Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/182



Uche uppoen omtyme that / As hit appiereth by this Fable / For hit is ayd comunly that as moche the as the / As hit appiereth by this fable of a man whiche had a grete herd of heep / And alo he had a dogge for to kepe them fro the wulues / To this dogge he gaf no mete / for the grete auaryce whiche held hym / And therfore the wulf on a daye came to the dogge and demaunded of hym the rayon / why he was oo lene / and ayd to hym / I ee wel that thow dyet for honger / by caue that thy mayter gyueth the no mete / by his grete carcyte / but yf thow wylt byleue me I halle gyue to the good counceylle / And the dogge ayd to hym / Certaynly I gretely of good counceylle / ¶ Thenne the wulf ayd to hym / This halt thow doo / Lete me take a lambe / And whanne I halle haue hit I halle renne awey / and whanne thow halt ee me renne / make