Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/308



He cautele or falhede of the woman is wonder merueyllous / as it appiereth by this fable / Of a marchaūt whiche was wedded of newe vnto a fayre and yong woman / the whiche marchaunt wente ouer the ee for to bye & elle / and for to gete omwhat for to lyue honetly / And by caue that he dwellyd to longe / his wyf uppoed that he was dede / And therfore he enamoured her elf with another man / whiche dyd to her mykle good / as for to haue doo make and bylde vp his hows of newe the whiche had grete nede of reparacion / and alo he gaf to her all new utenyles to kepe houhold / And within a long tyme after the departyng of the marchaunt he came ageyne in to his hows whiche he awe newe bylded / & awe dyhes pottes / pannes / and uche other houhold / wherfore he demaunded of his wyf how and in what maner he had oūde the facion and the mean for to haue repayred o honetly his hows / And he anuerd that it was by the grace of god / And