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Rh abtinence of elfe will a while, refrayning to doe their office in giuing meate to the bellie: the bellie uffering lacked his utinance, the handes alo beganne to leaue the kirmihe, and knowing then their lacke and hurt (for preeruation of both) repenting themelues, they returned to their office, and beganne againe to feede the mouth. And thus vnited both in one, they preerued eche other. With this pretie tale he made the people enibly to vndertand what became them, and how they hould behaue themelues to their uperiours, for their mut needes be Magitrates and inferiours, Maiters and ervaunts. An other likewie tolde a tale, that manye yeares pat there was a Hore ved to feede in a goodly pature, where hee alone was Lorde and Maiter within himelfe. At length by chaunce there came within his dioceie a mightie growne Hart, who tooke his herbage there as his right alo, and did eate and feede beyond all reaon or meaure. Infomuch that this hore didaining his beatly attempt, chaed this Hart from the ground full many a time & oft. And perceyuing he could not for all that ouercome him, bicaue his hornes were of as much force as his feete, he was madde for anger. It happened o one day a man came through this pature, and paing by, the hore