Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/32



F them whiche mocken other eope reherceth uch a fable Ther was an ae which met with a lyon to whom he aid my broder god aue & the lyon haked his hede and with grete payne he myght hold his courage / to have forth with deuoured hym / But the lyon ayd to hym elf / It not that teethe oo noble and o fayre as myn be touchen not / ne byten uche a fowle beet / For he that is wye mut not hurte the foole ne take hede to his wordes / but lete hym go for uche as he is