Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/96

  of the ayd woman he wente to her / and prayd her to gyue hym omme drynke / And he with good herte gaf hym to drynke / And the knyght dranke with grete appetyte / as he that had grete thurte / & whan he had dronke / he torned ageyne to the galhows ward / This knight came another tyme to the woman for to comforte her/ And thre tymes he dyd oo / And as he was thus goyng and comynge / doubtynge of nobody / his hanged man was taken and had fro the galhows / And whanne the knyght was come ageyne to the galhows & awe that he had lote his dede man / he was gretely abahed & not withoute caue   For hit was charged to hym vpon peyne to be hanged / yf he were take awey / This knyght thenne seynge his Judgement / tourned and went ageyne to the ayd woman / & cat hym at her feete / and laye before her as he had be dede / And he demaūded of hym / My frend / what wylt thow that I doo for the / Allas ayd he/ I praye the that thow ocoure and counceylle me now at my grete nede / For by caue I haue not kept wel my theef / whiche men haue fro me/ the kynge halle make me to be put to dethe / And the woman ayd / Haue no drede my frend / For well I halle fynde the manere wherby thow halt be / For we hall take my hubond / and halle hange