Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ That is to say, where it is made a Crime to be Rich, and where Men are fore'd to lay Violent Hands on Themselves, to be Safe and Quiet; and with the Bever here, to compound with their Nutmegs to save their Lives. ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ THE Bever is a kind of an Amphibious Creature, but he lives Mostly in the Water. His Stones, they fay, are Med'cinal; and it is principally for Their Sake he knows, that People seek his Life; and therefore when he finds himself Hard Pinch’d, he Bites ‘em off, and by leaving Them to his Pursuers, he Saves Himself. ”
