Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/68



One ought to were and putte on the  of other / wherof Eope reherceth to vs uche a fable   Of a  full of vayne glory / whiche tooke and putte on hym the fethers of a pecok / and with them he a[d]ourned/ and arayed hym elf well / And whanne he was wel dreyd and arayed / by his or wold haue gone and conuered amonge the pecoks / and deprayed alle his felawes / And whanne the pecokes knewe that he was not of theyr kynd / they anone plucked of alle his fethers / and mote and bete hym by uche maner / that no fethers abode vpon hym / And he fledde away al naked and bare /

¶ And thenne whanne his felawes awe hym / they ayd to hym / What gallaunt come hyther / where thy fayre fethers / whiche thow haddet but a gone / Hat thow no hame ne  to come in oure companye / And thenne alle the byrdes cam vpon hym / and mote & bete hym / ayenge thus to hym / yf