Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/115

  that hit melleth lyke  / And thenne the lyon had hame to lee the ape / but he fond a grete falheed for to put hym to dethe / He fayned to be eke and commaunded that al his & Cyrurgyens hold anone come vnto hym / whan they were come / he commaunded them to loke his vryne / And whan they had ene hit / they ayd to hym / Syre ye halle bone be hole / But ye mut ete lyght metes / And by caue that ye be kynge / alle is at your commaundement / And the lyon anuerd Allas Ryght I wold ete of an Ape / Certaynly ayd the medecyn that ame is good mete / Thenne was the Ape ente for   And notwithtondyng that he worhipfully pak and anuerd to the kynge / the kynge made hym to dye / and deuoured hym   ¶ Therfore hit is peryllous and harmeful to be in the felauhip of a Tyraunt / For be euylle or good he wylle ete and deuoure euery thynge / And wel happy is he / that may ecape fro his blody handes / And that may and flee the felauhip of the eyyll tyraunt