Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/164

  child through his  / and when the labourer cam fro the feld / and that he came before the repayre or dwellinge of the erpent / he fond his onne whiche laye doune deed on the erthe / Thenne beganne the ayd labourer to crye with a hyghe voys / as he that was ful of orowe and of ayinge uche wordes / Ha cured & euylle erpent / vermyn and fals traytour / thow hat deceyued me / Ha wycked and deceytfull beet / ful of all euyll thow hat orowfully layne my one / ¶ And thenne the erpente ayd to hym / I wylle well / that thow knowe / that I haue not layne hym orowfully / ne withoute caue / but for to auenge me of that / that thow hurtet me on that other daye withoute caue / and hat not amended hit / Hat thow now memorye / how ofte I ayd to the / that thow holdeft not byleue hym / to whome thow hat done eyyll / haue now thenne in thy memorye / that I am auengyd of the /

¶ And thus this fable heweth how men ought not to byleue ne bere feythe to them / to whome men hath done omme harme or euylle.