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Abstemius's Fables (Sir Roger L'Estrange)

285. (not in Abstemius) A Snake to Jupiter.

A Snake that found himself persecuted by Men, appeal'd to Jupiter for Relief; who told him that it was his own Fault; for (says he) if you had but bit the first Man that affronted ye; the second would have taken warning by't.
The putting up of one Affront draws on another.