Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/81



Che one ought to / for none ouȝt to were on hym the kyn of the wulf / but that he wyll be lyke to hym / For none ougt to hym elf other than uche as he is / As to vs reherceth this fable / ¶ Of a lyon whiche awe a hors / whiche ete grae in a medowe / And for to fynde omme ubtylyte and manere for to ete and deuoure hym approched to hym / and ayd / God kepe the my broder/ I am a / and with al a good pheycyen/   ¶ And by caue that I ee that thow hat a ore foote / I am come hyther for to hele the of hit/ And the hors knewe wel all his euyell thought And ayd to the lyon / My broder I thanke the gretely / and thow arte welcome to me / I preye the that thow wylt make my foote hole / And thenne the lyon ayd to the hors / ee thy foote / And as the lyon looked on hit / the hors mote hym on the forhede / In uche wye that he brake his hede and fyll oute of his mynde / & the lyon felle to the ground / and oo wonderly he was hurte / that almot

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