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36 A PANEGYRICKE come a Reclufe from all Mankind. Bur to return to what I firſt propoſed, what was it in the Infancy of the World that made Men naturally Savage, Unite into Civil Societies, but only Flattery, one of the chiefeft Virtues? For there is nothing elfe meant by the Fables of Amphion and Orpheus with their Harps; the firft making the Stoves jump into a well-built Wall, the other inducing the Trees to pull their Legs out of the Ground, and Dance the Morrice afterhim. What was it that quieted and appeafed the Roman People, when they brake out intoa Riot for the Redrefs of Grievances ? Was it any finewy, ftarchîd Oration ? No, alas, it was only a filly, ridiculous Story, told by Menenius Agrippa, how the other Members of the Body quarell’d with the Belly, reſolving no longer to continue her drudging Caterers, till by the Penance they thought thus in Revenge to impoſe they ſoon found their own Strength ſo far diminifhed, that paying the Coft of experiencing a Miftake, they willingly returned to their refpeftive Duties. Thus when the Rabble of Arhens murmured at the Exa&ion of the Magiſtrates, 7'hemaflocles fatisfied them with fuch another Tale of the Fox, and the HedgeHog ; the firſt whereof being fuck faſt in a Miry Bog, the Flies came {warming about him, and almoft fuck’d out all his Blood, the latter officioufly offers his Service to drive them away ? no, faystheFox, ifthefe which arcalmoft glutted be frighted off, there will come a new hungry Sett that will be Ten times more Greedy and Devouring :
