Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/190

  one threed alone / And that the Gote were o grete / that with that ame threde men myght not bynde one of his legges / ¶ Thenne ayd thirdde / yet halle be myn the gote / ¶ For I wolde/ that he were oo grete / that yf an Egle were at the vppermoft of the heuen / he myght occupye and haue thenne as moche place as the Egle myght loke and ee in hyght / in lengthe and in / ¶ And thenne the Juge ayde to them thre / who is he of yow thre / that hath maade the fayret prayer / Certaynly I nor none other canne not aye ne gyue the Jugement / And therfore the goote halle be bylongynge to hym that of hit halle ay the trouthe   ¶ And the Mylle how was hit deuyed by your Fader for to be parted amonge yow thre / ¶ And they anuerde and ayde to the Juge / He that halle be moot lyer / moote euylle and mot lowe ought to haue hit / ¶ Thenne ay the eldet one / I am moot lowfull / For many yeres I haue dwellyd in a grete hous / and laye vnder the of the ame / oute of the whiche felle vpon me alle the fowle waters / as pye / dyhe water / and alle other fylthe that wonderly tanke / In o moche that al my flehe was roten therof / and myn eyen al blynd / and the durt vnder my back was a foot hyghe / And yet by my grete louthe I hadde to abyde there / than to tourne me / and haue lyfte me vp