Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/145

  wente ageyne into the foret / And met with the wulf / to whome he ayd / Ha beet / what dot thow here / Come with me and in to thy hand I hall put a good proy Loke in to medowe / there halt thow fynde a fatte beet   Of the whiche thow mayt be fylled / ¶ And thenne the wulf entryd in to the medowe / and fonde there the mule / Of whom he / who arte thow / And the mule anuerd to the wulf / I am a beet / And the wulf ayd to hym / This is not that that I ake to the / but telle how thow arte named / And the mule ayd I wote not / but neuertheless yf thow wylt knowe my name / thow halt fynde it wreton at my lyfte foote behynde / Thenne ayd the wulf/ I praye the / to hewe it to me / And the mule lyft up his foote / ¶ And as the wulf beheld and tudyed in the foote of the mule / the Mule gaf hym uche a troke whith his foote before his forhede / that almot the brayne ranne oute of his hede / And the foxe whiche was within a buhe and awe alle the maner beganne to lawhe and mocque the wulf / to whomme he ayd / Foole beete thow wot wel / that thow cant not rede / wherfore yf euylle is therof come to the / thy elf is caue of hit / For none ought not to hym to doo that / that Impoyble is to hym /