Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/311

  moche faire and of good lyf wente to erche his lyf fro one dore to another / And vpon a day emonge other he wente and ette hym elf vpon a grete tone before the yate of a wydowe / whiche wydowe was acutommed to gyue hym euer omwhat /   ¶ And whan the good woman knewe that he was at hir dore he dyd brynge to hym his porcion as he was cutommed for to doo / And as he gaf to hym the mete he loked on hym / and eyng hym oo fayre / and wel made of body / he thenne fylled of carnal concupicence / and brennynge in the fyre of loue / requered and Intantly prayd hym that he wold retorne thyder within thre dayes / and promyed to him that he hold gyue to hym a ryght good dyner / And the poure man ayd to her that he hold doo oo / and whanne he came ageyne / he ette hym elf as before / atte dore of the wydowes hows / whiche the woman knewe well whanne he hold come / wherfore he came to the yate and ayd / Come within good man / For now we halle dyne / to the whiche prayer the poure man aented / & entred within the hows / the whiche wydowe gaf to hym good mete / and good drynke / And whanne they had wel dyned / the ayd wydowe preyd the good man trongly and after he kyed hym / requyrynge hym / that he might haue the copye of his loue / And thēne