Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/131



He grete callers by theyr hyghe and lowd crye uppoen to make folke / As recyteth this fable / Of an ae whiche omtyme mette with a lyon / to the whiche the ae ayd / lette vs clymme vpon the montayne / and I halle hewe to the / how the beetes ben aferd of me / and the lyon beganne to myle / and he anuerd to the ae / Goo we my broder / And whan they were on the top of the hylle / the ae byganne to crye / And the foxe and hares beganne to flee / And whanne aw them flee ayd to the lyon / Seet thow not how thee beetes dreden and me / and the lyon ayde / I had ben ferdfull of thy voys / yf I had not knowen veryly that thow arte but an ae /   ¶ And therfore men nede not doubte ne drede hym that hym elf for to do that that he may not doo / For god kepe the fro the wulues / Ne alo men nede not doubte a foole for his menaces / ne for his hyghe crye