Bewick's Select Fables of Æsop and others. / In three parts. 1. Fables extracted from Dodsley's. 2. Fables with reflections in prose and verse. 3. Fables in verse.

by Aesop; Robert Dodsley

Upon yourself alone depend.

If not too partially ally’d,

By fear or love to either side,

In vain shall jarring factions strive,

Cabals in vain dark plots contrive.

Slave to no foe, dupe to no minion,

Maintain an equal just dominion:

So shall you stand by storms unbroke,

And all revere the Royal Oak.”