Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/213



E whiche is fals of kynde / & hath bcgonne to deceyue Ibme other/ euer he wyl ue his craft / As it appiereth by this preent Fable of a kat whiche omtyme toke a chyken / the whiche he beganne trongly to blame / for to haue fonde omme caue that he myght ete hit / and ayd to hym in this manere / Come hyther thou chyken / thow dot none other good but crye alle the nyght / thow letet not the men lepe / And thenne the chyken anuerd to hym / I doo hit for theyre grete prouffite /   And ouer ageyne the catte ayd to hym / yet is there wel wors / For thow arte an incete & lechour For thow knowet naturelly both thy moder and thy doughter   And thenne the chyken ayd to the cat / I doo hit by caue that my mayter maye haue egges for his etynge /   And that hys mayter for his prouffyte gaf to hym bothe the moder and the doughter for to multyplye the egges /   And thenne the catte ayd to hym / by my feythe godep