\nsuch a confusion that he knew not what to an-\\nswer. However, in hopes to free himself from\\nthe danger that threatened him, he said to the\\nAdder, I desire only one favor more let us be\\njudged by the next beast we meet give me but\\nthat satisfaction, it is all I crave you know life\\nis sweet; suffer me therefore to beg for the\\nmeans of continuing it. While they were thus\\nparleying together, a Fox passing by was stopped\\nby the Adder, who conjured him to put an end\\nto their controversy.\\nThe Fox, upon this, desiring to know the sub-\\nject of their dispute, said the Traveller, I have\\ndone this Adder a signal piece of service, and he\\nwould fain persuade me that, for my reward, he\\nought to do me a mischief. 5 If he means to\\nact by you as you men do by others, he speaks\\nnothing but what is true, replied the Fox;\\nbut, that I may be better able to judge between\\nyou, let me understand what service it is that\\nyou have done him.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "202\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nThe Traveller was very glad of this opportunity\\nof speaking for himself, and recounted the whole\\naffair to him he told him after what manner he\\nhad rescued him out of the flames with that lit-\\ntle sack, which he showed him.\\nHow said the Fox, laughing outright,\\nwould you pretend to make me believe that so\\nlarge an Adder as this could get into such a little\\nsack It is impossible Both the Man and\\nthe Adder, on this, assured him of the truth of\\nthat part of the story but the Pox positively re-\\nfused to believe it. At length said he, Words\\nwill never convince me of this monstrous improb-\\nability but if the Adder will go into it again,\\nto convince me of the truth of what you say, I\\nshall then be able to judge of the rest of this\\naffair.\\nThat I will do most willingly, replied the\\nAdder and, at the same time, put himself into\\nthe sack.\\nThen said the Fox to the Traveller, Now you\\nare the master of your enemy s life and, I be-\\nlieve, you need not be long in resolving what\\ntreatment such a monster of ingratitude deserves\\nof you. With that the Traveller tied up the\\nmouth of the sack, and with a great stone, never\\nleft off beating it till he had pounded the Adder\\nto death and, by that means, put an end to his\\nfears and the dispute at once.\\nThis Fable, pursued the Rat, informs us,", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "THE MAN AND THE ADDER.\\n203\\nthat there is no trusting* to the fair words of an\\nenemy, for fear of falling into the like misfor-\\ntunes. 5\\nYou say very true/ 5 replied the Raven, in\\nall this but what I have to answer to it is, that\\nwe ought to understand how to distinguish\\nfriends from enemies and, when you have\\nlearned that art, you will know I am no terrible\\nor treacherous foe, but a sincere and hearty\\nfriend for I protest to thee, in the most solemn\\nmanner, that what I have seen thee do for thy\\nfriend the Pigeon and his companions, has taken\\nsuch root in me, that I cannot live without an\\nacquaintance with thee and I swear I will not\\ndepart from hence till thou hast granted me\\nthy friendship. 55\\nZirac perceiving, at length, that the Raven\\nreally dealt frankly and cordially with him, re-\\nplied, I am happy to find that you are sincere\\nin all this pardon my fears, and now hear me\\nacknowledge, that I think it is an honor for me\\nto wear the title of thy friend and, if I have so\\nlong withstood thy importunities, it was only to\\ntry thee, and to show thee that I want neither\\nwit nor policy, that thou mayst know hereafter\\nhow far I may be able to serve thee. 55 And so\\nsaying, he came forward but even now he did\\nnot venture fairly out, but stopped at the en-\\ntrance of his hole.\\nWhy dost thou not come boldly forth? 55 de-\\nmanded the Raven. Is it because thou art not\\nyet assured of my affection 55", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "204\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nThat is not the reason, answered the Rat\\nbut I am afraid of thy companions upon the\\ntrees.\\nSet thy heart at rest for that, replied the\\nRaven they shall respect thee as their friend\\nfor it is a custom among us, that, when one of us\\nenters into a league of friendship with a creature\\nof another species, we all esteem and love that\\ncreature. The Rat, upon the faith of these\\nwords, came out to the Raven, who caressed him\\nwith extraordinary demonstrations of friendship\\nswearing to him an inviolable amity, and request-\\ning him to go and live with him near the habita-\\ntion of a certain neighboring Tortoise, of whom\\nhe gave a very noble character.\\nCommand me henceforward in all things,\\nreplied Zirac, for I have so great an inclination\\nfor you, that from henceforward I will forever\\nfollow you as your shadow and, to tell you the\\ntruth, this is not the proper place of my resi-\\ndence I was only compelled some time since to\\ntake sanctuary in this hole, by reason of an acci-\\ndent, of which I would give you the relation, if\\nI thought it might not be offensive to you.\\nMy dear friend, replied the Raven, can\\nyou have auy such fears or rather are you not\\nconvinced that I share in all your concerns But\\nthe Tortoise, added he, whose friendship is a\\nvery considerable acquisition, which you cannot\\nfail of, will be no less glad to hear the recital of\\nyour adventures come, therefore, away with me", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "THE MAN AND THE ADDER.\\n205\\nto her/ continued he and, at the same time, he\\ntook the Rat in his bill, and carried him to the\\nTortoise s dwelling, to whom he related what he\\nhad seen Zirac do. She congratulated the Raven\\nfor having acquired so perfect a friend, and ca-\\nressed the Rat at a very high rate who, for his\\npart, was too much a courtier not to testify how\\nsensible he was of all her civilities. After many\\ncompliments on all sides, they went all three to\\nwalk by the banks of a purling rivulet and, hav-\\ning made choice of a place somewhat distant from\\nthe highway, the Raven desired Zirac there to re-\\nlate his adventures, which he did in the following\\nmanner.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "FABLE IV.\\nTHE ADVENTURES OF ZIRAC.\\nI was born, said Zirac, and lived many years\\nin the city of India called Marout, where I made\\nchoice of a place to reside in that seemed to be\\nthe habitation of silence itself, that I might live\\nwithout disturbance. Here I enjoyed long the\\ngreatest earthly felicity, and tasted the sweets of\\na quiet life, in company of some other Rats, hon-\\nest creatures, of my own humor. There was also\\nin our neighborhood, I must inform you, a cer-\\ntain Dervise, who every day remained idly in his\\nhabitation while his companion went a-begging.\\nHe constantly, however, ate a part of what the\\nother brought home, and kept the remainder for\\nhis supper. But, when he sat down to his sec-\\nond meal, he never found his dish in the same\\ncondition that he left it for while he was in his\\ngarden I always filled my belly, and constantly\\ncalled my companions to partake with me, who\\nwere no less mindful of their duty to nature than\\nmyself. The Dervise, on this, constantly finding", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "THE ADVENTURES OF ZIRAC.\\n207\\nhis pittance diminished, flew out at length into\\na great rage, and looked into his books for some\\nreceipt or some engine to apprehend us but all\\nthat availed him nothing, I was still more cun-\\nning than he. One unfortunate day, however,\\none of his friends, who had been a long journey,\\nentered into his cell to visit him and, after they\\nhad dined, they fell into a discourse concerning\\ntravel. This Dervise, our good purveyor, among\\nother things asked his friend what he had seen\\nthat was most rare and curious in his travels.\\nTo whom the Traveller began to recount what he\\nhad observed most worthy remark but, as he\\nwas studying to give him a description of the\\nmost delightful places through which he had\\npassed, the Dervise still interrupted him from\\ntime to time, with the noise which he made, by\\nclapping his hands one against the other, and\\nstamping with his foot against the ground, to\\nfright us away: for, indeed, we made frequent\\nsallies upon his provision, never regarding his\\npresence nor his company. At length the Trav-\\neller, taking it in dudgeon that the Dervise gave\\nso little ear to him, told him, in downright terms,\\nthat he did ill to detain him there, to trouble him\\nwith telling stories he did not attend to, and\\nmake a fool of him.\\nHeaven forbid 5 replied the Dervise, alto-\\ngether surprised, 4 that I should make a fool of\\na person of your merit I beg your pardon for\\ninterrupting you, but there is in this place a nest", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "208\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nof rats that will eat me up to the very ears before\\nthey have done and there is one above the rest\\nso bold, that he even has the impudence to come\\nand bite me by the toes as I lie asleep, and I\\nknow not how to catch the felonious devil. The\\nTraveller, on this, was satisfied with the Dervise s\\nexcuses and replied, Certainly there is some\\nmystery in this this accident brings to my mind\\na remarkable story, which I will relate to you,\\nprovided you will hearken to me with a little\\nbetter attention.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "FABLE V.\\nA HUSBAND AND HIS WIFE.\\nOne day/ continued the Traveller, as I was\\non my journey, the bad weather constrained me to\\nstop at a town where I had several acquaintances\\nof different ranks and, being unable to proceed\\non my journey for the continuance of the rain, I\\nwent to lodge with one of my friends, who received\\nme very civilly. After supper he put me to bed\\nin a chamber that was parted from his own by a\\nvery thin wainscot only so that, in despite of\\nmy ears, I heard all his private conversation with\\nhis Wife.\\nTo-morrow, said he, 6 I intend to invite the\\nprincipal burghers of the town to divert my\\nfriend, who has done me the honor to come and\\nsee me.\\n6 You have not sufficient wherewithal to sup-\\nport your family, answered his Wife, and yet\\nyou talk of beiug at great expenses rather think\\nof sparing that little you have for the good of\\nyour children, and let feasting alone.\\n14", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "210\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\n6 This is a man of great religion and piety/\\nreplied the Husband and I ought to testify my\\njoy on seeing him, and to give my other friends\\nan opportunity of hearing his pious conversation\\nnor he you in care for the small expense that will\\nattend this. The providence of God is very\\ngreat; and we ought not to take too much care\\nfor to-morrow, lest what befell the Wolf befall\\nus. 5", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "FABLE VI.\\nTHE HUNTER AND THE WOLF.\\nOne day, continued the Husband, a great\\nHunter, returning from the chase of a deer, which\\nhe had killed, unexpectedly espied a wild boar\\ncoming out of a wood, and making directly\\ntowards him. 6 Very good/ cried the Hunter,\\nthis beast comes very opportunely he will not\\na little augment my provision. 5 With that he\\nbent his bow, and let fly his arrow with so good\\nan aim, that he wounded the boar to death.\\nSuch, however, are the unforeseen events that\\nattend too covetous a care for the necessaries of\\nlife, that this fair beginning was but a prelude to\\na very fatal catastrophe. For the beast, feeling\\nhimself wounded, ran with so much fury at the\\nHunter, that he ripped up his belly with his\\ntusks in such a manner, that they both fell dead\\nupon the place.