Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/63



He thynge which is promyed by force & for decde is not to be hold / wherof eope reherceth uche a fable of a which in the preence of a wulf demūaded of a heep that she hold paye a buhel of corn / And the wulf commaūded to the Ihcep to paye hit/ And whanne the day of payment was come the herte came and demaunded of the heep his corn And the heep ayd to hym / the and made by drede and force oughte not to be holden / For it was force to me beynge to fore the wulf to & graunte to gyue to the that whiche thou neuer lenet to me / And therfor thow halt haue ryght nought of me / wherfore omtyme it is good to make promie of ome thynge for to echewe gretter dommage or loe / For the thyngs whiche are done by force haue none fydelyte