FIrst
begynneth
the
lyf
of
Esope
with
alle
his
fortune
how
he
was
subtyll
/
wyse
/
and
borne
in
Grece
/
not
ferre
fro
Troye
the
graunt
in
a
Towue
named
Amoneo
/
whiche
was
amonge
other
dyfformed
and
euylle
shapen
/
For
he
had
a
grete
hede
/
large
vysage
/
longe
Iowes
/
sharp
eyen
/
a
short
necke
/
corbe
backed
/
grete
bely
/
grete
legges
/
and
large
feet
/
And
yet
that
whiche
was
werse
he
was
dombe
/
and
coude
not
speke
/
but
not
withstondyng
al
this
he
had
a
grete
wytte
&
was
gretely
Ingenyous
/
subtyll
in
cauyllacions
/
And
Io●●
wordez
¶
This
historye
conteyneth
/
How
he
excused
hym
of
that
was
Imposed
to
hym
/
that
he
shold
haue
eten
the
fygges
of
his
lord
ANd
for
as
moche
as
his
lord
to
whome
he
was
bounde
supposed
that
he
was
not
prouffytable
/
he
sente
hym
to
laboure
in
the
Feldes
/
and
to
dyke
and
delue
in
the
erthe
/
¶
And
on
a
day
as
his
lord
came
in
one
of
his
Feldes
/
one
of
his
labourers
gadred
Fygges
/
And
presented
them
to
his
Lord
/
sayenge
/
My
lord
take
these
Fygges
as
for
the
firste
fruyte
of
this
felde
/
And
the
lord
receyued
them
Ioyously
/
&
delyuerd
them
to
his
seruaunt
named
Agatopus
/
chargyng
hym
to
kepe
them
/
tyl
he
that
day
retourned
fro
his
bayne
/
¶
And
hit
happed
that
Esope
comyng
from
his
labour
/
demaunded
his
dyner
lyke
as
he
was
acustomed
/
And
Agatopus
whiche
kepte
the
figges
ete
of
them
/
&
sayd
to
one
of
his
felawes
/
yf
I
doubted
not
/
and
fered
my
maystre
/
I
wold
ete
alle
these
fygges
/
And
his
felawe
sayd
/
yf
thou
wylt
late
me
ete
with
the
/
I
shalle
fynde
a
subtylyte
that
we
shall
haue
no
blame
ne
harme
therfore
/
And
how
may
that
be
sayd
Agatopus
/
to
whom
his
felawe
sayd
/
whan
my
lord
shall
come
home
/
we
shalle
saye
to
hym
/
that
Esope
hath
eten
them
/
And
by
cause
he
can
not
speke
/
he
shalle
not
conne
excuse
hym
/
and
so
therfore
he
shal
be
wel
beten
/
&
herupon
they
went
&
ete
the
fygges
bitwene
them
bothe
/
sayeng
this
vylayne
shal
be
well
beten
/
And
the
lord
/
whiche
came
out
of
the
bayne
/
commaunded
to
brynge
to
hym
his
fygges
/
&
Agatopus
sayd
to
hym
/
Syre
whan
Esope
came
fro
his
labour
fro
the
feld
/
he
fonde
the
Celer
open
/
and
went
in
without
rayson
/
and
hath
eten
al
the
fygges
/
¶
And
whanne
the
lord
herd
this
/
he
was
moche
angry
/
&
sayd
calle
to
me
Esope
/
to
whom
he
sayd
/
thou
counterfayt
chorle
/
how
is
this
happed
/
that
thou
hast
not
be
aferd
to
ete
my
fygges
/
wherof
he
was
aferd
/
in
beholdyng
them
that
had
accused
hym
/
&
the
lord
commaunded
to
despoylle
&
take
of
his
clothes
for
to
haue
beten
hym
/
&
he
kneled
doune
at
his
lordes
feet
/
&
by
signes
by
cause
he
coude
not
speke
prayd
his
lord
to
gyue
hym
space
to
excuse
hym
/
And
his
lord
graunted
it
to
hym
/
And
anon
after
he
tooke
a
vessel
ful
of
hote
water
/
whiche
was
on
the
fyre
/
&
poured
the
hote
water
in
to
a
bacyn
/
and
dranke
therof
/
&
anon
after
he
putte
his
fyngre
in
his
mouth
&
cast
out
that
which
was
in
his
stomak
/
which
was
only
water
/
for
that
day
he
had
tasted
nothyng
but
water
/
&
he
praid
that
his
accusers
myght
sembably
drynke
of
that