\\nAt the very moment when this happened,\\nthere passed by a Wolf, half-famished, who, see-\\ning so much victuals lying upon the ground, was", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "212\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nin an ecstasy of joy. 6 However/ said he to him-\\nself, 6 I must not be prodigal of all this good\\nfood but it behoves me to husband my good for-\\ntune, to make my provision hold out the longer.\\nBeing very hungry, however, he very prudently\\nresolved to fill his belly first, and make his store\\nfor the future afterwards. Not willing, however,\\nto waste any part of his treasure, he was for eat-\\ning his meat, and, if possible, having it too he\\ntherefore resolved to fill his belly with what was\\nleast delicate, and accordingly began with the\\nstring of the bow, which was made of gut but\\nhe had no sooner snapped the string, but the\\nbow, which was highly bent, gave him such a ter-\\nrible thump upon the breast, that he fell stone\\ndead upon the other bodies.\\nThis Fable/ said the Husband, pursuing his\\ndiscourse, 6 instructs us that we ought not to be\\ntoo greedily covetous.\\nc Nay/ said the Wife, 6 if this be the effect of\\nsaving, even invite whom you please to-morrow/\\nThe company was accordingly invited but\\nthe next day, as the Wife was getting the dinner\\nready, and making a sort of sauce with honey,\\nshe saw a rat fall into the honey-pot, which\\nturned her stomach, and stopped the making\\nof that part of the entertainment. Unwilling,\\ntherefore, to make use of the honey, she carried\\nit to the market, and when she parted with it,\\ntook pitch in exchange. I was then, by accident,", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "THE HUNTER AND THE WOLF. 213\\nby her, and asked her why she made such a dis-\\nadvantageous exchange for her honey.\\nBecause/ said she, in my ear, 6 it is not\\nworth so much to me as the pitch/ Then I\\npresently perceived there was some mystery in\\nthe affair, which was beyond my comprehension.\\nIt is the same with this rat he would never be so\\nbold, had he not some reason for it which we are\\nignorant of. The rats/ 5 continued he, in this\\npart of the world, are a cunning, covetous, and\\nproud generation they heap money as much as\\nthe misers of our own species and when one of\\nthem is possessed of a considerable sum, he be-\\ncomes a prince among them, and has his set of\\ncomrades, who would die to serve him, as they\\nlive by him for he disburses money for their\\npurchases of food, etc., of one another, and they\\nlive his slaves in perfect idleness. And for \u00e2\u0080\u00a2my\\npart, I am apt to believe that this is the case\\nwith this impudent rat that he has a number of\\nslaves of his own species at command, to defend\\nand uphold him in his audacious tricks, and that\\nthere is money hidden in his hole.\\nThe Dervise no sooner heard the Traveller\\ntalk of money, than he took a hatchet, and so\\nbestirred himself, that having cleft the wall, he\\nsoon discovered my treasure, to the value of a\\nthousand deniers in gold, which I had heaped to-\\ngether with great labor and toil. These had\\nlong been my whole pleasure I told them every\\nday I took delight to handle them, and tumble", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "214\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nupon them, placing all my happiness in that exer-\\ncise. But to return to the story. When the\\ngold tumbled out, 6 Very good/ said the Travel-\\nler 6 had I not reason to attribute the inso-\\nlence of these rats to some unknown cause 5\\nI leave you to judge in what a desperate con-\\ndition I was, when I saw my habitation ransacked\\nafter this manner. I resolved on this to change\\nmy lodging but all my companions left me so\\nthat I had a thorough experience of the truth of\\nthe proverb, No money, no friend. Friends,\\nnowadays, love us no longer than our friendship\\nturns to their advautage. I have heard among\\nmen, that one day a wealthy and a witty man\\nwas asked, how many friends he had. As for\\nfriends a-la-mode/ said he, I have as many as\\nI have crowns but as for real friends, I must\\nstay till I come to be in want, and then I shall\\nknow/\\nWhile I was pondering, however, upon the\\naccident that had befallen me, I saw a rat pass\\nalong, who had been heretofore used to profess\\nhimself so much devoted to my service, that you\\nwould have thought he could not have lived a\\nmoment out of my company. I called to him,\\nand asked him why he shunned me like the rest.\\n6 Thinkest thou/ said the ungrateful and im-\\npudent villain, that we are such fools as to serve\\nthee for nothing When thou wast rich, we\\nwere thy servants; but now thou art poor, be-\\nlieve me, we will not be the companions of thy\\npoverty/", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "THE HUNTER AND THE WOLF.\\n215\\n6 Alas thou oughtest not to despise the poor, 5\\nsaid I, because they are the beloved of Provi-\\ndence. 5\\nIt is very true/ answered he 6 but not such\\npoor as thou art. For Providence takes care of\\nthose among men who have, for the sake of re- 1\\nligion, forsaken the world not those whom the\\nworld has forsaken. Miserably angry was I\\nwith myself for my former generosities to such a\\nwretch but I could not tell what to answer to\\nsuch a cutting* expression. I stayed, however,\\nnotwithstanding my misfortunes, with the Der-\\nvise, to see how he would dispose of the money\\nhe had taken from me and I observed that he\\ngave one half to his friend, and that each of them\\nlaid their shares under their pillows. On seeing\\nthis, an immediate thought came into my mind\\nto go and regain this money. To this purpose\\nI stole softly to the Der vise s bedside, and was\\njust going to carry back my treasure; but unfor-\\ntunately his friend, who, unperceived by me, ob-\\nserved all my actions, threw his bed-staff at me\\nwith so good a will, that he had almost broke my\\nfoot, which obliged me to recover my hole with\\nall the speed I could, though not without some\\ndifficulty. About an hour after, I crept out\\nagain, believing by this time the Traveller might\\nbe asleep also. But he was too diligent a sen-\\ntinel, and too much afraid of losing his good\\nfortune. However, I plucked up a good heart,\\nwent forward, and was already got to the Der-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "216\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nvise s bed s head, when my rashness had like to\\nhave cost me my life. For the Traveller gave\\nme a second blow upon the head, that stunned\\nme in such a manner, that I could hardly find\\nmy hole again. At the same instant he also\\nthrew his bed-staff at me a third time but miss-\\ning me, I recovered my sanctuary where I was\\nno sooner set down in safety, than I protested\\nthat I would never more pursue the recovery of\\na thing which had cost me so much pains and\\njeopardy. In pursuance of this resolution, I left\\nthe Dervise s habitation, and retired to that place\\nwhere you saw me with the Pigeon. 55\\nThe Tortoise was extremely well pleased with\\nthe recital of the Rat 5 s adventures and at the\\nsame time embracing him, You have done\\nwell, 55 said she, to quit the world, and the in-\\ntrigues of it, since they afford us no perfect sat-\\nisfaction. All those who are turmoiled with\\navarice and ambition do but labor for their own\\nruin, like a certain Cat which I once knew, whose\\nadventures you will not be displeased to hear. 55", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "FABLE VII.\\nTHE RAVENOUS CAT.\\nA certain Person whom I have often seen,\\ncontinued the Tortoise, bred up a Cat very\\nfrugally in his own house. He gave her enough\\nto suffice nature, though nothing superfluous\\nand she might, if she pleased, have lived very\\nhappily with him; but she was very ravenous,\\nand, not content with her ordinary food, hunted\\nabout in every corner for more. One day,\\npassing by a dove-house, she saw some young\\npigeons that were hardly fledged and presently\\nher teeth watered for a taste of those delicate\\nviands. With this resolution up she boldly\\nmounted into the dove-house, never minding\\nwhether the master were there or no, and was\\npresently with great joy preparing to satisfy her\\nvoluptuous desires. But the master of the place\\nno sooner saw the epicure of a Cat enter, than\\nhe shut up the doors, and stopped up all the\\nholes at which it was possible for her to get out\\nagain, and so bestirred himself, that he caught", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "218\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nthe felonious baggage, and hanged her up at the\\ncorner of the pigeon-house. Soon after this, the\\nowner of the Cat passing that way, and seeing\\nhis Cat hanged, Unfortunate greedy-gut/ said\\nhe, 6 hadst thou been contented with thy meaner\\nfood, thou hadst not been now in this condition\\nThus/ continued he, moralizing on the spectacle,\\ninsatiable gluttons are the procurers of their\\nown untimely ends. Alas the felicities of this\\nworld are uncertain, and of no continuance.\\nWise men, I well remember, say there is no re-\\nliance upon these six things, nor anything of\\nfidelity to be expected from them\\n6 1. From a cloud for it disperses in an in-\\nstant.\\n2. Prom feigned friendship for it passes\\naway like a flash of lightnings\\n6 3. From a woman s love for it changes\\nupon every frivolous fancy.\\n66 6 4. From beauty for the least injury of\\ntime, misfortune, or disease, destroys it.\\nu 6 5. From false prayers for they are but\\nsmoke.\\nc 6. And from the enjoyments of the world\\nfor they all vanish in a moment/\\n6i Men of judgment, replied the Rat, are all\\nof this opinion they never labor after these vain\\nthings there is nothing but the acquisition of a\\nreal friend can tempt us to the expectation of a\\nlasting happiness.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "THE RAVENOUS CAT.\\n219\\nThe Raven then spoke in his turn tft There is\\nno earthly pleasure or advantage, said he, like\\na true friend; which I shall endeavor to prove,\\nby the recital of the following story.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "FABLE VIII.\\nTHE TWO FRIENDS.\\nA certain Person, of a truly noble and gener-\\nous disposition, once heard, as he lay in bed,\\nsomebody knocking* at his door at an unseason-\\nable hour. Somewhat surprised at it, he, with-\\nout stirring out of his place, first asked who was\\nthere. But when by the answer he understood\\nthat it was one of his best friends, he immediately\\nrose, put on his clothes, and ordering his servant\\nto light a candle, went and opened the door.\\nSo soon as he saw him, Dear Friend, said\\nhe, I at all times rejoice to see you, but doubly\\nnow, because I promise myself, from this extraor-\\ndinary visit, that I can be of some service to you.\\nI cannot imagine your coming so late to be for\\nany other reason, but either to borrow money, or\\nto desire me to be your second, and I am very\\nhappy in that I can assure you that I am pro-\\nvided to serve you in either of these requests. If\\nyou want money, my purse is full, and it is open\\nto all your occasions. If you are to meet with", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "THE TWO FRIENDS.\\n221\\nyour enemy, my arm and sword are at your ser-\\nvice. There is nothing I have less occasion\\nfor, answered his Friend, than these things\\nwhich you proffer me. I only came to under-\\nstand the condition of your health, fearing the\\ntruth of an unlucky and disastrous dream.