giving him a great Knock on the Skull
, ought, I think, to be well considered. Upon the whole, I wish the Father has not met with his Match, and that he may not be as equally paired with a Son,
the Mother in
Virgil
.
... Crudelis tu quoque mater:
Crudelis mater magis an puer Improbus ille?
Improbus ille puer, crudelis tu quoque mater[2].
Or like the Crow and her Egg, in the
Greek
Proverb,