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But not thro' studied malice they betray, 



But by our art deceive the finny prey: 



This may be pardon'd in a silent race, 



Who cannot warn their friends of the deceitful place : 



Man only with premeditated mind 



Betrays his brethren, and ensnares mankind. * 



If 



shalt haue but little auauntage of me. But & if thou wilt suffre me to go frc 

 and delyuer me from this daunger & captiuitie, I promise to God and to the, 

 that I shall cawse the to haue greate wynnynge, for I shal retourne vnto the 

 daylye withe greate multitude of fisshes and I shall lede them into thy 

 nettis. To whom the fisshsr sayd. How shall I mowe knowe the emonge so 

 many fisshes. Then sayd ye. fissh. Cut of a lytell of my tayle that thou 

 mayst know me emong all othir. The fissher gaue credence to his woordis 

 and cut of his tayle and let him go. This lytel fissh was euer vncurteys, for 

 contrary to his promyse he lettyd the fissher as oftyn as he shuld fissh, and 

 with'irewe y e . fisshes from him and sayd. Faders and worshipfull senyours 

 be ye ware of that deceyuar for he deceyuyd me, & cut of my tayle, and so 

 shall he serue you if ye be not ware, and, yf ye beleue not me, beleue his 

 workis that apere vpon me. And thus saynge the fissh shewed t them his 

 tayle that was cut. Wherfor the fisshes abhorryd y e . fiyssher and fled from 

 him in al possible haste. The fissher vsid no more fysshinge, wherfore he 

 leuyd in great pouerte. Of fortune it happid so that a long while aftir the 

 Assher cawght agayne the same fissh emong othir ; and whan he knew him, 

 he kylled him cruelly and sayde j 



He that hath a good turn and is vncurteys agayn, 

 It is veray rightfull that he be therfore slayne." 



The Dialoges of Creatures Moralysed, applyably and edificatyjly, to euery 

 mery and iocunde mater, of late translated out of Latyn into our Englyssbe tonge 

 right profitable to the gouernaunce of man. And they be to sell, 'upon Poivlys 

 Churche Yarde. 4^. n. d. Has a prologue and table. Interspersed with 

 many wood cuts. Folded in fours, and extends to I. I. iiij. Col. Thus 

 endlth the Dialoges of Creatures moralysed y &c . ut sur^ra. 



* Though this duplicity is nurtmed by the factitious wants of a crowded 

 eity, it seldom intiudes upon the hovel of industry } yet the pillow of weary 

 labour is not unvisited by the baneful dreams of gold. 



" Two ancient fishers in a struw-thatch'd shed, 

 Leaves were their walls, and sea-weed was their bed, 



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