\\nWhile the Raven was reciting this Fable, our\\nset of friends beheld at a distance a little wild\\nGoat making towards them with an incredible\\nswiftness.\\nThey all took it for granted, by her speed, that\\nshe was pursued by some hunter and they im-\\nmediately without ceremony separated, every one\\nto take care of himself. The Tortoise slipped\\ninto the water, the Rat crept into a hole which\\nhe accidentally found there, and the Raven hid\\nhimself among the boughs of a very high tree.\\nIn the mean time the Goat stopped all of a sud-\\nden, and stood to rest itself by the side of the\\nfountain when the Raven, who looked about\\nevery way, perceiving nobody, called to the Tor-\\ntoise, who immediately peeped up above the wa-\\nter and seeing the Goat afraid to drink, Drink\\nboldly, said the Tortoise, for the water is very\\nclear: which the Goat having done, Pray tell\\nme, cried the Tortoise, what is the reason you\\nseem to be in such a fright? Reason enough,\\nreplied the Goat, for I have just made my es-\\ncape from the hands of a Hunter, who pursued\\nme with an eager chase.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "222\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nCome, said the Tortoise, I am glad you are\\nsafe, and I have an offer to make you if you can\\nlike our company, stay here, and be one of our\\nfriends; you will find, I assure you, our hearts\\nhonest and our conversation beneficial. Wise\\nmen, continued she, say, that the number of\\nfriends lessens trouble and that if a man had a\\nthousand friends, he ought to reckon them no\\nmore than as one but, on the other side, if a\\nman has but one enemy, he ought to reckon that\\none for a thousand, so dangerous and so desper-\\nate a thing is an avowed enemy. 5 After this dis-\\ncourse, the Raven and the Rat entered into com-\\npany with the Goat, and showed her a thousand\\ncivilities with which she was so taken, that she\\npromised to stay there as long as she lived.\\nThese four friends, after this, lived in perfect\\nharmony a long while, and spent their time very\\npleasantly together. But one day, as the Tor-\\ntoise, the Rat, and the Raven had met, as they\\nused to do, by the side of the fountain, the Goat\\nwas missing; this very much troubled the other\\nfriends, as they knew not what accident might\\nhave befallen her. They soon came to a resolu-\\ntion, however, to seek for and assist her and\\npresently the Raven mounted up into the air, to\\nsee what discoveries he could make, and looking\\nround about him, at length, to his great sorrow,\\nsaw at a distance the poor Goat entangled in a\\nHunter s net. He immediately dropped down, on\\nthis, to acquaint the Rat and Tortoise with what", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "THE TWO FRIENDS.\\n223\\nhe had seen and you may be well assured these\\nill tidings extremely afflicted all the three friends.\\nWe have professed a strict friendship to-\\ngether, and long lived happily in it, said the\\nTortoise u and it will be shameful now to break\\nthrough it, and leave our innocent and good-\\nnatured friend to destruction no, we must find\\nsome way, continued she, to deliver the poor\\nGoat out of captivity.\\nOn this, said the Raven to the Rat, Remem-\\nber now, O excellent Zirac thy own talents, and\\nexert them for the public good there is none but\\nyou can set our friend at liberty and the busi-\\nness must be quickly done, for fear the Huntsman\\nlay his clutches upon her.\\nDoubt not but I will gladly do my endeavor,\\nreplied the Rat therefore let us go immedi-\\nately, lest we lose time. The Raven, on this,\\ntook up Zirac in his bill, and carried him to the\\nplace where being arrived, he fell without delay\\nto gnawing the meshes that held the Goat s foot,\\nand had almost set him at liberty by the time the\\nTortoise arrived. So soon as the Goat perceived\\nthis slow-moving friend, she sent forth a loud\\ncry said she, why have you ventured\\nyourself to come hither\\nAlas, replied the Tortoise, I could no\\nlonger endure your absence.\\nDear Friend, said the Goat, 66 your coming\\nto this place troubles me more than the loss of\\nmy own liberty for if the Hunter should happen", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "224\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nto come at this instant, what will you do to make\\nyour escape? For my part I am almost unbound,\\nand my swift heels will prevent me from falling\\ninto his hands the Raven will find his safety in\\nhis wings; the Rat will run into any hole; only\\nyou, that are so slow of foot, will become the\\nHunter s prey.\\nNo sooner had the Goat spoken the words than\\nthe Hunter appeared but the Goat being loos-\\nened ran away; the Raven mounted into the sky;\\nthe Rat slipped into a hole and, as the Goat\\nhad said, only the slow-paced Tortoise remained\\nwithout help.\\nWhen the Hunter arrived, he was not a little\\nsurprised to find his net broken. This was no\\nsmall vexation to him, and made him look nar-\\nrowly about, to see if he could discover who had\\ndone him the injury and, unfortunately, in\\nsearching, he spied the Tortoise. said he,\\nvery well, I am very glad to see you here; I\\nfind I shall not go home empty-handed, however,\\nat last here s a plump Tortoise, and that s\\nworth something, I m sure. With that he took\\nthe Tortoise up, put it in his sack, threw the\\nsack over his shoulder, and so was trudging\\nhome.\\nWhen he was gone, the three friends came\\nfrom their several places, and met together;\\nwhen missing the Tortoise, they easily judged\\nwhat was become of her. Then sending forth a\\nthousand sighs, they made most doleful lamenta-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "THE TWO FRIENDS.\\n225\\ntions, and shed a torrent of tears. At length the\\nRaven, interrupting this sad harmony, Dear\\nfriends/ said he, our moans and sorrows do the\\nTortoise no good we ought, instead of this, if it\\nbe possible, to think of a way to save her life.\\nThe sages of former ages have informed us, that\\nthere are four sorts of persons that are never\\nknown but upon the proper occasions men of\\ncourage in fight men of honesty in business a\\nwife in her husband s misfortunes; and a true\\nfriend in extreme necessity. We find, alas our\\ndear friend the Tortoise is in a sad condition;\\nand therefore we must, if possible, succor her.\\nIt is well advised, replied the Rat, and\\nnow I think on t, an expedient is come into my\\nhead. Let the Goat go and show herself in the\\nHunter s eye, who will then be sure to lay down\\nhis sack to run after her.\\nVery well advised, replied the Goat, I will\\npretend to be lame, and run limping at a little\\ndistance before him, which will encourage him to\\nfollow me, and so draw him a good way from his\\nsack, which will give the Rat time to set our\\nfriend at liberty. This stratagem had so good\\na face, that it was soon approved by them all\\nand immediately the Goat ran halting before the\\nHunter, and seemed to be so feeble and faint,\\nthat he thought he had her safe in his clutches\\nand so laying down his sack, ran after the Goat\\nwith all his might. That cunning creature suf-\\nfered him ever and anon almost to come up to\\n15", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "226\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nher, and then led him another green-goose chase,\\ntill in short she had fairly dragged him out\\nof sight; which the Rat perceiving, came and\\ngnawed the string that tied the sack, and let out\\nthe Tortoise, who went and hid herself in a thick\\nbush.\\nAt length the Hunter, tired with running in\\nvain after his prey, left off the chase, and re-\\nturned to his sack. Here, 55 said he, I have\\nsomething safe however thou art not quite so\\nswift of foot as this plaguy Goat; and if thou\\nwert, art too fast here to find the way to make\\nthy legs of any use to thee. 55 So saying, he went\\nto the bag, but there missing the Tortoise, he\\nwas in amaze, and thought himself in a region of\\nhobgoblins and spirits. He could not but stand\\nand bless himself, that a Goat should free herself\\nout of his nets, and by and by run hopping before\\nhim, and make a fool of him and that in the\\nmean while a Tortoise, a poor feeble creature,\\nshould break the string of a sack, and make its\\nescape. All these considerations struck him\\nwith such a panic fear, that he ran home as if\\na thousand robin-goodfellows or raw-head and\\nbloody-bones had been at his heels. After which\\nthe four friends met together again, congratu-\\nlated each other on their escapes, made new\\nprotestations of friendship, and swore never to\\nseparate till death parted them.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER V.\\nTHAT WE OUGHT ALWAYS TO DISTRUST OUR EN-\\nEMIES, AND BE, IF POSSIBLE, PERFECTLY IN-\\nFORMED OF WHATEVER PASSES AMONG THEM.\\nE are now, said Dabschelim, most ex-\\ncellent man come to the fifth Chapter,\\nwhich is to prove that no person of judg-\\nment and discretion ought to hope for friendship\\nfrom his enemies. Teach me, therefore, most\\nvenerable Sage, since I must never expect good\\noffices from them, which way to avoid their trea-\\nsons.\\nWe ought, replied the Brahmin, u always to\\ndistrust our enemies when they make a show of\\nfriendship, it is only to cover their evil designs.\\nWhoever confides in the enemy, believe me, will\\nbe deceived, like the Owl in the Fable, which I\\nam going to recite to your Majesty.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "FABLE I.\\nTHE RAVENS AND THE OWLS.\\nIn the northwest parts of Zamardot, 1 con-\\ntinued Pilpay, there is a mountain whose top\\nreaches above the clouds and near the top of\\nthis mountain there once stood a tree whose\\nboughs seemed to reach heaven and these\\nboughs were all laden with the nests of a vast\\nnumber of Ravens, who were all the subjects of\\na king called Birouz. One night, the king of\\nthe Owls, who was called Chabahang, that is to\\nsay, Fly by night, came at the head of his army\\n(for the birds of that nation are all under the\\ngovernment of their particular m on arch s) to\\nplunder the Ravens 5 nests, against whom he had\\nan ancient hatred. That night, however, they\\ncould do no more than make preparations for\\ntheir intended enterprise, and by the vile noise\\nof their screams defy the enemy. The next day\\nBirouz called a council, to deliberate what means\\nthey should make use of to defend themselves\\n1 Zamardot is accounted the most mountainous country of all\\nthe East.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "THE RAVENS AND THE OWLS.\\n229\\nfrom the assaults of the Owls. On which five of\\nthe ablest politicians of his court, understanding\\nhis Majesty s intentions, gave their advice, one\\nafter another, in the following words\\n6 Great Monarch/ said the first, 6 we can\\nthink of nothing but what your Majesty has\\nunquestionably already thought of before us.\\nNevertheless, since it is your pleasure that we\\nshould speak in order what we judge most expe-\\ndient to revenge ourselves upon the Owls, I shall\\nonly presume to observe to your Majesty, that\\nour best politicians have always held for a maxim,\\nthat no prince ought ever to attack an enemy\\nstronger than himself to do otherwise, is to\\nbuild upon the current of a swift river.\\n6 Sir/ said the second, 6 all I have to say is,\\nthat flight becomes none but mean and cowardly\\nsouls it is more noble to take arms, and revenge\\nthe affront we have received, than tamely to bear\\nit, were we sure it would be no worse. A prince\\ncan never be at rest, if he does not carry ter-\\nror into the country and into the soul of his\\nenemy.