Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/73



E that ones falleth in to omme euylle faytte or dede / he halle euer lyue with dehonour and in upecion / of the peple /   ¶ And how be it that by aduenture he purpoed to doo omme prouffitable thynge to omme other / yet he hold not be truted ne byleued / wherof Eope reherceth to vs uche a fable / Of a wulf whiche maade the foxe to be cyted before the Ape /   ¶ And the wulf ayd that the foxe was but a theef and a and a knaue of poure folke / And the foxe ayd that he lyed / and that he was a good and trewe man / And that he dyde moche good /

¶ And thenne the Ape whiche was ette as a Juge / gaf uche a entence / and ayd to the wulf / Come hyther / thow hat not lot al that whche thow demaundet /   ¶ And thow Foxe I beleue wel that thow hat vurped and robbed om thynge / howe be it / that thow denyet hit in Jutyce / But for as moche that pees may be yow bothe / ye halle parte to gyder your