Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/130

  thenne the Hunter lepte forthwith vpon the hors backe / And the hors beganne to renne after the herte / And whanne the herte awe / hym come he fled / And by caue that the hert ranne fater / than the hors did / he caped fro them / and aued / ¶ And thenne when the hors awe and felte hym moche wery / and that he myght no more renne / he ayd to the hunter in this manere / alyght fro my back / For I may bere the no more and haue myt of my proye / Thenne ayd the hunter to the hors    thow arte entryd in to my handes / yet halt not thow ecape thus fro me / thow hat the brydel in thy mouthe wherby thow mayet be kepte tylle and arreted / And thow wylt lepe / the fadell halle aue me / And yf thow wylt cate thy feet fro the / I haue good for to contrayne and make the goo whether thow wylt or not where as I wylle haue the / And therfore kepe the wel / that thow hewet not thy elf rebelle vnto me / ¶ Therfore it is not good to put and ubmytte hym elf vnder the handes of other wenynge therby to be auenged of hym / ageynte whome men haue enuye / For who ubmytteth hym elf vnder the myght of other / he byndeth hym elf to hym