Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/166

  whanne he was wel bounden / the foxe ayd to the wulf / goo thow by the Ryuer / and I halle lede and take hede to the baket / And the wulf dyde as the foxe had hym do / ¶ And as the wulf was goynge within the water / the foxe fylled the baket fulle of tones by his malyce / ¶ And whan the baket was full / the foxe ayd to the wulf / Certaynly my lord / I maye no more lyfte ne hold the baket / o full it is of fyhe / ¶ And the wulf that the foxe had ayd truthe / profered uch wordes / ayenge / I render graces and thankes to god / that I maye ee thyn hyghe and excellente wyedome in the arte and crafte of fyhynge / ¶ And thenne the foxe ayd to hym / My lord abyde me here / And I halle fetche ome to helpe vs for to haue and take the fyhe oute of the baket / And in ayenge thee wordes / the foxe ranne in to the trete / where he fond men / to whome he ayd in this manere / My lordes what doo ye here / why are yow werkles / ee the wulf / which ete your heep / your lambes / and your beetes / and yet now he taketh your fyhes oute of the Ryuer / and ete them / ¶ And thenne alle the men came to gyder / omme with lynges / and omme with bowes / and other with taues vnto the Ryuer / where they fond the wulf / whiche they bete