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# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXLIX

Fab. CCXLIX.
An Oxe and a Heifer.
A Wanton Heifer that had little Else to do then to Frisk up and down in a Meadow, at Ease and Pleasure, came up to a Working Oxe with a Thousand Reproaches in her Mouth; Bless me, says the Heifer, what a Difference there is betwixt your Coat and Condition, and Mine! Why, What a Gall’d Nasty Neck have we here! Look ye, Mines as Clean as a Penny, and as smooth as Silk I warrant ye. 'Tis a Slavish Life to be Yoak’d thus, and in Perpetual Labour. What would you give to be as Free and as Easy now as I am? The Oxe kept These Things in his Thought, without One Word in Answer at present; but seeing the Heifer taken up a While after for a Sacrifice: Well Sister, says he, and have not you Frisk’d fair now, when the Ease and Liberty you Valu’d your self upon, has brought you to This End?
The MORAL.
REFLEXION.
THERE was never any thing gotten by Sensuality and Sloth, either in Matter of Profit or of Reputation, whereas an Active, Industrious Life, carries not only Credit and Advantage, but a Good Conscience also along with it. The Lazy, the Voluptuous, the Proud, and the Delicate are Struck at in This Fable: Men that Set their Hearts only upon the Present, without either Entring into the Reason, or looking forward into the End of Things: Little Dreaming that all this Pomp of Vanity, Plenty, and Pleasure, is but a Fattening of them for the Slaughter. 'Tis the Case of Great and Rich Men in the World; the very Advantages they Glory in are the Cause of their Ruine. The Heifer that Valu’d it self upon a Smooth Coat, and a Plump Habit of Body was taken up for a Sacrifice; but the Oxe that was Despis’d for his Drudgery, and his Raw-Bones, went on with his Work still in the Way of a Safe and an Honest Labour.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXLVII

Fab. CCXLVII.
A Hen and Golden Eggs.
A Certain Good VVoman had a Hen, that Laid her Golden Eggs, which could not be, she thought, without a Mine in the Belly of her. Upon This Presumption she Cut her up to Search: ie Hidden Treasure: But upon the Dissection found her just like Other Hens, and that the Hope of Getting more had betray'd her to the Loss of what she had in Possession.
The MORAL.
REFLEXION.
THEY that would still have more and more, can never have Enough; No, Not if a Miracle should Interpose to Gratify their Avarice; for it makes Men Unthankful to the Highest Degree, not only in General, for the Benefits they Receive, bur in particular also to the very Benefactors Themselves. If the Nearest Friead a Covetous Man has in the World, had really a Mine in his Guts, he'd Rip him up to Find it: For his Bus’ness is to make the Most of what he has, and of what he can get, without any regard to the Course of Providence, or of Nature: And what's the End of All These Unreasonable Desires, but Loss, Sorrow, and Disappointment? The True Intent of This Fable is to Possess us with a Just Sense of the Vanity and Folly of these Craving Appetites. If the Woman could have been Contented with Golden Eggs, the might have kept That Revenue on slill; but when Nothing less then the Mine it self would serve her, she lost Hen, Eggs and all.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXLIII

Fab. CCXLIII.
A Man and a Satyr.
THere was a Man and a Satyr that kept much together. The Man Clapt his Fingers one day to his Mouth, and Blew upon ‘em. What's That for? (says the Satyr) why says he, My Hands are Extream Cold,and I do't to VVarm 'em. The Satyr, at Another time, found This Man Blowing his Porridge: And pray, says he, What's the Meaning of That now? Oh! says the Man, My Porridge are Hot, and I do't to Cool em. Nay, says the Satyr, if you have gotten a Trick of Blowing Hot and Cold out of the same Mouth, I have e’en Done with ye.
The MORAL.
REFLEXION.
THE Moral of this Fable must be Abstracted from the Philosophy of it, and taken in the Sense of carrying Two Faces under One hood. It sets forth, however, the Simplicity of the Satyr in Not Understanding how Two such Contrary Effects should come from the same Lips: But it was Honestly done in him yet, to Renounce the Conyersation of One that he took for a Double-Dealer; and that could Accommodate himself to make Fair with All Companies, and Occasions, without any regard to Truth, or Justice. It was This Fable that gave Rise tothe Old Adage of Blowing Hot and Cold; which is taken for the Mark and Character of a Dissembler.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXL

