Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/282



Fte it happeth that the euyll whiche is procured to other cometh to hym whiche procureth it / as hit apperyth by felawes / of the whiche tweyn were burgeys / & the thyrd a labourer / the whiche aembled them to gydre for to go to the holy epulcre / This thre felawes made o grete prouyyon of flour for to make theyr pylgremage / in uche wye / that it was all chauffed / and conumed / excepte only for to make one loef only / And whan the Burgeis awe thende of theyre floure they ayd to gyder / yf we fynde not the maner and cautele for to begyle this vylayn / by caue that he is a rygt grete gallaunt / we halle deye for hongre / wherfore we mut fynde the maner and facyone that we may haue the loof whiche hall be maad of alle oure floor / And therfore they concluded to gyder and ayd / whanne the loof halle be putte within the ouen we halle go and lye vs for to lepe / and he that halle dreme bet / the loof

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