Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/56



En ought not to dypraye the auncyent ne to / For yf thow be yonge / thow oughte to deyre to come to old age or auncyente / and alo thow ouȝtet to loue and praye the fayttes or dedes whiche they haue done in theyr yongthe / wherof Eope reherceth to vs uche a fable / Of a lord whiche had a dogge / the whiche dogge had be in his yonghe of good / For ye wote wel / that of kynde the dogges chacen and hunten in theyr yongthe / and haue grete lute to renne and take the wyld beetes / whan thenne this dogge was come to old age / and that he myght no more renne / It happeth that he lete cape and go fro hym an hare / wherfore his mayter was orowfull and angry / and by grete wrathe beganne to bete hym / The dogge ayd thenne to hym / My mayter/ of good eruye thow yeldet to me euylle & reward / For in my yonge age I erued the ful wel / And now that I am comen to myn old age / thow betet and ettet me