Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/126



He wye ought to kepe and oberue the good couceyll / And in no wye they ought not to doo the contrarye / As reherceth to vs this fable / Of the byrdes whiche were Ioyeful and gladde / as the came / by caue that theyr netes were thenne al couerd with leues / And they beheld and awe a whiche  and leyd laces and nettes for to take them /   ¶ And thenne they ayd al to gyder / Yonder man hath pyte of vs / For whanne he beholdeth vs he wepeth /   ¶ And thenne the pertryche / whiche had experymented and all the deceytes of the ayd Fawkoner / ayd to them / kepe yow alle wel that ayd man and flee hyghe in to the ayer / For he eketh nothynge / but the manere for to take yow / or to the markette he halle bere yow for to be old / And they that byleuyd his couceylle were aued / And they that byleuyed it not were taken and lot /   ¶ And therfore they whiche byleue good councylle are delyuerd oute of theyr peryles / And they whiche byleue it not ben euer in grete daunger