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OF PROPORTION. LIB. II. IIS

And the sobtiltie lay in the accent and Ortograpbie of these two

wordes [/m^] and [weanen] for [aity] being deuided sounds

[a nie or neere person to the king : and [weemeTi] being diuided

soundes wee meriy and not [weemen] and so bj this meane Philino

served all tumes and shifted himselfe from blame, not ynlike the

tale of the Rattlemouse who in the warres proclaimed betweene

the foure footed beasts, and the birdes, beyng sent for by the Lyon

to be at his musters, excused himselfe for that he was a foule and

flew with winges : and beyng sent for by the Eagle io serue him,

sayd that he was a foure footed beast, and by that craftie cauill

escaped the danger of the warres, and shunned the seruice of both

Princes. And euer since sate at home by the fires side, eating

yp the poore husbandmansbaken, halfe lost for lacke

of a good huswifies looking too.
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