\\nWhen he had done speaking, the third, com-\\ning to give his opinion, said, 6 1 do not blame the\\ncounsel of my brethren who have already spoken\\nnor do I think either, or what may be deduced\\nfrom both, sufficient. If I may presume to speak\\nfreely, my advice is, that your Majesty send spies,\\nto discover the strength and condition of the\\nenemy and, according to the tenor of their re-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "230\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nports, let us make war or peace. It is the duty\\nof a king to preserve peace in his own kingdom,\\nif it may be done without great disadvantages, as\\nwell for the repose of his own mind as for the\\nease of his subjects. War, we all know, is never\\nto be declared but against those that disturb the\\npublic tranquillity and even in regard to such,\\nif the enemy be too powerful, we must have re-\\ncourse to artifice and stratagem, and make use\\nof all opportunities that present themselves, to\\nvanquish him by cunning and policy/\\nWhen this politician had thus given in his\\nopinion, the fourth took his turn, and laid before\\nthe King, that, in his opinion, it was better for a\\nprince even to quit his country, than to expose a\\npeople to lose the reputation of their arms, who\\nhad always been victorious over their enemies\\nthat even though it should be found that the\\nenemies were the stronger, it would yet be a\\nshame for the Ravens to submit themselves to\\nthe Owls, who had all along been under their\\nsubjection; and finally that it was requisite to\\npenetrate their designs, and resolve rather to\\nfight than undergo an ignominious yoke, since\\nloss of life was less to be dreaded than loss of\\nreputation.\\nThe King, after he had heard these four\\nministers, made a signal to the fifth to speak\\nin his turn. The Vizier, or Minister, was called\\nCarchenas, or the Intelligent; and the King,\\nwho had a particular confidence in him, desired", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "THE RAVENS AND THE OWLS. 231\\nhim to tell him sincerely what he thought was\\nbest to be done in this affair.\\n6 What say you, Carchenas said the Mon-\\narch 6 what shall we do Shall we declare\\nwar, or propound peace, or abandon our coun-\\ntry\\n6 Sir, 3 replied Carchenas, c since you order me\\nto speak with freedom, my opinion is, that we\\nought not to attack the Owls, for this plain\\nreason, that they are more numerous than we.\\nWe must make use of prudence, a virtue that\\nhas frequently a greater share in successes than\\neither strength or riches. But before your Maj-\\nesty takes your final resolution, let me advise\\nthat you consult your ministers once more, and\\ngive them an opportunity of declaring their opin-\\nions a second time; now that they are each of\\nthem acquainted with what is to be said on the\\nother side, their counsels may assist you to bring\\nabout your designs with success. Great rivers\\nare always swelled by many rivulets and for my\\npart, I neither love war, nor am I for base and\\ndastardly submission. It is not for men of honor\\nto desire that they may have long life, but that\\nthey may leave to posterity examples of virtue\\nworthy of admiration nor ought we meanly to\\ntake care of our lives at the expense of our coun-\\ntry s safety, but to expose them upon all occa-\\nsions where honor calls us, considering it is bet-\\nter never to have been, than to live ignobly.\\nPermit me to add, that my final advice is, that", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "232 THE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nyour Majesty show not the least fear in this con-\\njuncture; and that you take your resolutions in\\nprivate, that your enemies may not penetrate into\\nyour designs/\\nHere one of the other ministers, interrupting\\nCarchenas, said with some earnestness, 6 How\\nwhat mean you by this advice, so different from\\nthe tenor of the beginning of your speech\\nWherefore are councils held but to debate among\\nseveral And wherefore would you have an\\naffair of this consequence decided in a private\\nmanner 9\\n6 Affairs of princes, 5 replied Carchenas, are\\nnot like those of merchants, which are to be\\ncommunicated to the whole society and there\\nis a difference between hearing the advice of\\nothers and communicating our designs to them.\\nThe secrets of kings cannot be discovered but\\nby their counselors and ambassadors. And who\\nknows but there may be spies in this very place,\\nwho hear us with an intent to disclose our reso-\\nlutions to our enemies, who upon their report\\nwill prevent our enterprises, or at least disorder\\nour determinations Wise men say, that if you\\nwill have a secret, take care to keep it a secret\\nfrom all the world, not only from enemies but\\nfrom friends. And let me tell you, sir, that\\nmonarch who does not observe this rule, will run\\nthe hazard of being betrayed. 5\\n6 But of what nature are the secrets, said\\nBirouz, which it most of all concerns us to con-\\nceal", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "THE RAVENS AND THE OWLS.\\n233\\n66 6 Sir, answered Carchenas, c there are many\\nkinds of secrets some are of such a nature, that\\nprinces are not to intrust anybody but themselves\\nwith them that is to say, they ought to keep\\nthem so concealed, that nobody may be able,\\nfrom anything they see, even to make the least\\nguess at them and others there are, which,\\nthough they ought to be kept most sacredly from\\nthe general knowledge, yet may be communi-\\ncated to faithful ministers for their advice and\\ncounsel.\\nBirouz, finding that Carchenas spoke nothing\\nbut reason, withdrew from the rest of the coun-\\ncil, and shut himself up with him in his cabinet\\nand before he discoursed at large concerning the\\nbusiness in question, he desired him to tell him\\nthe fatal origin of the deadly and hereditary\\nhatred between the Eavens and the Owls.\\n6 Sir, answered Carchenas, 6 a few words\\nalone produced that cruel animosity, the terrible\\neffects of which you have so oft experienced.\\nThe story at large is this.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "FABLE II.\\nTHE ORIGIN OF THE HATRED BETWEEN THE\\nRAVENS AND THE OWLS.\\nIt once happened that, in the neighborhood\\nof this our delightful habitation, a flight of birds\\nassembled to choose themselves a king; and\\nevery different species among them put in his\\npretensions to the crown. At length, however,\\nthere were several that gave their voices for the\\nOwl, because Minerva, the goddess of wisdom,\\nhad made choice of the Owl for her peculiar\\nbird but a vast number of others being strenu-\\nous in their resolution never to obey so deformed\\na creature, the diet broke up, and they fell one\\nupon another with so much fury, that several on\\nall sides were slain. The fight, however, prob-\\nably would have lasted longer than it did, had\\nnot a certain bird, in order to part them, be-\\nthought himself of crying out to the combatants,\\nNo more civil wars why do you spill one an-\\nother s blood in vain; here is a Raven coming;\\nlet us all agree to make him our judge and arbi-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "HATRED BETWEEN THE RAVENS AND THE OWLS. 235\\ntrator he is a person of judgment, and whose\\nyears have gained him experience.\\nThe birds unanimously consented to this and\\nwhen the Raven arrived, and had informed him-\\nself of the occasion of the quarrel, he thus de-\\nlivered himself Are you such fools and mad-\\nmen, gentlemen, says he, to choose for your\\nking a bird that draws after him nothing but\\nmisfortune? Will you set up a fly instead of a\\ngriffin Why do you not rather make choice of\\na falcon, who is eminent for his courage and\\nagility or else a peacock, who treads with a\\nmajestic gait, and carries a train of starry eyes\\nin his tail? Why do you not rather raise an\\neagle to the throne, who is the emblem of roy-\\nalty or, lastly, a griffin, who only by the motion\\nand noise of his wings makes the mountains\\ntremble But though there were no such birds\\nas these that I have named in the world, surely\\nit were better for you to live without a king,\\nthan subject yourselves to such a horrid creature\\nas an Owl for though he has the physiognomy\\nof a cat, he has no wit and, which is yet more\\ninsupportable, notwithstanding that he is so\\nabominably ugly, he is as proud as a fine lady at\\na public feast and which ought, if possible, to\\nrender him yet more despicable in our eyes*, he\\nhates the light of that magnificent body that\\nenlivens all nature. Therefore, gentlemen, lay\\naside a design so prejudicial to your honor, pro-\\nceed to the election of another king, and do", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "236\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nnothing that you may be sure to repent of after-\\nwards. Choose a king that may comfort you in\\nyour distresses and remember the story of the\\nRabbit, who calling himself the Moon s am-\\nbassador, expelled the Elephants out of his coun-\\ntry/ 5", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "FABLE III.\\nTHE ELEPHANTS AND THE RABBITS.\\nThere happened once/ continued the Ra-\\nven, a most dreadful year of drought in the\\nElephants country, called the Isles of Rad, or\\nof the Wind, insomuch that, pressed by extreme\\nthirst, and not being able to come at any water,\\nthe whole body of the nation at length publicly\\naddressed themselves to their King, beseeching\\nhim to apply some remedy to their distress, that\\nthey might not perish, or to destroy them all at\\nonce, rather than let them endure a life of so\\nmuch misery. The King, upon this passionate\\napplication, commauded diligent search to be\\nmade in all places in the neighborhood, or at any\\nreasonable distance and at length there was\\ndiscovered a spring of water, to which the an-\\ncients had given the name of Chaschmanah, or\\nthe Fountain of the Moon. Immediately on this\\nmost happy discovery, the King came and en-\\ncamped with his whole army in the parts adjoin-\\ning to this fountain but, as misfortune would", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "238\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nhave it, the coming of the Elephants ruined a\\ngreat number of Rabbits that had a warren in\\nthe same place, because the Elephants, every step\\nthey took, trod down their burrows, and killed the\\npoor creatures young ones.\\nThe Rabbits, on this public calamity, assem-\\nbled together, went to their King, and besought\\nhim to deliver them from this terrible oppres-\\nsion. 6 1 know very well/ answered the King,\\nthat I sit upon the throne only for the wel-\\nfare and ease of my subjects but alas you\\nnow ask of me a thing that far surpasses my\\nstrength/\\nUpon this, one Rabbit more cunning than\\nthe rest, perceiving the King at a loss, yet very\\nmuch moved with the affliction of his people,\\nstepped before his companions, and addressing\\nhimself to the King, Sir/ said he, c your Maj-\\nesty thinks like a just and generous prince\\nwhile the care of our tranquillity disturbs your\\nrest, and while you afford us the freedom to give\\nour Advice, it makes me bold to impart to your\\nMajesty an invention lately come into my head,\\nto drive those terrible destroyers, the Elephants,\\nout of this country. Permit me only/ continued\\nthe Rabbit, that I may go with the character\\nof your ambassador to the King of the Ele-\\nphants, and doubt not but I will send away all\\nthese strangers faster than they came neither\\nneed your Majesty to fear that I shall make any\\nimproper submissions to them; if any thought", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "THE ELEPHANTS AND THE BABBITS. 