Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/141



En ought not to iniurye ne depraye the poure Innocentes ne the ymple folke   As reherceth this fable / Of a Crowe / whiche ette her elf vpon the back of a heep / And whan the heep had her a grete whyle he ayd to her / thow halt kepe thy elf wel to ette vpon a dogge /   ¶ And thenne the crowe ayd to the heep / Thynke thow poure Innocent that I wel with whome I playe / For I am old and malycious / and my is to  all Innocents/ and to be frende vnto the euyls /    ¶ A[n]d therfore this fable wylle telle and aye / how ther be folke of uche kynde / that they wyl doo no good werk / but only to lette euer the Innocents and ymple folke