Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/211



E whiche is wye and age ought fyrt to loke and behold the ende / or he begynneth the werke or dede / as hyer appiereth by this fable / Of a foxe & of a gote / that omtyme decended and wente doune in to a depe welle / for to drynke. And Whanne they had wel dronke / by caue that thei coude not come vpward ageyne / the Foxe ayd to the gote in this maner / my frend yf thow wylt helpe me / we hall one ben bothe oute of this welle / For yf thow wylt ette thy two feet ageynte the walle / I hal wel lepe vpon the / & vpon thy homes And theune I hal lepe oute of this welle /   ¶ And whanne I halle be oute of hit / thow halt take me by the handes / and I hal plucke and drawe the oute of the welle / And at this requet the gote / acorded and anuerd / I wylle wel / And thene the gote lyfte vp his feet ageynt the walle / and the foxe dyd o moche by his malyce that he got out of the welle / And whan he was oute / he began to loke