Fab. CCXL.
A Lyon and a Man.
THere was a Controversie Started betwixt a Lyon and a Man, which was the Braver, and the Stronger Creature of the Two. VVhy look ye, says the Man (after a Long Dispute) we'll Appeal to That Statue there, and so he shew'd him the Figure of a Man Cut in Stone, with a Lyon under his Feet. VVell! says the Lyon, if We had been brought up to Painting and Carving, as You are, where you have One Lyon under the Feet of a Man, you should have had Twenty Men under the Paw of a Lyon.
The MORAL.
REFLEXION.
THE Fancies of Poets, Painters, and Gravers, are No Evidences of Truth; for People are Partial in their Own Cases, and Every Man will make the Best of his Own Tale. 'Tis against Common Equity for the same People to be both Parties and Judges, and That's the Case here betwixt the Man and the Lyon. Now the Lyon is much in the Right, that Characters, Pictures, and Images, are All as the Painter, the Carver, or the Statuary pleases; and that there's a Great Difference betwixt a Flight of Fancy, and the History of Nature. 'Tis much Easier for a Man to make an Ass of a Lyon upon a Pedestal, then in a Forrest; and where it lies at his Choice, whether the Giant shall Kill the Squire, or the Squire the Giant. Argument is not the Work of the Chissel; neither does the Design of the Artist conclude the Truth of the Fact: But there is somewhat Heroical yet in the Imagination, though the Piece was never Drawn from the Life.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXLII

Fab. CCXLII.
A Country-man and an Oxe.
A Country-man had got a Stubborn Oxe, that would still be Pushing and Flinging, whenever they went to Yoak, or to Tye him up. The Man Cuts off his Horns, and puts him to the Plough, and by That Means Secures Himself, both against his Head and his Heels; and in the Mean time, He Himself Guids the Plough: But though the Oxe, when he was thus Shackled and Disarmed, could not either Strike, or Gore him, he made a shift yet to throw Dust enough into his Eyes, and his Mouth, almost to Blind, and to Choak him.
The MORAL.
REFLEXION.
THERE are some Natures so Untractable, that there's No Good to be done upon them by Generosity, Kindness, Artifice, or Councel, nay the more pains a man takes to Reclaim them, the Worse they are; and when they are put out of Condition to do Mischicf by Violence, they will find a Way yet to Teize and Plague People with Restless, and Vexatious Importunities. They Love to be Troublesome, and with the Shrew upon the Cucking-stool, when their Mouths are Stopt, they'll call Pricklouse still with their very Thumbs.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXLI

Fab. CCXLI.
A Boy and a Thief.
A Thief came to a Boy, that was Blubbering by the Side of a VVell, and Ask’d him what he cry’d for. VVhy, says he, the String’s Broke here, and I’ve dropt a Silver Cup into the VVell. The Fellow presently Strips, and down he goes to search for't. After a while, he comes up again, with his Labour for his Pains, and the Roguy Boy, in the Mean time, was run away with his Cloaths.
The MORAL.
Some Thieves are Ripe for the Gallows sooner then Others.
REFLEXION.
IT must be a Diamond that Cuts a Diamond, and there is No Pleasanter Encounter then a Tryal of Skill betwixt a Couple of Sharpers to Over-reach one Another. The Boy's beginning so Early, tells us that there are Cheats by a Natural Propensity of Inclination as well as by a Corruption of Manners. It was Nature that taught This Boy to Shark; not Discipline, or Experience. And so it was with Two Ladies that I have known (and Women of Plentiful Fortunes too) they could not for their Bloods keep themfelves Honest of their Fingers, but would still be Nimming something or other for the very Love of Thieving. 'Tis an Unhappy Thing, that the Temperament of the Body should have such an Influence upon our Manners, according to the Instance of the Boy in This Fable: For the Morality, or Immorality of the Matter, is not the Whole of the Case.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXLV

Fab. CCXLV.
A Bull and a Mouse.
A Mouse Pinch'd a Bull by the Foot, and then slunk into her Hole. The Bull Tears up the Ground upon't, and Tosses his Head in the Air, looking about, in a Rage, for his Enemy, but sees None. As he was in the Height of his Fury, the Mouse puts out her Head, and Laughs at him. Your Pride (says she) may be brought down I see, for all Your Blustering, and your Horns; for here’s a Poor Mouse has got the Better of ye, and You do not know how to Help your self.
The MORAL.
REFLEXION.
NO Man lives without Encmics, and no Enemy is so Despicable, but some time or other he may do a Body a shrewd Turn. 'Tis Prudence to pass over Those Indignities, which are either too Little for our Consideration, or out of our Power to Reach, and Punish. For there's Nothing more Ridiculous, then an Impotent Anger, that spends it self to no manner of Purpose: and there's no Better way of Dealing with it, then to Laugh it Out of Countenance. All Men in the World that we fee Transported into Outrages, for small Trivial Matters, fall under the Innuendo be This Bull in the Fable, that ran Tearing Mad for the Pinching of a Mouse.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXLVI

