Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ Cruelty and Revenge are directly contrary to the very Nature of the Divine Goodness, and the Mischief that is Design’d for Other People returns commonly upon the Head of the Author. How many Men are there in the World, that put up as Malicious Prayers in Christian Assemblyes to the True God, as the Bee does to Jupiter here in the Fable! ”
