Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/258



En ought to beware & kepe hym elf from hym whiche bereth both fyre and water / as reherceth to vs this Fable Of a pylgrim / whiche omtyme walked in the wynter / and wente thurgh a grete foret /   ¶ And by caue that the nowe had couerd al the wayes / he wit ne knewe not whyther he wente / ageynte the whiche came a wodewoe named Satyre by caue he awe hym a cold / whiche aproched to the pylgrym and brought hym in to his pytte / And whan the pylgrym awe hym / he hadde grete drede by caue that a wodewoe is a montre lyke to the man / as hit appiereth by his fygure /   ¶ And as the wodewoe or Satyre ledde the pylgrym in to his pytte / the pylgrym dyd blowe within his handes for to chauffe them / For he was ore cold / And thenne the wodewoe gaf to hym hote water to drynke /   ¶ And whan the pylgrym wold haue dronken hit / he beganne to blowe in hit / And the wodewoe demaunded of hym / why