Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/108



Ow halle one do ony good to another / the whiche can doo no good to his owne elf / as thow mayt ee by this fable / Of the feet and of the handes / whiche omtyme had tryf with the bely / ayenge / Al that we can or may wynne with grete labour thow etet it all / and yet thou doot no good / wherfore thou halt no more haue nothynge of vs / and we halle lete deye for honger / And thenne when the bely was empty and ore hongry / he beganne to crye and ayd Alas I deye for honger / gyue me omwhat to ete / and the feet and handes ayd / thou getet no thynge of vs / and by caue that the bely myght haue no mete / the conduyts thorugh whiche the metes paeth became mal and narowe / And within fewe dayes after the feete and handes for the feblenes whiche they felte wold thenne haue guuen mete to the bely / but it was to late / for the conduits were ioyned    And therfore the lymmes myght doo no good to other / that is