Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/45



E that byleueth not good counceyll / may not fayll to be euylle counceylled / wherof Eope reherceth to vs uche a fable / Of a plowgh man / whiche owed lyneed / and the walowe eyng that of the ame lyneed men myght make nettes and / wente and ayd to al other byrdes / Come with me ye al & lete vs plucke vp al this / For yf we leue hit growe / the labourer hal make therof  and nettes for to take vs al / Alle the byrdes deprayed his counceyl / ¶ And thenne as the walowe awe this / he wente and her in the plowgh mans hows / ¶ And whanne the flaxe was growen and pulled vp / the labourer made and nettes to take byrdes / wherwith he took euery day many other byrdes / and brought them to his hows / to the whiche byrdes the walowe thenne ayd / I told yow wel / what that hold happe therof / wherfore men ought not to depraye good councylle / For he that is euyl aduyed and not wel counceyled halle haue moche payne