239\\nof that kind in the least disturbs your Majesty s\\nbreast, I am willing that your Majesty should\\nappoint me a companion, who may at any time\\nreturn to you, and acquaint you with all that\\npasses in my embassy.\\n6 No/ replied the King very obligingly, 6 go\\nalone and prosper I will have no spies upon thy\\nactions, for I believe thee faithful. Go, in the\\nname of Heaven, and do what thou shalt deem\\nmost convenient only take care that you always\\nremember that an ambassador is the King s\\ntongue; his discourses therefore ought to be well\\nweighed, and his words and his behavior noble,\\nand such as would suit the prince himself whom\\nhe represents. The most learned in the king-\\ndom ought always to be made choice of for am-\\nbassadors. Nay, I have heard that one of the\\ngreatest monarch s in the world was wont fre-\\nquently to disguise himself, and become his own\\nambassador. Indeed, for the honorable ai*d\\nproper discharge of that employment, three nec-\\nessary qualities are resolution, eloquence, and a\\nvast extent of natural parts. A violent spirit, let\\nme tell you, is not for that employment. Several\\nambassadors, with a rash word, have created\\ntrouble in a peaceful kingdom and others, with\\na mild and agreeable saying, have reunited irrec-\\noncilable enemies.\\nSir, said the Rabbit, if I am not endowed\\nwith these good qualities your Majesty has enu-\\nmerated, I will endeavor, at least, to make the", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "240\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nbest of those I have and shall ever remember\\nthis lesson, which your Majesty has honored me\\nwith, and endeavor to act according to what\\nyour Majesty has so justly declared to be the\\nduty of one in so public and so honorable an\\nemployment. 5\\nHaving so said, he took leave of the King,\\nand went immediately forward on his journey\\nto the Elephants. Before he ventured himself\\namong them, however, he bethought himself,\\nthat if he went into the crowd that usually at-\\ntended on their King, he might very likely be\\ntrod to pieces: for which reason he got upon a\\nhigh tree, from whence he called the King of the\\nElephants, who was not far off, and addressed\\nhim in the following words I am/ said he,\\nthe Moon s ambassador; hear therefore with\\nreverence and attention what I have to say to\\nyou in her name. You, who in all ages have\\nbeen famous for your adorations of my royal mis-\\ntress, know full well, I doubt not, that the Moon\\nis a goddess whose power is unlimited, and that\\nabove all things she hates a lie/\\nThe King of the Elephants, who was a just\\nand a most pious prince, trembled when he heard\\nthe Rabbit talk of these things, and humbly de-\\nsired to know the subject of his embassy. The\\nMoon, replied the Rabbit, 6 has sent me hither,\\nto let you understand that whoever is puffed up\\nwith his own grandeur, and despises her little\\nones, deserves death and that she is grieved to", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "THE ELEPHANTS AND THE RABBITS. 2-41\\nsee that you are not contented only to oppress\\nthe little ones, our peaceful and religious nation,\\nbut you have the insolence to trouble a fountain\\nconsecrated to her deity, where everything is\\npure. Reform your manners, else you will be se-\\nverely punished. And if you will not give credit\\nto my words, come and see the Moon in her own\\nfountain, and then tremble and retire.\\nThe King of the Elephants was inwardly\\ngrieved and astonished at these words, and went\\nto the fountain, wherein he saw the Moon indeed,\\nbecause the water was clear and the Moon then\\nshone very brightly. Then said the Rabbit to\\nthe Elephant, You see the sacred deity take of\\nthe water to wash yourself, and pay your adora-\\ntions. 5 The Elephant very obediently took some\\nof the water, but puddled the fountain with his\\ntrunk at which the Rabbit, Infidel, 5 said he,\\nyou have profaned the fountain with your un-\\nhallowed touch, and behold, the goddess is gone\\naway in a passion; retire therefore I conjure you,\\nwith speed from hence, with your whole army,\\nlest some dreadful misfortune befall you.\\nThis threatening language put the King of\\nthe Elephants into a trembling, and terrified him\\nto that degree that he presently commanded his\\narmy to decamp and away they all marched,\\nnever to return to the sacred Fountain of the\\nMoon again. And thus the Rabbits were deliv-\\nered from their enemies by the policy of one of\\ntheir society.\\n16", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "242\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nI have not recited this example/ 5 continued\\nthe Raven, but to instruct you that you ought\\nto make choice of a prudent and politic bird for\\nyour sovereign since by it you see that art and\\naddress, even in the representative of a king only,\\ncan do more than force in many cases, though\\nthe King himself and his whole army engaged\\nin the enterprise. Choose, therefore, one for\\nyour king who may be able to assist you in your\\nadversities, and not an Owl, who has neither\\ncourage nor wit. These obscene birds have\\nnothing in them but malice, which will, one time\\nor other, believe me, be no less fatal to you than\\nthe Cat was to the Partridge, who desired him to\\ndecide a difference which she had with another\\nbird. The story is this.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "FABLE IV.\\nTHE CAT AND THE TWO BIRDS.\\nSome years ago, coiitiuued the Raven, I\\nmade my nest upon a tree, at the foot of which\\nthere frequently sat a Partridge, a fair and comely\\nbird, well shaped and good-humored our neigh-\\nboring situation soon brought us acquainted with\\none another and after a short knowledge of each\\nother s talents and humor, we made a league of\\nfriendship together, and almost continually kept\\none another company. Some time after our first\\nentering on this intimacy one with another, my\\nfriend, however, absented herself, for what reason\\nI know not, and stayed away so long, that I\\nthought her dead but my thoughts of this kind\\nwere mistaken, for she at length returned, but\\nhad the misfortune to find her habitation in pos-\\nsession of another Bird. The Partridge pretended\\nthe house was hers, and would have made a forci-\\nble entry but the Bird refused to go out, alleg-\\ning that possession was the strongest tenure of\\nthe law. I endeavored, soon after this, to bring", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "244\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nthem to an accommodation, but all to no purpose\\nfor the Partridge s attorney, finding she had\\nmoney, egged her on, and tickled her ears with\\na writ of ejectment.\\nAt length, however, the Partridge, finding\\nthe law to be very tedious and expensive, said one\\nday to her adversary, Here lives hard by, I re-\\nmember, a very devout Cat he fasts every day,\\ndoes nobody harm, and spends the nights in\\nprayer let us, in short, distract our brains and\\nempty our purses no more about law, but refer\\nour difference to him I know not where we\\nshall find a more equitable judge/\\nThe other Bird having agreed to this proposal,\\nthey both went to this religious Cat, and I fol-\\nlowed them out of curiosity. Entering, I saw the\\nCat very attentive at a long prayer, without turn-\\ning either to the right or left which put me in\\nmind of the old proverb, that 6 Long prayers be-\\nfore people are the keys of hell. I admired his\\nsober hypocrisy, and had the patience to stay till\\nthe venerable personage had done; after which\\nthe Partridge and his antagonist accosted him\\nwith great respect, and requested him to hear\\ntheir difference, and give judgment according to\\nthe usual rules of justice.\\nThe Cat, in his fur gown, acting the part of\\na grave and formal judge, first heard what the\\nStranger-bird had to plead for itself and then\\naddressing himself to the Partridge, My pretty\\nlove, said he, come you now to me and let me", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "THE CAT AND THE TWO BIRDS.\\n245\\nbear your story; but as I am old ancl hard of\\nbearing, pray come near and lift up your voice,\\nthat 1 may not lose a word of what you say.\\nThe Partridge and the other Bird, on this, seeing\\nhim so devout and sanctified, both went boldly\\nclose up to him but then the hypocrite discov-\\nered the bottom of his sanctity, for he immedi-\\nately fell upon them, and in short devoured them\\nboth.\\nYou see by this example, continued he,\\nthat deceitful people are never to be trusted\\nand my inference from all this is, Have you a care\\nof the Owl, who is in truth no better than the\\nCat. The Birds, convinced that the Raven spoke\\nnothing but what was reason, never minded the\\nOwl any more; and upon this the Owl went\\nhome, meditating how to be revenged upon the\\nRaven, against whom he conceived such a mortal\\nhatred, that time could never extinguish it.\\nThis sir, proceeded Carchenas, is the true\\nreason of the perpetual enmity between us and\\nthe Owls. U I thank you, Vizier, for this\\nstory, replied the Monarch and now let us\\nconsider what measure we must take to preserve\\nthe peace of my subjects, and revenge the affront\\nI have received.\\nTo which Carchenas, making a low reverence,\\nreplied, Sir, permit me to speak my mind freely,\\nand inform your Majesty, that I am not of the\\nsame opinion with your other ministers, who", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "246\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nadvise either war, or flight, or an ignominious\\npeace. I dissent from all, and would only recom-\\nmend to your Majesty to take at present no abso-\\nlute resolution at all, but to follow cautiously this\\nexcellent maxim; that when we want strength,\\nwe must have recourse to artifice and stratagem,\\nand endeavor to deceive the enemy by feigning\\none thing and doing another. The advantage of\\nthis way of proceeding in things of this kind, we\\nmay see by the following example.\\nif", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "FABLE V.\\nTHE DERVISE AND THE FOUR ROBBERS.\\nA Deryise had once made a purchase of a\\nfine fat sheep, with intent to offer it up in sac-\\nrifice and having tied a cord about the neck of\\nit, was leading it to his habitation but as he led\\nit along, four thieves perceived him, and had a\\ngreat mind to steal his sacrifice for less holy\\nuses. They dared not, however, take it away\\nfrom the Dervise by force, because they were too\\nnear the city; therefore they made use of this\\nstratagem they first parted company, and then\\naccosted the Dervise (whom they knew to be an\\nhonest and inoffensive man, and one who thought\\nof no more harm in others than he had in him-\\nself) as if they had come from several distinct\\nparts.\\nSaid the first of them, who had contrived to\\nmeet him full-face, Father, whither are you\\nleading- this dog 1 At this instant the second\\ncoming from another quarter, cried to him,\\nVenerable old gentleman, I hope you have not", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "248\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nso far forgot yourself as to have stolen this dog\\nand immediately after him, the third coming up,\\nand asking him, Whither he would go a-coursing\\nwith that handsome greyhound the poor Der-\\nvise began to doubt whether the sheep which he\\nhad was a sheep or no. But the fourth Robber\\nput him quite beside himself, coming up at that\\ninstant, and saying to him, Pray, reverend\\nfather, what did this dog cost you? The Der-\\nvise, on this, absolutely persuaded that four men,\\ncoming from four several places, could not all be\\ndeceived, verily believed that the grazier who had\\nsold him the sheep was a conjurer, and had be-\\nwitched his sight; insomuch that no longer giv-\\ning credit to his own eyes, he began to be firmly\\nconvinced that the sheep he was leading was a\\ndog and immediately, in full persuasion of it,\\nwent back to market to demand his money of the\\ngrazier, leaving the wether with the felons, who\\ncarried it away.