Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/301



here was ometyme a blynd man whiche had a fayre wyf / of the whiche he was moche Jalous / He kepte her o that he myght not goo nowher / For ewer he had her by the hand / And after that he was enamoured of a gentil felawe / they coude not fynde the maner ne no place for to fulfylle theyr wyll / but notwithtandyng the woman whiche was ubtyle and Ingenyous counceylled to her frende that he shold come in to her hows / and that he shold entre in the gardyn and that there he hold clymme vpon a pere tree / And he did as he told hym / and when they had made theyr enterprye / the woman came ageyne in to the hows / and ayd to her hubond / My frend I praye yow that ye wylle go in to our gardyn for to disporte vs a lytel whyle there / of the whiche prayer the blynd man was wel content / and ayd to his wyf / wel my good frend I will wel / lete vs go thyder / And as they were vnder the pere tree / he ayd to her hubond / My frende I praye the to