Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/26

e that deyreth to haue other mens goodes oft he loeth his owne good / whereof Eope to vs uche a fable / In tyme paed was a dogge that wente ouer a brydge / and held in his mouthe a pyece of flehe / and as he paed ouer a brydge / he perceywed and awe the hadowe of hym / and of his pyece of flehe within the water / And he that it had be another pyece of flehe / forthwith he thought to haue take it / And as he opened his mouthe / the pyece of flehe fylle in to the water / and thus he lot it / Ryghte oo is of many / for they thynke to robbe other / they lee theyr owne and propre good / wherfor for the loue of a vayn thynge men ought not to that whiche is certeyn.