water
as
he
had
done
/
And
soo
they
dyde
/
And
they
held
theyr
hond
to
fore
theyr
mouthe
/
By
cause
they
shold
haue
no
vomyte
/
but
by
cause
the
water
was
hote
/
and
their
stomake
resolued
by
the
water
/
they
vomyted
oute
the
water
and
alle
the
fygges
to gydre
/
And
the
lord
seynge
that
/
sayde
to
them
/
why
haue
ye
lyed
to
me
/
ageynst
this
Esope
that
can
not
speke
/
¶
And
thenne
he
commaunded
to
despoylle
them
/
and
to
bete
them
openly
/
sayenge
/
who
someuer
dothe
or
sayth
wronge
of
other
/
shal
be
punysshed
with
the
same
payne
that
is
due
therfore
/
¶
And
these
thynges
sene
and
experymented
/
Esope
retourned
to
his
labour
/
And
as
he
laboured
in
the
felde
/
there
cam
a
preest
named
ysydys
/
whiche
wente
toward
the
Cyte
/
&
had
lost
his
way
/
And
he
seynge
Esope
/
prayd
hym
that
he
wold
enseygne
hym
the
ryght
way
for
to
go
in
to
the
Cyte
/
¶
And
Esope
receyued
hym
ioyously
/
And
made
hym
to
sytte
vnder
a
fygge
tree
/
And
sette
to
fore
hym
brede
/
Herbes
/
fygges
and
dates
/
and
prayd
hym
to
ete
/
and
drewe
water
oute
of
a
pyt
and
gaf
hym
to
drynke
/
And
whanne
he
had
well
eten
/
he
tooke
hym
by
the
honde
/
and
sette
hym
in
the
ryght
wey
for
to
go
to
the
Cyte
/
after
whiche
thynges
done
/
the
preest
lyft
vp
his
handes
to
heuen
/
makynge
his
prayers
for
Esope
/
of
whome
he
had
receyued
so
good
a
refresshynge
/
¶
This
History
maketh
mencyon
how
the
goddesse
of
hospitalite
gaf
speche
of
his
tonge
to
esope
/
&
how
he
was
sold
THenne
Esope
retourned
to
his
labour
/
¶
And
after
whanne
he
had
wel
laboured
/
for
t
eschewe
the
grete
hete
of
the
sonne
after
his
vsage
/
he
went
in
to
the
shadowe
for
to
reste
/
and
slepte
vnder
a
tree
/
¶
And
thenne
the
goddesse
of
hospitalite
appyered
to
hym
/
and
gaf
to
hym
sapyence
and
abylyte
/
And
also
she
gaf
to
hym
the
yefte
of
speche
for
to
speke
dyuerse
fables
and
Inuencions
/
as
to
hym
which
was
ryght
deuout
to
hospitalite
/
&
after
when
esope
was
awaked
/
he
began
to
say
to
hym self
/
I
haue
not
only
slept
ne
swetely
rested
but
also
I
haue
had
a
fair
dreme
/
&
without
ony
empessament
I
speke
/
and
alle
that
I
see
I
calle
by
theyre
propre
names
/
as
an
hors
/
an
asse
/
an
oxe
/
a
charyot
/
and
to
al
other
thynges
/
I
can
to
eueryche
gyue
his
name
/
For
I
haue
receyued
sodenly
the
grace
of
this
knowlege
/
for
the
grete
pyte
that
I
haue
had
on
them
that
lacke
hospytalyte
/
For
he
that
dothe
well
ought
to
haue
good
hope
in
god
/
and
he
shall
haue
good
reward
therfore
/
And
therfore
I
shall
not
laboure
the
losse
/
than
I
dyd
to
fore
/
¶
And
thus
whanne
he
beganne
to
laboure
came
he
that
had
the
charge
of
the
felde
and
the
ouersyght
/
And
anone
beganne
to
bete
one
of
the
labourers
greuously
/
wherof
Esope
was
gretely
displeasyd
/
And
sayd
to
hym
in
this
manere
/
what
betest
thou
hym
for
nought
/
and
euery
houre
thou
comest
and
betest
vs
withoute
cause
/
thow
sleest
vs
/
and
dost
nought
thy self
/
But
certaynly
I
shalle
shewe
to
my
lord
alle
this
matere
/
lyke
as
thou
shall
wee
knowe
/
¶
And
whan
the
procurour
herd
hym
callyd
by
his
owne
name
zenas
.
