Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/323



lle the allary or payment of them that mokken other is for to be mocqued at the lat / as hit appiereth by this preent Fable / of a Cock whiche omtyme awe a foxe comynge toward hym ore hongry and famyhed / whiche Cock uppoed Wel that he came not toward hym / but for to ete omme henne / for whiche caue the Cock maade al his hennes to flee vpon a tree / And whan the foxe beganne tapproche to the aid tree / he began to crye toward the cock good tydynges good tydynges / And after he alewed the cok ryght reuerently / & demaunded of hym thus / O godep / what dot thow ther oo hyghe / And thy hennes with the / hat not thow herd the good tydynges worthy and prouffitable for vs   ¶ And thenne the Cok ful of malyce anuerd to hym / Nay veryly godep / but I praye the / telle and reherce them vnto vs / Thenne ayd the foxe to the cok / Certaynly godep / they be the bet that euer ye herd / For ye may goo and come /