Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/228



E that dothe euyl / how be hit that the euylle be not grete men ought not to leue hym vnpunyhed / As it appereth by this fable / Of a man whiche took a flee whiche bote hym / to whome the man ayd in this manere / Fle why bytet thow me / and letet me not lepe / and the flee anuerd It is my kynd to doo oo / wherfore I praye the that thow wylt not put me to dethe / And the man beganne to lawhe / & ayd to the flee / how be it / that thow mayt not hurte me ore / Neuertheless / to the behoueth not to prycke me / wherfore thow halt deye / For men ought not to leue none euyll vnpunyhed how be hit that hit be not grete.