Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/110



F the poure and of the Ryche Eope reherceth uche a fable / Of an ape / whiche the foxe to gyue hym omme of his grete taylle for to couere his buttokes therwith / ayenge thus to hym / what to the oo long a taylle / hit doth but wagge / And that whiche the / halle be prouffitable and good for me / The foxe aid to hym I wold that hit were yet lenger / For rather I wold ee hit al to and  / than hit hold here to yow uche honour / as to couere thy fowle buttoks therwith / And therfore gyue thou not that thynge of whiche thow hat nede of / to the ende that afterward thow not of hit