Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/123



Very one ought to do wel to the traunger and forgyue to the myerable / As reherceth this fable of a panthere whiche fylle in to a pytte / And whan the or  of the country awe her / omme of them beganne to myte on her / and the other ayd pardonne and forgyue her / for he hath hurted no body / and other were that gaf to her / And another ayd to the vylayns / beware ye well that ye lee her not / And by caue that they were al of dyuere wyll / of them wente and retorned home ageyne that he hold deye within the ayd pytte / but lytyl and lytyl he clymmed vp / and wente to her hows ageyne / and made her to be wel medicyned / in o moche / that oone he was al hole / ¶ And within a whylle after he hauynge in her memorye the grete Iniurye that had be done to her came ageyne to the place where he had be hurte and ore bete / & began to kylle & lee al the betes whiche were there