Aesop's last will and testament This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A26539 of text R29566 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A746). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A26539 Wing A746 ESTC R29566 11174415 ocm 11174415 46520 2248506073

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 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A26539) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 46520) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1434:5) Aesop's last will and testament Aesop. 1 sheet [2 p.] Printed for the author, London : 1698. Caption title. Imprint from colophon. In verse. Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library. eng eebo Æsopʻs last will and testament. [no entry] 1698 2 424 1 0 0 0 0 0 23.58 C The rate of 23.58 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2013-03 Assigned for keying and markup 2013-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2013-06 Sampled and proofread 2013-06 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2014-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
AESOP'S Last Will and Testament . POOR Aesop lately being taken ill , But yet of perfect mind , thus makes his Will : First , I bequeath my Soul , when I forsake it , To him that has the chiefest Right to take it . 〈◊〉 Body next , let me consider well , To him , that will convey it out of smell ; My Worldly Goods , although they are but few , My scribling Friends , those I bequeath to you . And were I sure that he 'd accept of it , My Friend of Quality should have my Wit : Next to the Squire , that with his Horse and Hounds Leap't o're his Tenants Hedge and broke his Mounds . To him and to his Heirs , my whip and clogs , I give to discipline his Headstrong Dogs ; And to the Farmer , who was in such care To call this Squire , to kill the foolish Hare , Among my lumber he a Rope will find , E'en let him take 't , and use it as design'd : And next , I give , but let me recollect , I would do something fain for every Sect. First to our Grave Divines , well let me see ! I 'll give them what they want , my Charity ; Let the Non-Jurants take my head and eyes , And learn Poor modest Fools to be more wise , Then still to be deceiv'd with Idle tales and lyes . And sure the Papist cannot take it ill , If dying Aesop puts them in his Will ; To them I leave my truth and moderation , The'yll do them good against the next Invasion . The Presbyterians I should something leave , But they are so Rich I know not what to give : The Quakers too expect their Legacy , We 'll set them down in haste , my modesty . Let all the other Sects , for I wont wrong 'em , Take my Religion and divide among 'em . And now at last , it is my will and mind , Some honest wealthy Cit , would be so kind To see all this perform'd , and for his pains , To take for him , and for his Heirs my Brains . Sign'd and Seal'd in the presence of , T. B. T. D. and E. S.

LONDON , Printed for the Author . 1698.