he
merueylled
that
Esope
spake
/
&
thought
in
hym self
/
I
shalle
goo
to
fore
my
lord
/
to
th
ende
that
thys
foule
vylayne
complayne
not
on
me
/
and
that
my
lord
depose
me
not
of
my
procuracion
/
¶
And
he
took
his
mulet
/
and
rode
in
to
the
Cyte
/
and
came
to
his
lord
and
sayde
¶
My
lord
I
salewe
yow
ryght
humbly
/
And
the
Lord
loked
on
hym
/
and
sayd
to
hym
/
why
comest
thou
so
effrayed
and
troubled
/
And
zenas
sayd
to
hym
/
that
now
in
the
felde
is
happed
a
thynge
monstruous
/
And
what
is
that
sayd
the
lord
/
haue
the
trees
brought
forth
theyr
fruyte
to fore
theyre
tyme
/
or
haue
the
bestes
brought
forth
theyr
fruyte
ageynst
nature
/
And
zenas
answerd
hym
/
Nay
my
lord
/
but
this
croked
chorle
/
this
counterfayted
Esope
thy
seruaunt
begynneth
to
speke
clerely
/
And
wel
sayd
the
lord
/
that
me
semeth
is
a
thyng
monstruous
/
ye
forsothe
sayd
zenae
/
¶
And
thenne
sayd
the
lord
/
We
see
al
daye
/
many
men
whanne
they
ben
angry
conne
not
speke
/
but
whanne
they
be
in
pees
conne
wel
speke
/
and
profferr●●
thynges
/
¶
And
thenne
zenas
sayd
/
My
lord
he
canne
speke
aboue
al
other
men
/
And
hath
sayd
to
me
thynges
contumelyouse
/
blasphemyes
/
and
vylonyes
of
the
/
and
of
alle
the
goddes
/
¶
And
thenne
his
lord
was
angry
/
and
wrothe
toward
hym
/
And
sayd
/
zenas
/
goo
thou
to
the
feld
And
what
thou
wylt
do
with
hym
/
hyhe
or
lowe
/
doo
hit
/
or
selle
hym
/
or
gyue
hym
/
or
lose
hym
/
For
I
gyue
hym
to
the
/
And
thenne
zenas
took
this
yefte
by
wrytynge
/
and
came
in
to
the
felde
/
and
sayd
to
Esope
/
Now
thow
arte
myn
/
and
in
my
puyssaunce
/
For
my
lord
hath
gyuen
the
to
me
/
And
by
cause
thow
arte
a
grete
langager
/
and
an
euyllr
chorle
/
I
shalle
selle
the
vtterly
/
And
thenne
of
fortune
hit
happed
that
a
Marchaunt
that
had
bought
seruauntes
came
in
to
that
feld
for
to
bye
beestes
for
to
bere
oueralle
his
marchaundyse
to
Ephese
/
the
whiche
mette
with
zenas
/
And
he
sale
Wed
hym
/
and
demaunded
of
hym
/
yf
he
had
ony
bestes
to
selle
/
And
zenas
ansuerd
that
for
nothynge
/
he
shold
fynde
no
bestes
to
selle
/
but
I
haue
a
seruaunt
whiche
is
not
fayr
/
but
he
is
of
good
age
/
And
demaunded
of
hym
yf
he
wold
bye
hym
/
And
the
Marchaunt
sayd
/
I
wold
fyrste
sene
hym
/
¶
And
thenne
zenas
called
Esope
/
and
shewed
hym
to
the
Marchaunt
/
¶
And
whanne
the
Marchaunt
sawe
hym
so
dyfformed
/
and
soo
foule
sayd
in
this
manere
/
Fro
whens
is
this
Tupyn
comen
/
and
this
trompette
of
Tragetenus
/
This
is
a
fayre
marchaundyse
/
For
yf
he
had
not
a
wys
/
I
wold
wene
/
that
hit
were
a
botell
full
of
wynd
/
ye
be
well
occupyed
to
brynge
me
hydre
to
shewe
me
this
fayre
personage
/
I
had
supposed
thou
woldest
haue
sold
to
me
somme
fayre
seruaunt
honeste
/
and
playsaunt
/
And
thenne
the
marchaunt
retourned
on
his
way
And
Esope
folowed
