Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/29

Ho fo euer doth good to the euyll man he ynneth as Eope aith / for of ony good which is don to the euils cometh no prouffit / wherof Eope reherceth to vs uche a fable / A wulf ete & deuoured a heep of whos bones he had one in his throte which he coulde not haue out & ore it hym / thenne went the wulf & the crane that he wold draw oute of his throte the bone / & the crane put her nek in to his throte & drewe out the bone wherby the wulf was hole /¶ And the crane demaunded of hym to be payd of her alary¶ And the wulf anwerd to her / Thou arte well vnconnyng & no good connyng / remembryng the good that I haue done to / for whan thou haddet thy neck within my throte / yf I had wold / I might haue ete the / and thus it appiereth by the fable how no proufitte cometh of ony good whiche is done to the euyle