Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/146



Vche deyren to be grete lordes / and dypreyen his parents / that at the lat becomen poure and fallen in to grete dihonour / As thow mayt ee by this preent fable / Of a / whiche was amonge a grete herd of other wynes / And for to haue lordhip and domynacion ouer alle them / he beganne to make grete / and hewed his grete teethe for to make the other wynes aferd / but by caue they knewe hym / they ette by hym / wherof he dipleaed moche/ and wold goo in to a herd of heep / and emonge lambes / And whanne he was amonge the lambes / he began to make grete rumour / and hewed his harp and long teeth   ¶ And whanne the lambes herd hym / they were ore aferd / and begganne to hake for fere /   ¶ And thenne ayd the bore within hym elf / here is the place wherin I mut abyde and duell   For here I halle be gretely worhipped / For euerychone quaken for fere of me /   ¶ Thenne came the wulf there for to haue and omme  / And