Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/287

  hit / he had be moche ryche / And fro his handes I had not leaped / And thenne the vylayne whiche herd this unge / beganne to complayne and to make grete orowe. and after ayd I am wel vnhappy / that haue lot o fayre a treour / whiche I had wonne / and now I haue lot hit / And the nyghtyngale eyd thenne to the chorle / Now knowe I wel that thow arte a fool / For thow taket orowe of that wherof thow holdet haue none / and one thow hat forgeten my doctryne / by caue that thow wenet that within my bely hold be a precious tone more of weyght than I am / And I told and taught to the / that thow holdet neuer byleue that thynge / which is Impoyble / And yf that tone was thyn / why hat thow lot hit / And yf thow hat lot hit and mayt not recouere hit / why taket thow orowe for hit / And therfore hit is foly to chatye or to teche a fole / whiche neuer byleueth the lernynge and doctryne whiche is gyuen to hym.