Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/49

  ganne therof to  / And for theyr kyng he called to them a grete pyece of wood / whiche maade a grete owne and noye in the water / wherof alle the frogges had grete drede and ered moche / And after they approched to theyr kynge for to make obeyaunce vnto hym /   ¶ And whanne they perceyued that hit was but a pyece of wood / they torned ageyne to Jupiter hym wetely that he wold gyue to them another kynge / And Jupiter gaf to them the Heron for to be theyr kynge / And then the Heron beganne to entre in to the water / and ete them one after other / And whanne the frogges awe that theyr kyng detroyed / and ete them thus / they beganne tendyrly to wepe / ayeng in this manere to the god Jupiter / Ryght hyghe and ryght myghte god Jupiter pleae the to delyuere vs the throte of this dragon and fals tyraunt which eteth vs the one after another / And he ayd to them / the kynge whiche ye haue demounded halle be your mayter / For whan men haue that / which men oughte to haue / they ought to be ioyful and glad   And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel / For nothyng is better than lyberte / Fur lyberte hold not be wel old for alle the gold and yluer of all the world