Aesop's Fables
ALL the
Goods were once
driven out by the
Ills from that common share which they each had in the affairs of
mankind; for the Ills by reason of their numbers had prevailed to
possess the earth. The Goods
wafted themselves to
heaven and asked for a
righteous vengeance on their
persecutors. They entreated
Jupiter that they might no longer be associated with the Ills, as they had nothing in common and could not live together, but were engaged in unceasing
warfare; and that an
indissoluble law might be laid down for their future protection. Jupiter granted their
request and decreed that
henceforth the Ills should visit the earth in
company with each other, but that the Goods should one by one enter the
habitations of men. Hence it arises that Ills abound, for they come not one by one, but in
troops, and by no means
singly: while the Goods proceed from Jupiter, and are given, not alike to all, but singly, and separately; and one by one to those who are able to
discern them.