Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/234



E whiche will teche and lerne ome other / ought firt to corryge & examyne hym elf / as it appereth by this fable of a creuye / whiche wold haue chatyed her owne doughter bicaue that he wente not wel ryght / And ayd to her in this manere / My doughter / hit pleaeth me not that thow goot thus backward / For euylle myght wel therof come to the / And thenne the doughter ayd to her moder My moder I halle go ryght and forward with a good will but ye mut goo before for to hewe to me the waye / But the moder coude not other wye goo / than after her kynd / wherfore her doughter ayd unto her / My moder fyrt lerne your elf for to goo ryght and forward / and thenne ye halle teche me   And therfore he that wylle teche other / ought to hewe good enample / For grete hame is to the doctour whanne his owne coulpe or faulte accueth hym