Fab. CCXLVI.
A Country-man and Hercules.
A Carter that had laid his Wagon Fast in a Slough, stood Gaping and Bawling to as many of the Gods and Goddesses as he could Muster-up, and to Hercules Especially,to Help him out of the Mire. Why ye Lazy Puppy you, says Hercules, lay your Shoulder to the Wheel, and Prick your Oxen first, and Then’s your Time to Pray. Are the Gods to do your Drudgery, d'ye think, and you lie Bellowing with Your Finger in Your Mouth.
The MORAL.
REFLEXION.
There is also a Pompous, and a Noisie Devotion, that cries aloud to be heard of Men; Which is by so much the more Odious in the fight of God then the Other, as an Hypocritical Affectation of Religion, is Worse then a Drowsie Heartlessness of Duty. The Moral of this Fable may be Understood to look Both Ways, but Care must be Taken however, not to let the Scandals of Theatrical Appearances, Divert, or Deter us from the Practice of Holy Offices, within the Bounds of Piety and Good Conscience: after the Example of Those, that set up for Atheists, for fear they should be taken for Enthusiasts. He, in fine, that Made Body and Soul will be Serv'd and Glorify'd by Both. Beside that Hercules helps no Body that will not Help himself.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXIX

Fab. CCXIX.
A Nurse and a Wolfe.
AS a Wolfe was Hunting up and down for his Supper, he pass'd by a Door where a Little Child was Bawling, and an Old Woman Chiding it. Leave your Vixen-Tricks, says the Woman, or I'l throw ye to the Wolfe. The Wolfe Over-heard her, and Waited a pretty While, in hope the Woman would be as good as her Word; but No Child coming, away goes the Wolfe for That Bout. He took his Walk the Same Way again toward the Evening, and the Nurse he found had Chang’d her Note; for ​she was Then Muzzling, and Cokesing of it. That's a Good Dear, says she, If the Wolfe comes for My Child, We'll e'en Beat bis Brains out. The Wolfe went Muttering away upont. There's No Meddling with People, says he, that say One Thing and Mean Another.
The Moral.
REFLEXION.
THE Heart and Tongue of a Woman are commonly a Great way asunder. And it may bear Another Moral; which is, that ‘tis with Froward Men, and Froward Factions too, as ‘tis with Froward Children, They'll be sooner Quieted by Fear, and Rough Dealing, then by any Sense of Duty or Good Nature. There would be no Living in This World without Penal Laws, and Conditions. And Do or Do not, This or That at your Peril, is as Reasonable, and Necessary in Families as it is in Governments. It is a Truth Imprinted in the Hearts of All Mankind, that the Gibbets, Pillories, and the Whipping-Posts make more Converts then the Pulpits: As the Child did more here for fear of the Wolfe, then for the Love of the Nurse.
# Executive Order 12609

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Signed by President Ronald Reagan Wednesday, September 23, 1987
Federal Register page & date: 52 FR 36211, Sunday, October 25, 1987
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to extend the period within which the President's Commission on Compensation of Career Federal Executives may complete its work, it is hereby ordered that Section 2(b) of Executive Order No. 12592 of April 10, 1987, is amended by striking out "August 1, 1987" and inserting in lieu thereof "February 28, 1988".
RONALD REAGAN The White House, September 23, 1987.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:54 a.m., September 24, 1987]
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# Executive Order 12604

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Signed by President Ronald Reagan Wednesday, August 5, 1987
Federal Register page & date: 52 FR 29495, Friday, August 7, 1987
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. I), and in order to extend the life of the Presidential Board of Advisors on Private Sector Initiatives, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 12528 of August 8, 1985, is amended as follows:
Section l(a) is amended to increase the maximum number of members of the Board from 30 to 35. Section 4(a) is amended to read:
"The Board shall terminate on July 1, 1989, unless sooner extended."
RONALD REAGAN The White House, August 5, 1987.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:28 a.m., August 6, 1987]
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# Executive Order 12605

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Signed by President Ronald Reagan Wednesday, August 12, 1987
Federal Register page & date: 52 FR 30325, Friday, August 14, 1987
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and in order to delegate certain functions concerning the promotion of commissioned officers of the Naval Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. The function vested in the President by Section 5898(b) of Title 10 of the United States Code to approve, modify, or disapprove the report of a Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve selection board is delegated to the Secretary of Defense. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to delegate the authority vested in the President by Section 5898(c) of Title 10 of the United States Code to remove a name from a selection board report.
Sec. 2. The function delegated to the Secretary of Defense by this Order may be redelegated to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, any of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense, and the Secretary of the Navy who may further subdelegate such authority to subordinates who are appointed to their office by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Sec. 3. With respect to the functions delegated by this Order, all prior actions taken for or on behalf of the President that would have been valid if taken pursuant to this Order are ratified.
RONALD REAGAN The White House, August 12, 1987.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:15 p.m., August 12, 1987]
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# Executive Order 12603