\\nSir, said Carchenas, your Majesty sees by\\nthis example, that what cannot be done by force\\nmust be achieved by policy.\\nYou advise me well, said the King; and\\nnow tell me by what invention shall we revenge\\nourselves on the Owls?\\nRely upon me, replied Carchenas, to take\\ncare of your Majesty s revenge, and suffer me to\\nsacrifice my own private ease to the public good.\\nOnly order my feathers to be pulled off, and", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "THE DERVISE AND THE FOUR ROBBERS. 249\\nleave me all over bloody under this tree, and\\ndoubt not but I will do you an acceptable ser-\\nvice. It was no small grief to Birouz to give\\nout such a cruel order. In regard to this excel-\\nlent Minister, however, at his own incessant en-\\ntreaties, the thing at length was done, and the\\nKing marched away with his army to wait for\\nCarchenas in a place where that Vizier had ap-\\npointed him.\\nIn the mean time night came, and the Owls,\\npuffed up with the success of their insolence the\\nnight before, returned, intending now, by a\\nbloody battle, at once to complete the destruction\\nof the Ravens. But they were amazed when\\nthey missed the enemy, whom they intended to\\nhave surprised. They sought for the Ravens\\narmy diligently in every quarter, and in their\\nsearches they heard a voice of grievous lamenta-\\ntion, which was the voice of Carchenas, who was\\ngroaning at the foot of a tree. The King of the\\nOwls on this immediately approached him, and\\nexamined him concerning his birth, and the em-\\nployment he had in Birouz s court.\\nu Alas replied Carchenas, the condition\\nwherein you see me sufficiently shows you my\\ninability to give you the account which you\\ndemand. I have not strength, alas! to repeat\\nit.\\nWhat crime did you commit then, replied\\nChabahang, to deserve this hard usage\\nNo crime, mighty Monarch replied", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "250\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nCarchenas but the wicked Eavens, upon a\\nslight suspicion only, have used me thus. After\\nour army, continued he, u was thrown into\\nterror and affright last night by your bold defi-\\nance, King Birouz called a council, to seek out\\nways to be revenged of so heinous an affront.\\nAnd after he had heard the various opinions of\\nsome of his ministers, he commanded me to\\nspeak mine at which time I laid before him,\\nthat you were not only superior in number, but\\nbetter disciplined, and more valiant than we\\nwere; and by consequence that it was necessary\\nfor us to desire peace, and to accept of whatever\\nconditions you would be pleased to grant us.\\nThis so incensed the King against me, that in a\\nviolent passion, Traitor/ cried he, Q this is the\\nway to infuse into my army a fear of the enemy,\\nby exalting their strength and lessening mine; 5\\nand with that, suspecting that I was meditating\\nto make my peace with your Majesty, he com-\\nmanded that I should be used as you see.\\nAfter Carchenas had done speaking, the King\\nof the Owls asked his chief Minister what was to\\nbe done with him.\\nThe only way, sir, answered the Minister,\\nis to put him out of his pain and knock him\\non the head never trust his fair speeches, for I\\ndon t believe a word he says. Eemember the old\\nproverb, sir, The more dead, the fewer enemies.\\nCarchenas, on this, in a lamentable tone, cried\\nout, I beseech you, sir, add not to my affliction\\nby your threatening language.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "THE DERVISE AND THE FOUR ROBBERS. 251\\nThe King of the Owls, who could not choose\\nbut compassionate Carchenas, now bade the sec-\\nond Minister speak who was not of the first\\nVizier s opinion. Sir, said he, I would not\\nadvise your Majesty to put this person to death.\\nKings ought to assist the weak, and succor those\\nthat throw themselves upon their protection.\\nBesides, continued he, sometimes there may\\nbe great advantage made of an enemy s service,\\naccording to the story of a certain Merchant,\\nwhich, with permission, I will relate to your\\nMajesty.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "FABLE VI.\\nTHE MERCHANT, HIS WIFE, AND THE ROBBER.\\nThere was once/ continued the Minister,\\na certain Merchant, very rich, but homely, and\\nvery deformed in his person, who had married a\\nvery fair and virtuous Wife. He loved her pas-\\nsionately; but, on the other hand, she hated him,\\ninsomuch that, not being able to endure him,\\nshe lay by herself in a separate bed in the same\\nchamber.\\nIt happened, soon after they were married,\\nthat a thief one night broke into the house, and\\ncame into the chamber. The Husband was at\\nthis time asleep but the wife being awake, and\\nperceiving the thief, was in such a terrible fright,\\nthat she ran to her husband, and caught him fast\\nin her arms. The Husband, waking, was trans-\\nported with joy to see the delight of his life\\nclasping him in her embraces. 6 Bless me 3\\ncried he, 6 to what am I obliged for this extraor-\\ndinary happiness I wish I knew r the person\\nto whom I owe it, that I might return him", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "THE MERCHANT, HIS WIFE, AND THE ROBBER. 258\\nthanks. Hardly had he uttered the words\\nwhen the thief appeared, and he soon guessed\\nthe whole occasion. cried the Merchant,\\nthe most welcome person in the world; take\\nwhatever thou thinkest fitting I cannot reward\\nthee sufficiently for the good service thou hast\\ndone me.\\nBy this example we may see that our ene-\\nmies may sometimes be serviceable to us, in ob-\\ntaining those things which we have sought in\\nvain to enjoy by the help of our friends. So\\nthat since this Raven may prove beneficial to\\nus, we ought, I am of opinion, to preserve his\\nlife.\\nThe King, on this Minister s ending his\\nspeech, asked a third what he thought who\\ndelivered his opinion in these words Sir, said\\nhe, so far from putting this Raven to death,\\nyou ought to caress him, and engage him by\\nyour favors to do you some important service.\\nThe wise always endeavor to oblige some of their\\nenemies, in order to set up a faction against the\\nrest, and then make advantage of their divisions.\\nThe quarrel which the Devil once had with the\\nThief was the reason that neither the one nor\\nthe other could hurt a very virtuous Dervise,\\naccording to the ensuing Fable.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "FABLE VII.\\nTHE DERVISE, THE THIEF, AND THE DEVIL.\\nIn the parts adjoining to Babylon, 5 contin-\\nued the third Minister, there was once a certain\\nDervise, who lived like a true servant of Heaven\\nhe subsisted only upon such alms as he received\\nand as for other things, gave himself up wholly\\nto Providence, without troubling his mind with\\nthe intrigues of this world.\\nOne of the friends of the Dervise one day\\nsent him a fat ox, which a Thief seeing, as it\\nwas led to his lodging, he resolved to have it\\nwhatever it cost him. With this intent he set\\nforward for the Dervise s habitation but as he\\nwent on, he met the Devil in the shape of a plain*\\ndressed man, and suspecting by his countenance\\nthat he was one of his own stamp, he immedi-\\nately asked him w r ho he was, and whither he was\\ngoing?\\nThe stranger, on this, made him a short\\nanswer to his demand saying, 6 1 am the Devil,\\nwho have taken human shape upon me, and I am", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "THE DERVISE, THE THIEF, AND THE DEVIL. 255\\ngoing to this cave with intent to kill the Dervise\\nthat lives there; because his example does me a\\nworld of mischief, by making several wicked peo-\\nple turn honest and good men I intend there-\\nfore to put him out of the way, and then hope to\\nsucceed better in my business than I have done\\nof late else I assure you we shall soon want peo-\\nple in my dominions/\\nMr. Satan, answered the Thief, 6 1 am your\\nmost obedient humble servant I assure you I\\nam one you have no reason to complain about\\nfor I am a notorious Robber, and am going to\\nthe same place whither you are bent, to steal a\\nfat ox that was a few hours ago given to the\\nDervise that you design to kill.\\n6 My good friend, quoth the Devil, 6 I am\\nheartily glad I have met you, and rejoice that\\nwe are both of the same humor, and that both\\nof us design to do this abominable Dervise a\\nmischief. Go on and prosper, continued the\\nDevil, and know, when you rob such people\\nas these, you do me a doubly acceptable ser-\\nvice.\\nIn the midst of this discourse they both\\ncame to the Dervise s habitation. Night was\\nalready well advanced, and the good man had said\\nhis usual prayers, and was gone to bed. And\\nnow the Thief and the Devil were both preparing\\nto put their designs in execution when the\\nThief said to himself, 6 The Devil in going to\\nkill this man will certainly make him cry out,", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "256\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nand raise the neighborhood, which will hinder\\nme from stealing the ox.\\nThe Devil, on the other hand, reasoned with\\nhimself after this manner: 4 If the Thief goes\\nto steal the ox before I have executed my design,\\nthe noise he will make in breaking open the\\ndoor will waken the Dervise, and set him on his\\nguard/ Therefore said the Devil to the Thief,\\nLet me first kill the Dervise, and then thou\\nmayst steal the ox at thy own leisure.\\n6 No/ said the Thief, 6 the better way will be\\nfor you to stay till I have stolen the ox, and then\\ndo you murder the man. But both refusing to\\ngive way the one to the other, they quarreled\\nfirst, and from words they fell to downright\\nfisticuffs. At which sport the Devil proving\\nthe stronger of the two, the Thief called out to\\nthe Dervise, Awake, man, arise here is the\\nDevil come to murder you And on this, the\\nDevil perceiving himself discovered, cried out,\\nThieves, thieves look to your ox, Dervise 9\\nThe good man, quickly waking at the noise,\\ncalled in the neighbors, whose presence con-\\nstrained the Thief and the Devil to betake them-\\nselves to their heels; and the poor Dervise saved\\nboth his life and his ox.\\nThe chief Minister having heard this Fable,\\nfalling into a very great passion, said to the\\nKing, Listen not, sacred sir, I beseech you,\\nto these idle stories if you give way to what", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "THE DERVISE, THE THIEF, AND THE DEVIL. 257\\nthey would insinuate, believe me, you will suf-\\nfer yourself to be deceived by this Raven.\\nEnemies, when they cannot obtain their ends\\nby force, commonly have recourse to artifices,\\nand humble themselves to deceive us. Here\\nCarchenas cried out, you that are so zealous\\nfor my death, why do you not put an end at once\\nto my days, and not talk so many things to no\\npurpose to increase my misery What probability\\nis there of perfidiousness in a person so wounded\\nas I am? What madman would suffer so much\\ntorment to do good to another 99\\nIt is in that very thing, replied the Vizier,\\nthat thy subtility consists. The sweetness of\\nrevenge which thou art meditating, makes thee\\npatiently swallow the bitterness of thy pains.\\nThou w r ouldest fain make thyself as famous as\\nthe Monkey that sacrificed his life to the safety\\nof his country. I most humbly entreat the King\\nto hear the story.