Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/255



e is wye that can kepe hym elf from the wyly and fals / as hit appereth by this fable / Of a lyon / whiche ones mette with a gote / whiche was vpon a montayne And whanne the lyon awe her / he ayd to her in this manere / For to gyue to her occacion to come doune fro the hylle / to thende that he myght ete her / My uter why comet thow not hyder on this fayre and grene medowe for to ete of thee fayre herbes or grae / And the gote anuerd to hym / How be hit / that thow ayt trouthe / Neuertheles thow ayt it not / neyther for my wele ne for my prouffyte / but thow ayt hit / by caue that thow woldet fayne ete and deuoure me / but I trute not in thy fayre peche / For many tymes I haue herd aye of my graūt moder / he that is wel / meue not hym elf / For he whiche is in a place wel ure / is wel a fole to go fro hit / and to putte hym elf in grete daunger and perylle