Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/299

  and ayd / I wyll wel / And thenne the old woman ayd to her in this manere / My frend this ame catte whiche thow eet yonder was my daughter / the whiche was wonder fayre gracious and chate / whiche a yonge man loued moche / and was o moche epryed of her loue / that by caue that he reffued hym / he deyde for her loue / wherfore the goddes hauyng pyte on hym / haue torned my daughter in to this catte / And the yonge woman whiche uppoed that the old woman had ayd trouthe ayd to her in this manere / Allas my fayr moder / I ne wote what I halle doo / For uche a caas myght wel happe to me / For in this Towne is a yonge man / whiche deyeth almot for the loue of me / But for loue of my huband / to whome I oughte to kepe chatyte / I haue not wylle graunte hym / Neuertheles I hall doo that / that thow halt counceylle to me / And thenne the old woman ayd to her / My frend haue thow pyte on hym as oone as thow mayt / oo that hit befalle not to the lyke as it dyd to my doughter /

¶ The yonge woman thenne anwerd to her / and ayd / yf he requyre me ony more / I halle accorde me with hym / And yf he requyre me no more / yet halle I profere me to hym /   ¶ And to thende / that I offende not the goddes / I halle doo and accomplyhe hit / as oone as I maye /