Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/217



Lle thynges which ben done & made in theyr tyme & eaon ben wel made / as by this preent fable it appereth   Of a fyher whiche omtyme touched his bagpype nyhe the Ryuer for to make the fyhe to daunce / ¶ And whan he awe that for none onge that he coude pype / the fyhes wold not daūe / As wroth dyd cat his nettes in to the Ryuer / & toke of fyhe grete quantite / And whanne he had drawe oute his nettes oute of the water / the fyhe beganne to lepe and to daune / and thenne he ayd to them / Certaynly hit appiereth now wel / that ye be euylle beetes / For now whanne ye be taken / ye lepe and daune / And whanne I pyped and played of my mue or bag pype ye dayned / ne wold not daune / Therfore hit appiereth wel that the thynges whiche ben made in eaon / ben wel made and done by reaon