The Charger And The Miller
A Charger, feeling the infirmities of age, was sent to work in a mill
instead of going out to battle. But when he was compelled to grind
instead of serving in the wars, he bewailed his change of fortune
and called to mind his former state, saying, "Ah! Miller, I had indeed
to go campaigning before, but I was barbed from counter to tail, and
a man went along to groom me; and now I cannot understand what ailed
me to prefer the mill before the battle." "Forbear," said the Miller
to him, "harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of
mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune."
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