Sentence 5 of The Wolf and the Lamb
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"Sir," says the Lambkin, sore afraid, "How should I act, as you upbraid? The thing you mention cannot be, The stream descends from you to me."
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"How dare you trouble all the flood, and mingle my good drink with mud?" "Sir," says the Lambkin, sore afraid, "How should I act, as you upbraid? The thing you mention cannot be, The stream descends from you to me." Abash'd by facts, says he, " I know 'Tis now exact six months ago You strove my honest fame to blot"-
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Latin (1596)
Source: Lupus et Agnus .Italian
Source: Il lupo e l'agnello .Spanish
Source: El lobo y el cordero , written by Phaedrus .English (1833)
Source: The Wolf and the Lamb .English (1887)
Source: The Wolf and the Lamb , written by Phaedrus .
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