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Rh and etting them downe on the ground he eate them al at his pleaure. This manner of fihing continued a while bicaue it went forward day by day as he beganne, till filling his bellie. But the he Crabbe that was rather malicious than not imagined that thys Fowle had wrought ome deceite, and euen then there was a Tenche that he loued well ready to goe wyth the Fowle as the reat had done before, and this Tenche was o plumme and fatte that hee might well erue him for a good meale. In the ende the Crabbe ayde. O Fowle my deare brother, I would thou wouldet carye me to the place where the other fihies are: and hee was contented. So he gate vp on horebacke as it were, and with hir feete claped the Fowle about the necke, and he treight mounted into the kyes, as one that ment in deede to let the Crabbe fall and breake in peeces: and euen then hee epyed for the purpoe a heape of tones where he thought to woorke thys feate to let hir fall. The Crabbe beholdinge the garbage and offal of thoe deade fihes, eeing the ymminent daunger me was in, treight opened his mouth and eaed on the neck of the Fowle, holding as hard as hee could for hir life: and hee kept hir holde fo well, that treight hee trangled him, and the Fowle fell downe deade, the Crabbe on his backe aliue