Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/222



One ought to be lowful of the good whiche he receyueth of other / As reherceth this fable of an Ante / whiche came to a fontayne for to drynke / and as he wold haue dronke he felle within the fontayn / vpon the whiche was a columbe or douue / whiche eyng that the Ante hold haue ben drowned withoute helpe / took a braunche of a tree / & cat it to her for to aue her elf /   ¶ And the Ante wente anone upon the braunche and aued her /   ¶ And anone after came a Fawkoner / whiche wold haue take the douue / And thenne the Ante whiche awe that the Fawkoner dreed his nettes came to his foote / and oo fat pryked hit / that he caued hym to myte the erthe with his foote / and therwithe made oo gret noye / that the douue herd hit / wherfore he flewhe aweye or the gynne and nettes were al ette /   ¶ And therfore none ought to forgete the benyfyce whiche he hath receyued of ome other / for lowfulnee is a grete ynne