Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/151

  wylt be payd    And by caue that I am now hongry / I halle ete the / and the vylayne anuerd and ayd / For to haue done wel / thow wylt ete and deuoure me / And as they tryued / the foxe whiche was within the foret herd wel theyr quetion and different came to them / and ayd in this manere / Stryue ye no more to gyder / For I wyll / and make pees you    Late eche of yow telle to me his reaon for to  / whiche of yow hath ryght / And whanne eche of them had told his the foxe ayd to the vylayne / Shewe thow to me / how thow boundet the dragon / to thende / that I may gyue therof a trewe and lawfull entence / And the vylayne put the dragon vpon his ae / and bound hym as he had done before / And the fox demaunded of the dragon / helde he thenne the o fat bounden / as he dothe now / And the dragon anuerd / ye my lord / and yet more hard / And the foxe ayd to the vylayn / Bynde hym yet more harder / For who that wel byndeth / well can he vnbynd   And whanne the dragon was fat and wel bounden / the fox ayd to the vylayne / hym ageyne there as thow fyrt toket hym / And there thow halt leue hym bounden as he is now / And thus he halle not ete ne deuoure the / For he that dothe euylle / euylle he mut