\\n17", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "FABLE VIII.\\nTHE MONKEYS AND THE BEARS.\\nA great number of Monkeys once, con-\\ntinued he, lived in a country well stored with\\nall manner of fruit, and very delightful. It\\nhappened one day a Bear, travelling that way by\\naccident, and considering the beauty of the resi-\\ndence and the sweet lives the Monkeys led, said\\nto himself, It is not just nor reasonable that\\nthese little animals should live so happy, while I\\nam forced to run through forests and mountains\\nin search of food. 5 Full of indignation at this\\ndifference of fortune, he ran immediately among\\nthe Apes, and killed some of them for very mad-\\nness but they all fell upon him and in regard\\nthey were very numerous, they soon made him all\\nover wounds, so that he had much ado to make\\nhis escape.\\nu Thus punished for his rashness, he made\\nwhat haste he could to escape and at length\\nrecovered a mountain within hearing of some of\\nhis comrades and no sooner saw himself there", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "THE MONKEYS AND THE BEARS.\\n259\\nbut he set up so loud a roaring, that a great\\nnumber of Bears immediately came about him,\\nto whom he recounted what had befallen him.\\nWhen they had heard his story out, instead\\nof the emotions he expected to have found in\\nthem, they all laughed at him 6 Thou art a\\nmost wretched coward, cried they, 6 to suffer\\nthyself to be beaten by those little animals.\\nu This is true, indeed, replied a leading Bear;\\nbut, however, this affront is not to be endured\\nit must be revenged for the honor of our na-\\ntion. On this they soon concerted proper meas-\\nures to annoy the enemy and toward the begin-\\nning of the night they all came down from the\\nmountain, and fell pell-mell upon the Monkeys,\\nwho were dreaming of nothing less than of such\\nan invasion in short, they were all retired to\\ntheir rest, when they were surrounded by the\\nBears, who killed a great number, the rest es-\\ncaping in disorder. After this exploit, the Bears\\nwere so taken with this habitation, that they\\nmade choice of it for the place of their own set-\\ntled abode. They set up for their king the Bear\\nthat had been so ill handled by the Monkeys\\nand sifter that fell to banqueting upon the pro-\\nvisions which the Monkeys had heaped together\\nin their magazines.\\nThe next morning, by break of day, the King\\nof the Monkeys, who knew nothing of this fatal\\ncalamity (for he had been hunting for two days\\ntogether), met several Monkeys maimed, who", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "260\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\ngave him an account of what had passed the day\\nbefore. The King, when he heard this doleful\\nnews, immediately began to weep, and lament the\\nvast treasure he had lost, accusing Heaven of\\ninjustice, and fortune of inconstancy. In the\\nmidst of all his indignation and sorrow, his sub-\\njects also pressed him to take his revenge; so\\nthat the poor King knew not which way to turn\\nhimself. Now among the Monkeys that at that\\ntime attended on this Monarch, there was one\\ncalled Maimon, who was one of the most crafty\\nand most learned in the court, and was the\\nKing s chief favorite. This poor creature, seeing\\nhis master sad, and his companions in conster-\\nnation, stood up, and addressing himself to the\\nKing: 6 Persons of wit and discretion/ says he,\\nnever abandon themselves to despair, which is a\\ntree that bears but very bad fruit but patience,\\non the contrary, supplies us with a thousand in-\\nventions to rid ourselves out of the entangle-\\nments of trouble and adversity. 5\\nThe King, whom this discourse had rendered\\nmuch more easy in his mind, turning to Maimon\\non this, said, 6 But how shall we do, Vizier, to\\nbring ourselves off with honor from this igno-\\nminious misfortune 5 Maimon besought his\\nMajesty, on this, to allow him private audience\\nand after he had obtained it, he spoke to this\\neffect\\nSir/ said he, 6 1 conjure you by the dear\\nhopes of a great revenge to hear me out with", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "THE MONKEYS AND THE BEARS. 261\\npatience. My heart is as much distracted,\\nmy sacred master, for my private, if it he possible,\\nas for the puhlic misfortune my wife and chil-\\ndren have been massacred by these tyrants.\\nImagine then my grief, to see myself deprived\\nforever of those sweets which I enjoyed in the\\nsociety of my family and hear me with patience\\nand full belief, when I assure you I am resolved\\nto die, that I may put an end to my sorrows\\nbut my death shall not be idle no, I will find\\nmeans to make it prove fatal to my royal master s\\nenemies.\\n6 Maimon/ said the King, 6 consider, we\\nnever desire to be revenged of our enemies but\\nwith intent to procure to ourselves repose or\\nsatisfaction of mind but when you are dead,\\nwhat signifies it to you whether the world be at\\nwar or in peace\\n6 Sir/ replied Maimon, 6 in the condition I am,\\nlife being insupportable to me, I sacrifice it with\\ndelight to the happiness of my companions. All\\nthe favor I beg of your Majesty is, only with\\ngratitude and compassion to remember my gen-\\nerosity when you shall be reestablished in your\\ndominions. What I have farther to ask of you\\nis this that you will immediately command my\\nears to be torn from my head, my teeth to be\\npulled out, and my feet to be cut of and then\\nlet me be left for the night in a corner of the\\nforest where we were lodged; then retire you,\\nsir, with the remainder of your subjects, and re-", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "262\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nmove two days journey from hence, and on the\\nthird you may return to your palace for you\\nshall hear no more of your enemies and may you\\nforever reap the blessings my death intends you.\\nThe King though with great grief, caused\\nMaimon s desires to be executed, and left him in\\nthe wood, where all night he made the most dole-\\nful lamentations that ever misery uttered.\\nWhen day shone out, the King of the Bears,\\nwho had all night long heard Maimon s outcries,\\nadvanced to see what miserable creature had\\nmade the noise and beholding the poor Monkey\\nin that condition, he was moved with compassion,\\nnotwithstanding his merciless humor, and asked\\nhim who he was, and who had used him after\\nthat barbarous manner. Maimon, judging by all\\nappearances that he was the King of the Bears\\nthat spoke to him, after he had respectfully\\nsaluted him, expressed himself in the following\\nwords\\nSir, said he, 6 I am the King of the Monkeys\\nchief Minister I went some days ago hunting\\nwith him, and at our return, understanding the\\nravages which your Majesty s soldiers had com-\\nmitted in our houses, he took me aside, and asked\\nme what was his best course to take at such a\\njuncture. I answered him, without any hesita-\\ntion, that we ought to put ourselves under your\\nprotection, that we might live at ease and unmo-\\nlested. The King, my master, then talked many\\nridiculous things of your Majesty, which was the", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "THE MONKEYS AND THE BEARS. 263\\nreason that I took the boldness to tell him, that\\nyou were a most renowned prince, and beyond all\\ncomparison more potent than he which auda-\\nciousness of mine incensed him to that degree,\\nthat immediately he commanded me to be thus\\nmangled, as you see me,\\nMaimon had no sooner concluded his relation,\\nthan he let fall such a shower of tears, that the\\nKing of the Bears was mollified also, and could\\nnot forbear weeping himself. When this was a\\nlittle over, he asked Maimon where the Monkeys\\nwere. 6 In a desert called Mardazmay, answered\\nhe, where they are raising a prodigious army,\\nthe whole place, for a thousand leagues extent,\\nbeing inhabited by no other creatures but Mon-\\nkeys ancf there is no question to me but they\\nwill be with you in a very short time. 5 The King\\nof the Bears, not a little terrified at this news,\\nasked Maimon, whom he thought sufficiently\\nexasperated against the Monkey government to\\nmake him his assured friend, what course he\\nshould take to secure himself from the enterprises\\nof the Monkeys.\\nPace them boldly, replied Maimon 6 your\\nMajesty need not fear them were not my legs\\nbroke, I would undertake, with one single troop\\nof your forces, to destroy forty thousand of\\nthem.\\nYou advise me well/ said the King, 6 and\\nwith your help, I doubt not but I shall destroy\\nthem. There is no question but you know all", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "264\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nthe avenues to their camp. You will oblige us\\nforever would you but conduct us thither and,\\nbe assured, we will revenge the barbarity com-\\nmitted upon your person/\\n6 That, alas is impossible/ replied Maimon,\\nc because I can neither go nor stand/\\nThere is a remedy for everything, answered\\nthe King, and I will find an invention to carry\\nyou; 9 and, at the same time, he gave orders to\\nhis army to be in readiness to march, and to put\\nthemselves in a condition to fight. They all\\nreadily obeyed the orders, and tied Maimon, who\\nwas to be their guide, upon the head of one of\\nthe biggest Bears.\\nMaimon now gloried in his mind that he had\\nit in his power to revenge all that himself and\\nhis country had suffered and, in order to it, con-\\nducted them into the desert of Mardazmay, where\\nthere blew a poisonous wind, and where the heat\\nwas so vehement that no creature could live an\\nhour in it. Now when the Bears were entered\\ninto the borders of this dangerous desert, Maimon,\\nto engage them farther into it, 6 Come, 5 said he,\\n6 let us make haste and surprise these accursed\\nwretches before day/ With such exhortations\\nhe kept them on the march all night but the\\nnext day they were astonished to find themselves\\nin so dismal a place. They not only saw not so\\nmuch as the likeness of a Monkey, but they per-\\nceived that the sun had so heated the air, that\\nthe very birds that flew over the desert fell down,", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "THE MONKEYS AND THE BEARS. 265\\nas it were, roasted to death and the sand was so\\nburning hot, that the Bears feet were all burned\\nto the bones.\\nThe King, on this, cried out to Maimon, 6 Into\\nwhat a desert hast thou brought us and what\\nfierce whirlwinds are these which I see coming\\ntowards us? On this the Monkey, finding they\\nwere all too far advanced for the least possibility\\nof getting back, and therefore sure to perish,\\nspoke boldly and, in answer to the King of the\\nBears, Tyrant, said he, know that we are in\\nthe desert of death the whirlwind that ap-\\nproaches us is death itself, which comes in a\\nmoment to punish thee for all thy cruelties.\\nAnd, while he was thus speaking, the fiery whirl-\\nwind came and swept them all away.\\nTwo days after this the King of the Monkeys\\nreturned to his palace, as Maimon foretold him\\nand, finding all his enemies gone, contiuued a\\nlong reign in peace over his subjects.\\nYour Majesty, pursued the Vizier, sees, by\\nthis example, that there is no trusting to the\\nalluring words of an enemy and, permit me to\\nadd, that he ought to perish that seeks the de-\\nstruction of others. This discourse, continued\\nso positively, put the King of the Owls in a pas-\\nsion, insomuch, that he cried to the chief\\nMinister, Why all this stir to hinder this poor\\nmiserable creature from the proof of my clem-\\nency And, at the same time, commanded his", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "266\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\nsurgeons to dress Carchenas, and to take particu-\\nlar care of him. You do not consider, 55 added\\nthe King 1 that yourself may one time fall into\\nas great afflictions as have now befallen him.