The Cock and the Fox

The world applauds the lucky hit,

When it beholds the biter bit.

A treach’rous fox invited down

A cock, who on a tree had flown.

“Do you not know, my friend,” says he,

“Bird, beast, fish, reptile, man agree,

To live henceforth in amity?

Come down and celebrate the day.”

“Troth,” quoth the cock, “you truly say;

For hounds I see come o’er the dell,

With open mouths, the news to tell.”

“Adieu,” says Ren. “’Tis best to go;

Those dogs the treaty may not know.”