Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/98



F the comyn and folyhe wymmen Eope reherceth to vs uche a fable / Of a woman whiche had to name Tahys / the whiche was caue by her loue of the dethe and lo of many yonge men / to one of the whiche he had be bete ofte before that tyme / he ayd to hym in this we / My ryght dere loue and good frende / I uppoe that of many one I am wel byloued and / Neuertheles I hall ette my loue on thy elf alone / wherfore I pray the that thow mayt be myn / and I halle be thyn for alle thy goodes I not / but only I deyre thy wete body / And he that knewe the feyntye and falheed of the woman / anuered to her / ryght benyngly and wetely / thy wyll and the myn ben both but one alone / For thow arte he whiche I moot deyre / and the whiche I halle loue all the terme of my lyf / Yf thow deceyue me nomore / For by caue that thow hat decyued me in tyme paed / I am euer aferd of the / but notwithtondynge this / thow