Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/294

  grete and brode / hye the now and goo doune & after take that chee /   ¶ And the wulf ayd to the Foxe / thow mut be the fyrte of vs bothe / that halle goo doune / And yf thow mayt not brynge hit with the / by caue of his gretenee / I halle thenne goo doune for to helpe the / And the Foxe was content / by caue two bokettys were there / of whiche as the one came vpward / the other wente dounward / and the foxe entryd in to one of the ame bokettis / and wente doune in to the Welle / And whanne he was doune / he ayd to the wulf / godep come hyther and helpe me / For the chee is o moche and oo grete that I maye not bere hit vp / and thenne the wulf was aferd of that the Foxe hold ete hit / entryd wythynne the other boket / and as fate as he wente dounward / the Foxe came vpward / and whan the wulf awe the Foxe comynge vpward / he ayd to hym / My godep ye goo hens / thow ayt trewe ayd the Fox / For thus hit is of the world / For when one cometh doune / the other goth vpward / and thus the foxe wente awey / and lefte the wulf within the welle / And thus the wulf lot bothe the oxen and the chee / wherfore hit is not good to leue that whiche is ure and certayne / For to take that whiche is vncertayne / For many one ben therof deceyued by the falheed and decepcion of the Aduocate and of the Juges