L'Estrange: A Lark in a Net

A poor Lark enter'd into a miserable Expostulation with a Bird-Catcher, that had Taken her in his Net, and was just about to put her to Death. Alas, (says she) What am I to Die for now? I am no Theif; I have Stol'n neither Gold, not Silver; but for making Bold with One Pitiful Grain of Corn am I now to Suffer.

'Tis to no Purpose to stand Reasoning, where the Adversary is both Party and Judge.

Source: L'Estrange 143.

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Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the images from Croxall's Aesop. This is an illustration for a different fable, but I thought it suited L'Estrange's version of the lark's story, since he included the birdcatcher in the story.

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