carried off a prisoner, and was eaten by the Hawk.

Harm hatch, harm catch.




The Dog and the Oyster.


A Dog, used to eating eggs, saw an Oyster, and opening his mouth to its
widest extent, swallowed it down with the utmost relish, supposing it to
be an egg. Soon afterwards suffering great pain in his stomach, he said:
"I deserve all this torment, for my folly in thinking that everything
round must be an egg."

Who acts in haste repents at leisure.




The Wolf and the Shepherds.


A Wolf passing by, saw some shepherds in a hut eating for their dinner a
haunch of mutton. Approaching them, he said: "What a clamor you would
raise, if I were to do as you are doing!"

Men are too apt to condemn in others the very things they practice
themselves.