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L'Estrange version
The bever is a kind of an amphibious creature, but he lives mostly in the water. His stones, they say, are med'cinal; and it is principally for their sake he knows, that people seek his life; and therefore when he finds himself hard pinch'd, he bites 'em off, and by leaving them to his pursuers, he saves himself.
Moral
When a greater interest is at stake, 'tis a warrantable point of honour and discretion, to compound the hazzard, by parting with the less; provided, that while we quit the one, we may save the other.
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