Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/256





Etter is crafte and ubtylyte than force / As reherceth to vs this fable / Of a crowe whiche vpon a day came for to drynke oute of a boket / and by caue that he myght not reche to the water / he dyd fyll the boket ful of mal tones / in oo moche that the water came vpward / wherof he dranke thenne at her wylle / and playyre / And therfore hit appiereth wel / that wytte or apyence is a moche fayr vertue For by apyence or wytte / thow halt mowe reyte to all faultes /