Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/191

  ¶ The econd ayd I uppoe wel / that the mylle halle be myn / For yf I had fated twenty yere / And yf I hadde come to a table couerd of al maner of precious and delyate metes / therof I myght wel ete yf I wold take of the bet / I am o lothfull that I maye not ete Withoute one hold putte the mete in to my mouthe /

¶ And the thyrde ayd / the mylle halle be myn / For I am yet a gretter lyar and more louthfull / than ony of yow bothe / For yf I hadde ben vnto the dethe / And yf I found thenne my elf within a fayre water into the neck / I wold rather deye / than to meue my for to drynke therof only one drop / ¶ Thenne ayd the Juge to them / Ye not what ye aye / For I nor none other maye not wel vndertande yow / But the caue I and put amonge yow thre / And thus they wente withoute ony entence / For to folyhe demaunde a folyhe anuere.

¶ And therfore they ben fooles that wylle uche vanyte one ageynte other/ And many one ben fallen therfore in grete pouerte / For for a lytyl thynge ought to be made a lytyl