hym
/
and
sayd
to
the
Marchaunt
/
Abyde
a
lytell
here
/
And
the
Marchaunt
sayd
/
lette
me
not
vylayn
For
thou
mayst
haue
no
prouffyte
of
me
/
For
yf
I
bought
the
I
shold
be
callyd
the
Marchaunt
of
folyes
/
and
of
wyne
thynges
And
thenne
Esope
sayd
to
hym
/
Wherfor
thenne
arte
thou
come
hyder
And
the
Marchaunt
ansuerd
for
to
bye
some
thynge
that
is
fayre
/
but
thow
arte
foule
/
ouer
lothely
/
and
countrefayted
/
I
haue
not
for
to
do
with
suche
Marchaundyse
And
thenne
Esope
sayd
yf
thow
wylt
bye
me
thou
shalt
lose
nothynge
/
And
the
Marchaunt
demaunded
/
wherof
mayst
thou
doo
to
me
ony
prouffyte
/
And
Esope
sayd
/
ben
ther
not
in
thy
hows
lytel
children
/
ne
in
thy
towne
/
that
crye
and
ren
ne
/
bye
me
/
and
thow
shalt
do
wysely
and
shalt
be
theyr
maister
/
for
they
shalle
drede
and
fere
me
lyke
a
fals
vysage
/
And
thenne
the
Marchaunt
smyled
for
the
wordes
of
Esope
/
And
retorned
to
Zenas
/
and
axed
of
hym
/
how
he
wold
selle
this
fayre
Marchaundyse
/
And
thenne
zenas
sayd
to
hym
/
gyue
me
thyrtty
pound
/
or
thre
half
pens
/
For
I
wote
well
/
no
man
wylle
bye
hym
/
And
thenne
the
Marchaunt
payd
for
hym
to
zenas
as
moche
/
as
he
was
wel
content
/
¶
And
thenne
Esope
wente
with
his
newe
mayster
vnto
his
toune
/
¶
And
as
he
entryd
in
to
his
hows
/
he
hadde
two
chyldren
lyenge
in
the
lappe
of
theyr
moder
/
¶
Thenne
Esope
sayd
to
the
Marchaunt
Now
shalt
thow
haue
experyence
of
that
I
haue
promysed
/
For
syth
these
two
lytel
children
haue
sene
me
/
they
haue
ben
all
seylle
and
aferd
/
¶
And
thenne
the
Marchaunt
lawhyng
bidde
hym
to
entre
/
and
seeynge
the
felawes
fayr
&
playsaunt
salewed
them
/
sayenge
I
salewe
yow
my
fayr
felawes
/
And
whanne
they
sawe
Esope
/
they
sayden
all
/
we
shalle
anone
haue
a
fayr
personage
/
what
wyll
oure
Mayster
doo
/
for
to
bye
suche
a
man
so
foule
and
difformed
/
And
theyr
lord
ansuerd
to
them
/
by
cause
I
haue
founden
no
bestes
for
to
helpe
yow
/
ther
fore
I
haue
bought
thys
galaūd
for
to
helpe
yow
to
bere
my
caryage
/
And
therfore
departe
emonge
yow
the
fardels
for
to
bere
/
And
thenne
Esope
sayd
to
them
/
O
good
felawes
/
ye
see
wel
/
that
I
am
leest
&
feblest
/
I
pray
yow
to
gyue
to
me
the
lyghtest
burthen
/
And
his
felawes
sayd
to
hym
/
by
cause
/
thou
mayst
not
doo
/
bere
nothynge
/
To
whome
Esope
sayd
/
by
cause
ye
do
alle
the
laboure
It
is
not
syttynge
/
that
I
only
shold
be
ydle
and
vnprouffitable
to
my
lord
¶
This
historye
maketh
mencion
/
how
Esope
demaunded
the
lyghtest
burthen
/
but
to
theyr
semyng
he
took
the
heuyest
/
whiche
was
atte
last
the
lyghtest
/
and
so
begyled
his
felawes
THenne
his
felaws
said
to
hym
/
chese
whiche
thow
wyl
bere
And
Esope
beholdyng
all
the
burthene
the
fardels
sacks
/
and
panyers
/
And
took
a
panyer
full
of
brede
/
For
whiche
two
of
the
berers
were
