Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/46



le maner of fables ben found for to hewe al maner of folk / what maner of thyng they ought to enyewe and folowe /   ¶ And alo what maner of thyng they mut and ought to and flee / for fable is as moche to eye in poeterye / as wordes in theologye /   ¶ And therfor I halle wryten fables for to hewe the good condycions of the good men / for the lawe hath be gyuen for the trepacers or mydoers / And by caue the good ond Jute be not ubget to the lawe as we fynde and rede of alle the Athenyens / the whiche lyued after the lawe of / And alo they lyued at theyr lyberte / but by theyre wylle wold haue demaunded a kynge for to punyhe alle the euyll / but by caue they were not cutomed to be refourmed ne chatyed / whan ony of them was corrected / and punyhed / they were gretely troubled / whan theyr newe kynge made Jutyce / For by caue that before that tyme they had neuer