Excerpt from Fabulae Aesopi Selectae, or Select Fables of Aesop: With an English Translation, More Literal Than Any Yet Extant; Designed for the Readier Instruction of Beginners in the Latin Tongue A new edition of Esop, with the Latin and English in their difiinet columns, wifhed for; as Mr. Locke hadi'before ful'fered 'an' interlineary verfion to be printed with his name in the title page, it is highly pro bable, nobody would venture to undertake fuch a thing altho' you arcetold in the Preface, that the defign was to help thofe, who'had not the opportunity ordeifure to learn-the 'latinlxlan guage by Grammar; which, confequently, did not4lead him Ito have the English made with the greatelt grammatical firietnefs to the Latin, and left room for fomething to be attempted, which might be afforded at an calier rate, and what might better anfwer the purpofes of -book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.