He takes the quills and eats the Goose!’”
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In another parable Gay, in some sort, gives the victims of the Shambles their revenge:—
“Against an elm a Sheep was tied:
The butcher’s knife in blood was dyed—
The patient flock, in silent fright,
From far beheld the horrid sight.
A savage Boar, who near them stood,
Thus mocked to scorn the fleecy brood:—
‘All cowards should be served like you.