The eagle and the robin. [electronic resource] : An apologue. Translated from the original of Aesop, written Two Thousand Years since, and now rendered in familiar verse. By H. G. L. Mag. With an old cat's prophecy. Taken out of an old copy of verses, supposed to be writ by John Lidgate, a monk of Bury.

The eagle and the robin. [electronic resource] : An apologue. Translated from the original of Aesop, written Two Thousand Years since, and now rendered in familiar verse. By H. G. L. Mag. With an old cat's prophecy. Taken out of an old copy of verses, supposed to be writ by John Lidgate, a monk of Bury.

London : printed and sold by H. Hills, in Black-Fryars near the Water-Side, 1709.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

English

16p. ; 8⁰.

Preface signed: Horat. Gram.; sometimes ascribed to William King.
Horat Gram presumably standing for Horace the schoolmaster. There is no evidence that this is a translation from Æsop. The "old cats prophecy" was previously published as 'The beasts in power' 1709 (Foxon).
On the Duke of Marlborough and Robert Harley.
Also issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands' London, 1717.
Reproduction of original from British Library.

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Foxon, E6
English Short Title Catalog, T32357.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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