[19] The poems appear on the following pages of _Aesop Dress'd_: "The Milk Woman," pp. 18-19; "The Frogs asking for a King," pp. 62-64; "The Wolves and the Sheep," pp. 45-46; "Hands, Feet, and Belly," pp. 7-10; "The Lyon grown Old," pp. 65-66. For the corresponding fables in La Fontaine see the notes to the text of the present edition. [20] See Kaye, II, 371, s. v. "Pride." [21] _Aesop Dress'd_, pp. 4-5; La Fontaine, "La Grenouille qui se veut aussi grosse que le Boeuf," I. iii. [22] _Aesop Dress'd_, pp. 25-27. [23] Ibid., pp. 27-33. NOTES TO THE TEXT For each of Mandeville's fables except "The Carp" and "The Nightingale and Owl," which are originals, I have indicated below the original in La Fontaine's _Fables_ by title, book, and number. 1. "The Two Dragons": "Le Dragon à plusieurs Têtes, et le Dragon à plusieurs Queues," I. xii. 2. "The Wolf and Dog": "Le Loup et le Chien," I. v. 3. "The Frog": "La Grenouille qui se veut faire aussi grosse que le Boeuf," I. iii. 4. "The Pumkin and Acorn": "Le Gland et la Citrouille," IX. iv. 5. "The Hands, Feet, and Belly": "Les Membres et l'Estomac," III. ii. 6. "The Countryman and the Knight": "Le Jardinier et son Seigneur," IV. iv. 7. "The Plague among the Beasts": "Les Animaux malades de la Peste," VII. i. 8. "The Grasshopper and Ant": "La Cigale et la Fourmi," I. i. 9. "The Milk Woman": "La Laitière et le Pot au Lait," VI. x. 10. "The Cock, the Cat, and the young Mouse": "Le Cochet, le Chat, et le Souriceau," VI. v. 11. "The Cock and Pearl": "Le Coq et la Perle," I. xx. 12. "The Lyon's Court": "La Cour du Lion," VII. vii. 13. "The Drunkard and his Wife": "L'Ivrogne et sa Femme," III. vii. 14. "Council held by the Rats": "Conseil tenu par les Rats," II. ii. 15. "The Bat and the Two Weasels": "La Chauve-Souris et les deux Belettes," II. v. 16. "The two Bitches": "La Lice et sa Compagne," II. vii. 17. "The Sick Lyon and the Fox": "Le Lion malade et le Renard," VI. xiv. 18. "The Satyr and the Passenger": "Le Satyre et le Passant," V. vii. 19. "The Lyon in Love": "Le Lion amoureux," IV. i. 20. "The Angler and the Little Carp": "Le petit Poisson et le Pêcheur," V. iii. 21. "The Wolves and the Sheep": "Les Loups et les Brebis," III. xiii. 22. "The Wasps and Bees": "Les Frelons et les Mouches à Miel," I. xxi. 23. "The Lyon and the Gnat": "Le Lion et le Moucheron," II. ix. 24. "The Woodcleaver and Mercury": "Le Bûcheron et Mercure," V. i. 25. "The Hare and his Ears": "Les Oreilles du Lièvre," V. iv. 26. "The Rat and the Frog": "La Grenouille et le Rat," IV. xi. 27. "The Cat and an old Rat": "Le Chat et un vieux Rat," III. xviii. 28. "The Weasel and the Rat": "La Belette entrée dans un Grenier," III. xvii. 29. "The Wolf and the Stork": "Le Loup et la Cicogne," III. ix. 30. "The Frogs asking for a King": "Les Grenouilles qui demandent un Roi," III. iv. 31. "The Wolf and the Lamb": "Le Loup et l'Agneau," I. x. 32. "The Lyon grown old": "Le Lion devenu vieux," III. xiv.