Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/205

  the  of his archer / anwerd not / And oo they rode forthe o longe that they fond yet another Ryuer   And thenne the Archer demaunded of his lord / Is this the ame hit / Nay ayd the knyght / but oone we halle come therto / O my lord I aye o by caue that the Foxe wherof I pak to yow this daye / was not gretter than a heep / ¶ And when they had ryden vnto euen tyme they fond a grete Ryuer and of a grete brede / ¶ And whan awe hit / he began al to hake for fere / and demaunded of his lord / My lord is this the Ryuer / Ye ayd the knyght / O my lord I enure you on my feythe / that the Foxe of the whiche I pake to daye / was not gretter than the Foxe / whiche we awe to day / wherfore I knowlege and confee to yow my ynne / ¶ And thenne the knyght beganne to myle / and ayd to his Archer in this manere / Alo this Ryuer is no wors than the other whiche we awe to fore and haue paed thurgh them / And thenne the archer had grete and was hameful / by caue that he myght no more couere his leynge / And therfore hit is fayre and good for to aye euer the trouthe / and to be trewe bothe in peche and in dede / For a lyer is euer begyled / and his leynge is knowen and manyfeted on hym to his grete hame & dommage