Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/90



Ortune helpeth bothe the good and euylle folke / and to alle them / whiche he helpeth not he endeth euylle to them / And they that etten alle theyr malyce ageynte fortune ben and ouerthrawen by her / wherof Eope reherceth uche a fable / Of a wulf whiche had aembled to gyder a grete proye / or moche mete for to haue lyued more delyciouly / wherof the foxe had grete / and for to haue robbed omme of this good / he came vnto the cauerne or hole where as this proye or mete was in / and ayd to the wulf / My the wulf / by caue hit is longe yth I godepawe the / I am in grete heuynee and orowe / and alo by caue we haue not been in longtyme gone chaced and gone to gyder / ¶ And whan the wulf knewe the malyce of the foxe / he ayd to hym thow arte not come hyder for to ee me / ne how I fare / but thou arte come for to robbe and my good / For the whiche wordes the foxe was moche angry / and wente toward a heepherd