Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/150



En ought not to rendre euylle for good / And them that helpen ought not to be / As reherceth thys fable   Of a dragon whiche was within a Ryuer / and as this Ryuer was dymynuyhed of water / the dragon abode at the Ryuage / whiche was al drye / And thus for lack of watre he coude not  / A labourer or  came thēne that waye / and demaunded of the dragon / what dot thow there / And the dragon anuerd to hym / I am here lefte withoute water / withoute whiche I can not meue / but yf thow wilt bynd me / and ette me vpon thyn ae / and lede me in to my Ryuer / I hal gyue to the habondaunce of gold and yluer / And the vylayne or for  bound and ledde hym in to his / And whanne he had vnbounden hym / he demaunded his allary / and payment / And the dragon ayd to hym / By caue that thow hat bounden me / thow