Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/272



Spaynard arryued omtyme in to the lande of egipte and by caue that he doubted to be robbed within the deertys of Arabe / he purpoed and bethought in hym elf that it were wyely done to take his money to omme trewe man for to kepe hit vnto his retorne ageyne / And by caue that he herd omme aye / that within the Cyte was a trewe man / he anone wente to hym / and toke to hym his yluer / for to kepe hit / And whan he had done his vyage he came ageyne to hym / and demaunded of hym his yluer / whiche anuerd to hym in this manere / My frend / I ne wote who thow arte / for I awe the neuer that I wote of / And yf thou ayet or peket ony more wordes / I halle make the to be wel bete / Thenne was the paynard orowful and wroth / and therof he wold haue made a playnte to his neyghbours / as he dyde / & the neyghbours ayd to hym / Certaynly / we be wel abahed of that / that ye telle to vs / for he is emonge vs alle reputed