Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/114



O conuere with folke of euylle lyf is a thyng moche peryllous / And only to peke with them moch other / As this fable reherceth of a lyon ryght trong and ryght myghty / the whiche made hym elf kynge for to haue grate and glorye / And fro thenne he beganne to chaunge his condycions and cutomme hewing hym elf curtois / and wore that he hold hurte no betes / but hold kepe them ageynt euery one / And of this promee he repented hym by caue hit is moche dyffycyle and hard to chaunge his owne / And therfore whanne he was angry / he lad with hym omme malle beetes in to a ecrete place for to ete and deceyue them / And of them / yf his mouthe tanke or not / And alle they that ayd that it tanke or not were al aued / And alle they the whiche anuered not he kylled / & deuoured them al / It happed that he demaunded of the Ape / yf his mouthe tanke or not / And thape ayd no but that