Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/238



E that taketh within hym elf vayne glorye of that thynge / by the whiche he hold humble hym elf is a very fole / as hit appereth by this fable / of a fader of famylle / whiche had two dogges / of the whiche the one withoute ony barkyng bote the folke / & the other dyd barke and bote not / And whan the fader of famyll perceyued the hrewdnes and malyce of the dogge that barkyd not he henge on his nek a belle / to the ende that men hold beware of hym / wherfore the dogge was ouer prowd and fyers / and beganne to dypreye alle the other dogges / of the whiche one of the moot auncyent ayd to hym in this manere / O fole beet / now perceyue I wel thy foly and grete wodenee to uppoe / that this belle is gyuen to the for thyn owne deerte and meryte / but certaynly hit is not oo / For hit is taken to the for thy demerytes / and by caue of thy hrewdnee / and grete treaon / for to hewe / that thow arte fals and traytour / And therfore none oughte to be Joyeful and gladde of that thynge / wherof he