Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/220



E whiche is taken with the wicked and euyll ouȜte to uffre payne and punycyon as they /   As it appiereth by this fable / Of a labourer whiche omtyme dreyd and ette his gynnes and nettes for to take the ghees and the cranes / Whiche ete his corne / It happed thenne that ones amonge a grete meyny of ghees and cranes / he took a pyelarge / whiche prayd the labourer in this maner / I praye the lete me go / For I am neyther goos ne cranne nor I am not come hyther for to do the ony / The labourer beganne thenne to lawhe / and ayd to the pyelarge / y thow haddet not be in theyr felauhip / thow haddet not entryd in to my nettes / ne haddet not be taken / And by caue that thow arte founde and taken with them / thow hialt be punyhed as they halle be   Therfore none ought to hold companye with the euylle with oute he wylle uffre the punycion of them whiche ben punyhed