Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/306

  elf of hym / And on the mornynge next folowynge the tyward came for to ee the tayllers / And whan Medius whiche knewe wel the caue of his comynge / tooke awaye ecretely his mayters heres / and hydde them / And anone his mayter beganne for to loke after them / and awe and erched al aboute here and there / and beganne to myte his fyte vpon the borde / And thenne the mayter tyward beganne to loke on his maners / and sodenly made hym to be take and holde by his eruaunts / And after made hym to be bond and wel beten / Thenne was the mayter tayller al abahed /and demaūded of them / My lordes wherfor doo ye bete me oo outrageouly / what offene haue I done / wherfore I mut be bound and thus be bete / And thenne the Styward ayd to hym in thys maner / by caue that Medius told me / that thow art frantyk   And yf thow be not wel bete / thow holdet doo grete harme and dommage / And thene the mayter came to his eruaunt Medius and rygorouly ayd to hym / Ha a euyl boye fylled whan [with] euylle wordes / whan awet thow me madde / And his eruaunt proudely anuerd to hym / My mayter whan dydet thow ee that I ete no hony / And therfore I threwe to the one bole for another / And the mayter tyward / and alle his eruaunts beganne thenne to