\\nCarchenas was now dressed and taken care of\\nby the King 5 s own surgeon, who soon recovered\\nhim from his wounds. And when he was able to\\nstir about he behaved himself so well, that in a\\nlittle time he won the love of all the court. The\\nKing of the Owls confided absolutely in him, and\\nbegan to do nothing without first consulting him.\\nOne day Carchenas, addressing himself to the\\nKing, Sir, 55 said he, a the King of the Ravens\\nhas abused me so unjustly, that I shall never die\\nsatisfied unless I have first gratified my revenge.\\nI have been a long time endeavoring to contrive\\nthe means, but find, as the result of my studies\\nabout it, that I never can compass it safely nor\\nabsolutely, so long as I wear the shape of a\\nRaven. I have heard, I remember, persons of\\nlearning and experience say, that he who has\\nbeen ill used by a tyrant, if he makes any wish\\nby way of revenge, must, if he would have it suc-\\nceed, throw^himself into the fire for that while\\nhe continues there, all his wishes will be heard.\\nFor this reason, I beseech your Majesty that I\\nmay be thrown into the fire, to the end, that in\\nthe middle of the flames, I may beg of Heaven to\\nchange me into an Owl. Perhaps Heaven will\\nhear my prayer, and then, I doubt not, but I\\nshall be able to revenge myself upon my enemy. 55", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "THE MONKEYS AND THE BEARS. 2G7\\nThe chief Minister, that had always spoken\\nagainst Carchenas, was then in the assembly, and\\nhearing* this insinuating speech, traitor/\\ncried he, whither tends all this superfluous lan-\\nguage Now do I full well know that thou art\\nweaving mischief, though I cannot divine of what\\nkind it should be but the event, I know, will\\nshow it. Sir, added he, turning to the King,\\ncaress this wicked fellow as long as you please,\\nhe will never change his nature. Does not your\\nMajesty remember that the Mouse was once\\nmetamorphosed into a Maid and yet she could\\nnot forbear wishing to have a Rat for her hus-\\nband.\\nYou love Fables dearly, Vizier, said the\\nKing to him, and I will indulge you in your\\npleasure, and hear this willingly but I will not\\npromise you to be a pin the better for it.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "FABLE IX.\\nTHE MOUSE THAT WAS CHANGED INTO A LITTLE\\nGIRL.\\nA person of quality/ continued the Vizier,\\nonce walking by the side of a fountain, saw a\\nvery beautiful little Mouse fall at his feet from\\nthe bill of a Raven, who had held it a little too\\ncarelessly. The Gentleman, out of pity, and\\npleased with its beauty, took it up, and carried it\\nhome; but fearing* it should cause disorder in\\nthe family, as the women are generally not very\\nfond of these animals, he prayed to Heaven to\\nchange it into a Maid. The prayer came from\\nthe mouth of a person of so much piety and good-\\nness, that it was heard, and what he requested\\nwas presently done so that, instead of a Mouse,\\nof a sudden he saw before him a very pretty little\\nGirl, whom he afterwards bred up. Some years\\nafter, the good Man seeing his foster-child big\\nenough to be married, 6 Choose out/ said he to\\nher, 4 in the whole extent of this country, the\\ncreature that pleases thee best, and I will make", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "THE MOUSE CHANGED INTO A LITTLE GIRL. 269\\nhim thy husband; for I can give thee a fortune\\nwhich will make anybody glad to offer his service\\nto thee.\\nIf I may choose, sir, for myself in so im-\\nportant an affair/ replied the Maid, c let me ac-\\nknowledge to you that I am very ambitious. I\\nwould/ continued she, have a husband so\\nstrong that he should never be vanquished. 5\\n6 That must needs be the Sun/ replied the old\\nGentleman 6 it is a strange desire, child but,\\nhowever, thou shalt not want my best offices in\\nit and, therefore, the next morning, said he\\nto the Sun, My daughter desires an invincible\\nhusband will you marry her?\\n6 Alas 5 answered the Sun, call not me in-\\nvincible yonder cloud enfeebles my beams ad-\\ndress yourself to that/ The good Man, on this,\\nturned and made his compliment to the Cloud.\\n6 Alas said the Cloud, the Wind drives me\\nas it pleases/ The old Gentleman, nothing dis-\\ncouraged, desired the Wind to marry his daugh-\\nter. But the Wind, laying before him that his\\nstrength was stopped by such a mountain, he ad-\\ndressed himself to the Mountain.\\n6 O sir/ said the Mountain, 6 the Rat is\\nstronger than I, for he pierces me on every side,\\nand eats into my very bowels 5 whereupon the\\nold Gentleman, in great sorrow of heart, went at\\nlength to the Eat, who liked very well the pro-\\nposal, and immediately consented to marry his\\ndaughter, saying withal, that he had been a long", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "270\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\ntime seeking out for a wife. The old Gentleman,\\non this, returning home, asked his daughter\\nwhether she would be contented to marry a Eat.\\nNow he expected that she would have abhorred\\nthe thoughts of such a marriage; but was\\namazed to see her out of patience to be united to\\nthis precious husband. Thereupon the old Man,\\nwith great sorrow, cried out, 6 Nothing, I find,\\ncan alter nature. 5 In fine, he went again to\\nhis prayers, and desired the Heavens that they\\nwould again turn his daughter into a Mouse,\\nas she was before which they accordingly did,\\nand put an end to his care.\\nThe King of the Owls heard this, and what-\\never else the Vizier had to say, with great pa-\\ntience but, attributing all his remonstrances to\\njealousy of the Raven, took little notice of them.\\nIn the mean time, Carchenas, who was all this\\ntime a courtier and the principal favorite of the\\nKing, had an opportunity to observe all the com-\\nings and goings of the Owls, and whatever else\\nit might be of service to his country to know\\nand when he had perfectly informed himself of\\neverything, he fairly left them, and returned to\\nthe Ravens. On his arrival in the Raven camp,\\nhe gave the King his master an account of every-\\nthing that had passed, and said, Now, Sir, is the\\ntime for us to be revenged of our enemies and\\nwhat I have seen among them teaches me how it\\nmay be effected. In a certain mountain that I", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "THE MOUSE CHANGED INTO A LITTLE GIRL. 271\\nknow of, and can in a day s march lead you to,\\nthere is a cave where all the nation of Owls meet\\nevery day. Now, as this mountain is environed\\nwith wood, your Majesty needs no more but to\\ncommand your army to carry a great quantity of\\nthat wood to the mouth of the cave. I will be\\nready at hand to kindle the wood, and then let all\\nthe Ravens flutter round about to blow the fire\\ninto a flame. By this means, such Owls as shall\\nventure out will be burned in the flames, and\\nsuch as stay within shall be smothered and so\\nshall your Majesty be delivered at once from all\\nyour enemies.\\nThe King highly approved the Raven s counsel,\\nadored his courage and address in his adventu-\\nrous enterprise, by which he had learned this\\nand ordering his whole army to set forward, they\\ndid as 1 Carchenas had contrived, and by that\\nmeans destroyed at one instant all the Owls of\\nthe neighboring nation.\\nBy this example we may see, that sometimes\\nsubmission to an enemy is requisite for the elud-\\ning of their wicked designs of which the Fable\\nthat follows is yet a further proof.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "FABLE X.\\nTHE SERPENT AND THE FROGS.\\nA certain Serpent once became old and feeble,\\nand no longer able to hunt abroad for his food.\\nIn this unfortunate condition, he long bewailed in\\nsolitude the infirmities of age, and wished in vain\\nfor the strength of his youthful years. Hunger\\nat length, however, taught him, instead of his\\nlamentations, a stratagem to get his livelihood.\\nHe went slowly on to the brink of a ditch, in\\nwhich there lived an infinite number of Frogs,\\nthat had just then elected a king. Arrived at\\nthis scene of delight, the wily Serpent seemed to\\nbe very sad, and extremely sick upon which a\\nFrog popped up his head, and asked him what\\nailed him. I am ready to starve, answered the\\nSerpent formerly I lived upon the creatures of\\nyour species which I was able to take, but now I\\nam so unfortunate that I cannot catch anything\\nto subsist on. The Frog, on this account, went\\nand informed the King of the Serpent s condition.\\nUpon which report, the King went himself to", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "THE SERPENT AND THE FROGS.\\n273\\nthe place to look upon the Serpent, who seeing\\nhim, Sir, said he one day as I was going to\\nsnap a Frog by the foot, he got from me, and\\nfled before me to a certain Dervise s apartment,\\nand there entered into a dark chamber, in which\\nthere lay a little infant asleep. At the same\\ntime I also entered in pursuit of my game, and\\nfeeling the child s foot, which I took for the\\nFrog, I bit it in such a venomous manner that\\nthe infant immediately died. The Dervise, on\\nthis, begged of Heaven, for the punishment of my\\ncrime, that I might never be able to catch Frogs\\nmore, but that I might perish with hunger, unless\\ntheir King gave me one or tw r o in charity and,\\nlastly, he added to his washes, that I might be\\ntheir slave and obey them. These prayers of the\\nDervise, continued the Serpent, were heard;\\nand I am now come, since it is the will of Heaven,\\nto submit myself to your laws, and obey your\\norders as long as I live.\\nThe King of the Frogs received his submissive\\nenemy with swelling pride, saying that he would\\nnot disobey the Heavens, but would make use of\\nhis service and so the Serpent got into employ-\\nment, and for some days carried the King upon\\nhis back but at length, Most potent Monarch,\\nsaid he, if you intend that I should serve you\\nlong, you must feed me, else I shall starve to\\ndeath Thou sayest very true, honest Ser-\\npent, replied the King of the Frogs; hence-\\nforward I allow thee to swallow two of my sub-\\nis", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "274\\nTHE FABLES OF PILPAY.\\njects a day for thy subsistence. 5 And this was\\nall he had to wish for. Thus the Serpent, by sub-\\nmitting to his enemy, secured to himself, at his\\ncost, a comfortable subsistence during the remain-\\nder of his life.\\nTo conclude, most sacred sir/ said Pilpay,\\nu your Majesty sees, by these examples, that pa-\\ntience is a noble virtue, and that it greatly con-\\nduces to bring about vast designs. The wise men\\nof old, sir, had sufficient reason to say, that pru-\\ndence goes beyond strength and your Majesty\\nmay see by what I have related, that a man by\\nhis wit may often redeem himself out of danger.\\nBut your Majesty is also to remember, that these\\nexamples often inform us that we are never to\\ntrust an enemy, whatever protestations of friend-\\nship he makes for in spite of all the fair\\nspeeches of the world, we ought to know that a\\nRaven will be a Raven still. True friends only\\nare therefore to be relied upon and the conver-\\nsation and familiarity of such alone can be truly\\nbeneficial to us.\\nTHE END.", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4044", "width": "2502", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4538", "width": "2871", "jp2-path": "fablesofpilpay00bidp_0304.jp2"}}