It was not one, but ten or more.
The Sheep was therefore cast at law
To pay for things she never saw.
But, lo! ere many days ensued,
Dead in a ditch the Wolf she view’d:
“This, this,” she cried, “is Heaven’s decree
Of justice on a wretch like thee.”
[XIX.] THE BITCH AND HER PUPPIES.
Bad men have speeches smooth and fair,
Of which, that we should be aware,