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78 hee. And here then ayde the Woolfe before thee Judges I doe vnaye it againe. Naye ayde the Judges (knowing his malice) it will not erue thee, vnlee thou wert fat tied in the nare euen as he founde thee. The Woolfe glad to be releaed of his promie (being indeede a ubtile beat, but yet not drawing o deepe as the Judge vpon the odeine) beatly uffered himelfe to be fnared againe as the hepeherde found him. O, now thou art afe ayde the hepeherde, keepe thee there, denie it nowe a Gods name, I giue thee leaue, thou halt mocke me no more I warrant thee. Whilet this matter was doing thus, the other hepeherde commeth in the nicke that firt had pitched his nare, and o tooke the Woolfe for praye (as of right hee might) and forth with he lue him with his heepehooke. So that now you may heare how they fare that liue upon deceyt. Go not therefore I aye, if thou meane to clyme to high degree by uch vnlawful and dihonet meanes. Then ayde the Ae unto the Moyle his brother as followeth.

Brother Moyle our Mother hath reaon, and ure me telleth thee true. Thou promiet largely to thyelfe. Thou eeket when thou art caught not to loe thyelfe, but to catch others, with no profit to thee but hurt to others: and this is not