Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ The Farmer has no Liberty of Choice before him, but either to do what he does, or to Perish: And in so Doing, (with all respect to the Rules of Honesty) he does but his Duty; without any way Incurring the Character of an Ill Natur'd Man, or a Cruel Master. ”
