Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/41

  wherfor the ae was enuyous and ayd in hym elf / yf my lord and his meyny loue this bete by caue that he chereth and maketh fete to euery body / by gretter reaon they ought to loue me vf I make chere to them / Thenne ayd he in hym elf/ Fro henforth I hall take my and hall make Joye and playe with my lord / and wyth his meyny / And ones as the ae was in this thoughte and ymagynacion / happed that he awe his lord whyche entryd in to his hows / the ae beganne thenne to daune and to make feet and onge with his wete voys / and approched hym elf toward his lord & went & lepte vpon his holders / and beganne to kye and to lykke hym / The lord thenne beganne to crye oute with a hyghe voys and ayd / lete this fowl and / whiche hurteth and byteth me ore / be bete and putt awey / The lordes eruauntes thenne toke grete taues / and beganne to myte vpon the poure ae / and o ore corryged and bete hym / that after he had no lute ne courage to daune / make to nonne chere ne fete / and therfore none ought to hym elf for to doo a thynge / whiche as for hym impoyble is to be done / For the vnwye dipleeth there / where as he uppoeth to pleae