Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/167

  outragyouly / ¶ And whanne the poure wulf awe hym thus oppreed / it with trokes beganne with alle his trengthe & myghte to drawe / and uppoed to haue caryed the fyhe awey / but o trongly he drewe / that he drewe and pulled his taylle fro his / and thus he caped  with his lyf / ¶ In the menewhyle thenne happed / that the lyon whiche was kynge ouer alle beetes elle in a grete ekenee / for the whiche caue euery beet wente for to ee hym / as theyr lord / ¶ And when the wulf would haue gone thyder / he his lord / aying thus to hym / My kynge I alewe yow / pleae it you to knowe that I haue gone round the countre and prouynce / and in alle places of for to erche omme medycynes prouffitable for yow / and to recowere your helthe / but nothyng I haue found good for your ekenee / but only the kynne of a foxe fyers and prowde and malycious / whiche is youre body medycynal / but he not to come hyther to ee you    But ye halle calle hym to a counceylle / and whanne ye hold hym / lete his kynne be taken from hym / And thenne lete hym renne where he wylle / and that fayr kynne which is o holome / ye halle make hit to be ette and bound vpon your bely / And within fewe dayes after