Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/317



Oge of Florence recyteth how in his tyme one named Hugh prynce of the medycyns / awe a catte whiche had two hedes and a calf whiche alo had two hedes And his legges bothe before and behynde were double / as they had be Joyned al to gyder / as many folke awe / Jtem about the marches of ytalye withynne a medowe was omtyme a Cowe / the whiche Cowe maade and delyuerd her of a erpent of wonder and Ryght merueyllous grettenee / Ryghte hydous and ferdful / ¶ For fyrte he hadde the heede gretter than the hede of a calf /   ¶ Secondly / he had a necke of the lengthe of an Ae / And his body made after the lykenee of a dogge / and his taylle was wonder grete / thycke and longe withoute comparyon to ony other.

¶ And whanne the Cowe awe that he hadde maade uche a byrthe / And that within her bely he had borne oo ryght horryble a beete / he was al ferdful / and lyfte her elf up / and