Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/293

  the caue to be dicuted or pleted before the Juge / And as they were a Juge / they mette with the foxe / to whome they recounted or told alle theyr dyfferent and tryf /   ¶ Thenne ayd the Foxe vnto them / I halle accorde yow bothe wel / and I halle gyue on your caue or plee a good entence / But I mut peke with eche one of yow bothe a part or allone / And they were content /   ¶ And the Foxe wente and told to the labourer / thow halt gyue to me a good henne / And another to my wyf / And I halle hit oo make / that thow with alle thyn oxen halt frely goo vnto thy hows / wherof the labourer was wel content /   ¶ And after the foxe wente and ayd to the wulf / I haue wel laboured and wrought for the / For the labourer hall gyue to the therfore a grete chee / and lete hym goo home wyth his oxen / And the wulf was wel content /

¶ And after the Foxe ayd to the wulf / come thow wyth me / and I halle lede the / where as the chee is /   ¶ And thenne he ledde hym to and fro / here and there vnto the tyme that the mone hyned ful bryghtly / And that they came to a welle / vpon the whiche the Foxe lepte / and hewed to the wulf the hadowe of the mone / whiche reluced in the well / & ayd to hym / loke now godep / how that chee is fayre / grete