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See the Notes section for a listing of Executive Orders affected by or related to the issuance of this Executive Order.
Signed by President Ronald Reagan Thursday, July 16, 1987
Federal Register page & date: 52 FR 27315, Monday, July 20, 1987
Executive Order 12603 of July 16, 1987
Presidential Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1), and in order to increase the number of members of the Presidential Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic, it is hereby ordered that Section 1(a) of Executive Order No. 12601 of June 24, 1987, is amended by changing the number of members of the Commission from 11 to 13.

## Notes

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### Amends

* Executive Order 12601, June 24, 1987

### Revoked by

* Executive Order 12692, September 29, 1989
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# Executive Order 1261

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Signed by President William H. Taft Monday, October 31, 1910
General Orders, No. 212, War Dept., November 12, 1910
It is hereby ordered that the following-described portion of the military reservation of Fort Ruger, situate at Diamond Head, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii—all public lands comprised in which reservation were temporarily withdrawn from sale, entry, or other disposition for military purposes by Executive Order of January 18, 1906 (G. O. 21, W. D., January 27, 1906), as modiﬁed by Executive Order of July 1, 1909 (G. O. 143, W. D., July 15, 1909)—be and the same is hereby transferred to the Department of Commerce and Labor, and set aside for a light-house reservation, viz:
Beginning at a point which is 10.87 feet distant and bears N 72° 32′ 54″ W (true), from the Territorial Trig. Station Kaauau (said Trig. Station being marked by a concrete monument), the boundary line runs by true bearings and distances as follows:
* S 73° 05′ E, 130 feet, along the Diamond Head Road;
* S 87° 06′ E, 119.5 feet, along the Diamond Head Road;
* Due South, 290 feet, more or less, to the seashore;
* Westerly, along the seashore, to a point on said seashore which is distant 200 feet, more or less, and bears S 56° 02′ W, from the point of beginning;
* N 56° 02′ , 200 feet, more or less. to the point of beginning. Area: 2 acres, more or less.
The White House,
    Oct. 31, 1910.

## Notes

Amends:
* Executive Order 395-A, January 18, 1906
* Executive Order 1106, July 1, 1909
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# Executive Order 12611

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Signed by President Ronald Reagan Thursday, October 15, 1987
Federal Register page & date: 52 FR 38743, Monday, October 19, 1987
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1987, enacted by section 101(k) of the Joint Resolution Making Continuing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1987 (Public Laws 99-500 and 99-591), the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), the Joint Resolution Making Continuing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1988 (Public Law 100-120), and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and in order to delegate certain functions concerning the use of funds, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Executive Order No. 12570 of October 24, 1986, is amended by adding the following to the end of Section 2(b):
"and funds provided in the Joint Resolution Making Continuing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1988 (Public Law 100120).".
Sec. 2. This Order shall be effective immediately.
RONALD REAGAN The White House, October 15, 1987.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:01 a.m., October 16, 1987]
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# Executive Order 12633

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See the Notes section for any other Executive Orders affected by or related to the issuance of this Executive Order.
Signed by President Ronald Reagan Monday, March 28, 1988
Federal Register page & date: 53 FR 10355, Wednesday, March 30, 1988
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, in order to remove gender specific terms, Executive Order No. 10631, of August 17, 1955, as amended, is further amended as follows:
Section 1. The second paragraph is amended to read as follows: ``All members of the Armed Forces of the United States are expected to measure up to the standards embodied in this Code of Conduct while in combat or in captivity. To ensure achievement of these standards, members of the armed forces liable to capture shall be provided with specific training and instruction designed to better equip them to counter and withstand all enemy efforts against them, and shall be fully instructed as to the behavior and obligations expected of them during combat or captivity.´´.
Sec. 2. Articles I, II, and VI of the Code of Conduct for Members of the United States Armed Forces, attached to and made a part of Executive Order No. 10631, are amended to read as follows:
    ``I
       ``I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.
    ``II
       ``I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never surrender the members of my command while they still have the means to resist.
    ``VI
       ``I will never forget that I am an American, fighting for freedom, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America.´´.

## Notes
### Amends

* Executive Order 10631, August 17, 1955;

### See Related

* Executive Order 11382, November 28, 1967;
* Executive Order 12017, November 3, 1977;
* Executive Order 13286, February 28, 2003
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