Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/137



En ought not to byleue the paynture / but the trouthe and the dede / As men may ee by this preent Fable / Of a man & of a lyon whiche had tryf & were in grete for to wete and knowe / whiche of them bothe was more tronger / ¶ The man ayd that he was tronger than the lyon / And for to haue his ayenge veryfyed / he hewed to the lyon a pyctour / where as a man had vyctory ouer a lyon / As the pyctour of Sampon the tronge   ¶ Thenne ayd the lyon to the man / yf the lyon coude make pyctour good and trewe / hit had be herin paynted / how the lyon had had vyctorye of the man / but now I halle hewe to very and trewe wytnee therof / The lyon thenne ledde the man to a grete pytte / And there they fought to gyder / But the lyon cate the man into the pytte / and ubmytted hym in to his ubiection and ayd / Thow man / now knowet thow alle the trouthe / whiche of vs bothe is tronger / ¶ And therfore at the werke is knowen the bet and mot ubtyle werker