CONTENTS

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THE SECOND

TALES.

VOLUM E.

Answer to the Sompner's Prologue of Chaucer, in

Imitation of Chaucer's Style.

Work for a Cooper.

The Equivocation.

A True Story of an Apparition.

The Mad Dog.

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The Quidnuncki's, occafioned by the Death of the

Duke Regent of France.

FABLES. PART I.

Introduction. The Shepherd and the Philofopher. 25

I. To his Highnefs William Duke of Cumber-

land. The Lion, the Tiger, and the

Traveller.

II. The Spaniel and the Camelion.

III. The Mother, the Nurfe, and the Fairy.

IV. The Eagle and the Affembly of Animals.

V. The Wild Boar and the Ram.

VI. The Mifer and Plutus.

VII. The Lion, the Fox, and the Geefe.

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VIII. The Lady and the Wasp.

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IX. The Bull and the Mastiff.

X. The Elephant and the Bookfeller.

XI. The Peacock, the Turkey, and the Goofe. 47

XII. Cupid, Hymen, and Plutus.

XIII. The Tame Stag.

XIV. The Monkey who had feen the World.

"XV. The Philofopher and the Pheasants.

XVI. The Pin and the Needle.

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XVII. The Shepherd's Dog and the Wolf.

XVIII. The Painter who pleafed nobody and

every body,

XIX. The Lion and the Cub..

XX. The old Hen and the Cack.

XXI. The Rat-catcher and Cats.

XXII The Goat without a Beard.

XXIII. The Old Woman and her Cats.

XXIV. The Butterfly and the Snail.

XXV. The Scold and the Parrot.

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XXVI. The Cur and the Mastiff.

XXVII. The Sick Man and the Angel.

XXVIII. The Perfian, the Sun, and the Cloud.

XXIX. The Fox at the Point of Death.

XXX. The Setting Dog and the Partridge.

XXXI. The Univerfal Apparition.

XXXII. The two Owls and the Sparrow.

XXXIII. The Courtier and Proteus.

XXXIV. The Maftiffs.

XXXV. The Barley-Mow and the Dunghill.

XXXVI. Pythagoras and the Countryman.

XLVI. The Cur, the Horfe, and the Shepherd's

II. The Vulture, the Sparrow, and other Birds.

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VI. The Squire and his Cur.

VII. The Countryman and Jupiter. To Myfelf. 148

VIII. The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly.

To my native Country.

IX. The Jackall, Leopard, and other Beafts. To

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XI. The Pack-horse and the Carrier. To a

young Nobleman.

XII. Pan and Fortune. To a young Heir. XIII. Plutus, Cupid, and Time.

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XIV. The Owl, the Swan, the Cock, the Spider,
the Afs, and the Farmer. To a Mother. 180
XV. The Cook-maid, the Turnspit, and the
Ox. To a poor Man.

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XVI. The Raven, the Sexton, and the Earthworm. To Laura.

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Aye and No. A Fable.

Duke upon Duke; an excellent new Ballad.

Dione; a Paftoral Tragedy.

END OF GAY'S POEMS.

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