Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/176

  ¶ He had not long walked / whanne he fond a  / and her mal pygges with her / And as he awe her / he ayd / bleed be god of that I halle this daye ete and fylle my bely with precious metes / and halle haue good fortune / And in that ayenge approched to the owe / & ayd to her / My uter I mut ete omme of thy yonge pygges   And the owe wente and ayd to hym / my lord I am content of alle that / whiche pleaeth to yow / But ye ete them / I praye yow that they maye be baptyed and made clene in pure and fayre water / And the wulf ayd to the owe / Shewe me thenne the water / And I halle wahe and baptye them wel / And thenne the owe wente and ledde hym at a tange or pond where as was a fayr    ¶ And as the wulf was vpon the lytyl brydge of the ayd mylle / and that he wold haue take one pygge / the owe threwe the wulf in to the water with her hede / and for the wyftnee of the water / he mut nedes pae vnder the whele of the mylle / And god wote yf the wynges of the mylle bete hym wel or not / And as oone as he / he ranne away / And as he ranne eyd to hym elf / I care not for oo lytyl a hame / ne therfore I hall not be bette / but that I halle yet this daye ete my bely full of metes delycious / as myn ers dyd ynge it erly