Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/129



One ought to put hym elf in ubiection for to auenge on other / For better is not to ubmytte hymelf / than after to be ubmytted / As reherceth to vs this fable / Of an hors whiche had enuye ouer an / by caue the herte was fayrer than he / and the hors by enuye went vnto an hunter / to whome he ayd in this manere / yf thow wylt byleue me / we halle this day take a good / Lepe vpon my bak / and take thy werd / and we halle chace the herte / and thow halt hytte hym with thy werd / and kylle hym / and halt take hym / and thenne his flehe thow mayt ete / and his kynne thow mayt elle /

¶ And thenne the hunter moued by auaryce / of the hors / thynket thow by thy feythe that we may take the herte / of whomme thow peketh to me of /   ¶ And the hors anwerd thus / Suffye the / For ther to I halle put al my dylygence and alle my trengthe / lepe vpon me / and doo after my counceylle /   ¶ And thenne

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