Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/215



En ouȝt not to demaude ne ake help of them that ben more cutomed to lette than to do good or prouffit / as it appereth by this fable of a fox which for to cape the peril to be taken wente vpon a thorne buhe / whiche hurted hym ore / And wepynge ayd to the buhe / I am come as to my refuge vnto the / and thow hat hurted me vnto the dethe / And thenne the buhe ayd to hym / thow hat erred / and wel thou hat begyled thy elf / For thow uppoet to haue taken me as thow arte cutommed to take chekyns and hennes /   ¶ And therfore men ought not to helpe them whiche ben acutomed to doo euylle / but men ought rather to lette them.