Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/219

  of yron whiche was lyked at a balke / feynynge hym elf to be dede / And whanne one of the rats lokynge dounward awe the katte beganne to lawhe and ayd to the cat / O my Frend yf I uppoled that thow were dede / I hold goo doune / but wel I knowe the o fals & peruers / that thow mayt wel haue hanged thy elf / faynynge to be dede / wherfore I hall not goo doune / And therfore he that hath ben ones begyled by omme other / ought to kepe hym wel fro the ame