Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/106



yberte or freedome is a moche wete thynge / as Eope reherceth by this fable / of a wulf and of a dogge whiche by aduenture mette to gyder / wherfore the wulf of the dogge / wherof arte thow o fatte and fo playaunt / And the dogge anuerd to hym / I haue wel kepte my lordes hows / & haue barked after the theues whiche came in the hows of my mayter / wherfore he and his meyny gyue to me plente of good mete / wherof I am fatte and playaunt / and the wulf ayd thenne to hym / It is wel ayd my broder / Certaynly thow arte o wel thyn eae and  o wel I haue grete deyre to dwelle with the / to thende that thow & I make but one dyner / wel ayd the dogge / come on with me yf thow wylt be as wel at thyn eae as I am / and haue thou no doubte of no thynge / The wulf wente with the dogge / and as they wente by the way / the wulf beheld the dogges neck / whiche was al bare of / and demaunded of the dogge / My broder why is thy neck o hauen / And the dog