The Man and The Horse
The Horse and Ass were then called up; who deposed, that they saw the Ox go to a Man and gore him, near Smithfield, and that his life was despaired of.
The Butcher
To this the Ox pleaded ignorance, and said, that he had been ill-used and deprived of his senses, and knew not what happened in consequence thereof; but, provided that were not the case, he certainly would have lost his life by the murdering Butcher, who deals death and destruction to our race, to procure subsistence for himself and family, by the sale of our carcases. So now, my Lord, I stand here, arraigned for the accidental offence of goring an inhuman drover, whose only business it was to dispose of me to the keeper of the slaughter house.
The Bee
A Bee, that had been perched on the Oxes head, offered his evidence,——and deposed, that he had been an eye witness of the whole affair.
The Man and The Ox