Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/226



e whiche is not chatyed at the begynnynge is euyll and peruers at the ende / As hit appiereth by this fable of a yonge child whiche of his yongthe beganne to tele / and to be a theef / And the theftys whiche he maad / he broughte to his moder / and the moder toke them gladly / & in no wye he chatyed hym / And after that he had done many theftys / he was taken / and condempned to be hanged / And as men ledde hym to the Jutyce / his moder folowed hym and wepte ore / And thenne the child prayed to the Jutyce / that he myght aye one word to his moder / And as he approuched to her / made emblaunt to telle her omme wordes at her ere / & with his teeth he bote of her noe / wherof the Jutyce blamed hym / And he anuerd in this manere / My lordes ye haue no caue to blame me therfore / For my moder is