Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/171

  halle aye to the / whan thow wente & camet by the kynges hows / thow werte bleed of the lord / & whan thou were at the Court thow herkenet and alo ayet many good wordes and good talkynge of al the world /

¶ And therfore my godep be it euyl or good / thow mute al lete pae / and goo / and haue pacyence in thyn /

¶ And thus this table heweth vnto vs / that yf be hurted or dommaged / by omme other he mut not auenge hym elf by his tonge lor to make ony treon / ne for to ay of other ony harme ne open blaphemye / For he ought to conydere / that who o euer maketh the pytte redy for his broder / ofte it happeth that he hym elf falleth in the ame / and is beten with the ame rodde that he maketh for other