the old Fox returned, and saw that his young were taken away, he
made his complaint to the great god Jupiter, desiring that he would
revenge and punish that injury of Jus violati hospitii. Not long
after, as the Eagle again wanted meat to feed his young, he saw that
on a place in the field they sacrificed to Jupiter. The Eagle flew
thither, and quickly snatched away a piece of roast from the altar
and brought the same to his young, and flew again to fetch more; but
it happened that a hot coal hung to one of the pieces; the same,
falling into the Eagle's nest, set it on fire; the young Eagles, not
able to fly, were burned with the nest and fell to the ground. Even
so it usually fareth with those that rake and rend spiritual livings
unto them, which are given to the maintaining of God's honour and
service; such at last must lose their nests, that is, they must be
left destitute of their temporal goods and livings, and besides,
must sustain hurt of body and soul. Spiritual livings have in them
the nature of Eagle's feathers, for when they are laid to other
feathers they devour the same. Even so, when men will mingle
spiritual livings (per fas aut nefas) with other goods, so must the
same likewise be consumed, insomuch that at last nothing will be
left.

I have seen a pretty dog, at Lintz, in Austria that was taught to go
with a hand-basket to the butcher's shambles for meat; now, when
other dogs came about him, and would take the meat out of the
basket, he set it down, bit and fought lustily with the other dogs;
but when he saw they would be too strong for him, then he himself
would snatch out the first piece of meat, lest he should lose all.
Even so doth now our Emperor Charles, who, after he hath a long time
defended the spiritual livings, and seeth that every Prince taketh
and raketh the monasteries unto himself, doth also now take