Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/254



E is a fole that putteth his good in jeopardy to lee it for to gete & haue om others good / as it appereth by this fable of a theef whiche fond a child wepynge beyde a welle / of whom the theef dyde ake why he wepte / & the child anwerd to hym I wepe / by caue that I haue lete falle within this welle a loket of gold / & thenne the theef toke of his clothes / & ette them on the ground and wente doune in to the welle / And as he was doune the child toke his gowne & lefte hym within the welle / And thus for couetye to wynne / he lot his gowne / For uche uppoen to wynne omtyme whiche leen / And therfore none ought to wyhe that / that he hath not / to thende that he leeth not that / that he hath / For of the thynge wrongfully and euylle goten / the thyrd heyre halle neuer be of hit.