Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/148



Ftyme moche talkynge / As hit appiereth by this fable / Of a foxe / whiche came toward a Cocke / And ayd to hym / I wold   / yf thow cant as wel ynge as thy fader dyde / And thenne the Cock hette his eyen / and beganne to crye and ynge /   ¶ And thenne the Foxe toke and hym awey / And the peple of the towne cryed / the foxe bereth awey the cok /   ¶ And thenne the Cocke ayd thus to the Foxe / My lord vndertandet thow not / what the peple ayth / that thow beret awey theyr cock / telle to them / that it is / and not theyrs/ And as the foxe ayd / hit is not yours / but it is myn / the cok caped fro the foxe mouthe / and flough vpon a tree / And thenne the Cok ayd to the fox thow lyet / For I am theyrs and not thyn / And thenne the foxe beganne to hytte erthe bothe with his mouthe & heed ayenge / mouthe / thow hat poken to moche / thow holdet haue eten the Cok / had not be thyn