Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/184

  ¶ And thenne the wulf ayd to hym / yf thow wylt I hall gyue to the yet better counceylle / And the dogge anuerd hym with ryght a good wylle I halle here hit / And yf hit be good I halle do after hit / ¶ Thenne ayd the wulf to hym   Lete me take yet another lambe / and doo thy dylygence for to haue hit fro me / and to byte me / and I halle ouerthrowe the thy feet vpward / as he that hath no puyaunce ne trength withoute hurtynge of thy elf / byleue me hardyly / and wel hit halle happe to the / And whanne thy mayters eruaunts halle haue ene thy dylygence / they fhal hewen hit to thy mayter how that thow hal kepe ful wel his / yf thow be wel nouryhed / ¶ And thenne the dogge anuerd to the wulf that he was contente / And as hit was ayd / ryght o hit was done / and bothe of them good dylygence   The wulf  aweye the lambe / and the dogge renne after hym / and ouertook hym / & hym fayntly / And the wulf ouerthrewe the dogge vpodoune to the ground / And whan the heepherdes awe gyue uche trokes amonge the dogge & the Wulf / ayd Certaynly we haue a good dogge / we mute telle his dylygence to our mayter / and oo they dyd / & how he bote the wulf / and how he was ouerthrowen / And yet ayd Certaynly yf he hadde