the pit, and played his dog for a wager, which 

 was a strange sport for a gentleman. 



Samuel Pepys. 



Of the Dogge and the Peece of Flesh ^> 



(From The Fables of ALsop, in English. Imprinted at 

 London for Andrew If ebb, in 1634) 



IT E that coveteth other mens goods, hee oft 

 loseth his owne, whereof Esop rehearseth 

 this Fable. In time past there was a dog which 

 went over a bridge, and held in his mouth a 

 peece of flesh, and as he passed over the bridge, 

 he perceived the shadow of his owne selfe, and 

 of his peece of flesh within the water : and he 

 weening that it had beene another peece of flesh, 

 forthwith thought to have taken it : and as he 

 opened his mouth, the flesh fell into the water, 

 and thus he lost it. Right so is it with many a 

 one, for when they thinke to rob other., they leeve 

 that which they have of their owne. 



Of the old Dog and his Master ^ -o> 



TV /[EN ought not to dispraise the ancient, nor 

 A to put them backe, for if thou be young, 

 thou oughtest to desire greatly to come to be old, 

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