redy
for
to
haue
borne
/
and
sayd
/
now
take
me
this
panyer
here
/
And
thenne
they
sayd
/
he
was
the
most
foole
of
them
/
by
cause
he
asked
the
lyghtest
/
and
chese
the
heuyest
/
And
soo
he
tooke
the
panyer
of
brede
/
and
wente
forthe
to
fore
alle
his
felawes
/
whiche
whanne
his
felawes
beheld
and
sawe
/
they
all
sa●●den
that
theyr
mayster
had
not
lost
his
money
/
For
he
was
strong
and
myght
bere
yet
an
heuyer
burthen
/
And
thus
they
mocqued
hym
/
¶
And
alwey
Esope
was
at
the
lodgynge
to
fore
his
felawes
/
And
whan
they
were
aryued
at
their
lodgynge
/
theyr
mayster
made
them
to
reste
/
And
commaunded
Esope
to
brynge
forth
brede
for
to
ete
/
&
so
he
took
brede
out
of
his
panyer
/
that
his
panyer
was
half
empty
/
And
thenne
whanne
they
had
eten
/
●●he
of
them
took
his
burthen
/
And
Esope
bare
lasse
than
he
dyd
/
And
cam
to
his
lodgynge
to
fore
his
felawes
/
And
at
souper
he
gaf
to
them
so
moche
brede
/
that
his
panyer
was
al
wyde
and
empty
And
on
the
morne
in
this
wyse
he
took
his
panyer
/
and
went
to
fore
his
felaws
so
ferre
that
they
knewe
hym
not
a
ryght
/
so
that
one
demaunded
/
who
is
he
/
that
goth
so
ferre
to fore
ve
/
And
another
sayd
/
It
is
the
cou●●d
and
counterfayted
●●se
/
whiche
by
his
subtylyte
hath
deceyued
ve
/
that
●●re
the
burthens
not
consumed
by
the
waye
/
but
he
hath
wyded
hys
burthen
/
And
is
more
wyly
than
we
be
/
And
thenne
after
they
came
to
Ephese
/
And
the
marchaunt
ladde
his
marchaundyse
to
the
market
/
and
also
his
seruauntes
for
to
selle
/
whiche
were
named
Gramaticus
/
Sal●●s
and
Esope
/
And
a
Marchaunt
sayd
to
hym
/
yt
thow
wylt
selle
thy
seruauntes
at
a
resonable
〈◊〉
/
th●●
is
a
philosopher
named
Exanctus
/
to
whom
mo●●
▪
pe●●
goo
to
lerne
at
a
place
called
Somnon
/
lede
thy
seruaunts
thyder
/
And
that
philosopher
wylle
bye
them
/
and
the
mayster
and
owner
of
them
dyd
do
well
awye
Gramaticus
and
Saltis
with
newe
Rowe
/
and
ladde
them
thyder
for
to
selle
/
but
by
cause
Esope
was
foule
and
lothely
/
he
was
clad
with
〈◊〉
/
and
was
sette
bytwene
the
other
two
/
whiche
were
fayr
/
playsaunt
/
and
welfarynge
men
/
But
alle
they
that
beheld
Esope
were
abasshed
by
cause
of
his
deformyte
/
sayenge
/
fro
whens
cometh
this
monstre
/
or
who
hath
brought
hym
hyder
to
mocque
vs
/
And
by
cause
that
they
so
wondred
on
Esope
/
Esope
loked
al
ouerthwartly
on
them
boldly
/
¶
This
historye
conteyned
the
second
sale
of
Esope
/
Exanctus
the
philosopher
departed
oute
of
his
hows
/
&
wente
to
the
market
/
and
as
he
wen●●
to
and
fro
thorugh
the
market
/
he
sawe
these
two
yonge
men
/
And
Esope
standynge
bytwene
them
/
And
he
merueylled
of
the
Inprudence
of
the
Marchaunt
that
so
had
sorted
them
/
and
approchynge
to
one
of
them
/
sayd
to
hym
in
this
manere
/
of
what
countre
art
thou
/
And
he
ansuerd
I
am
of
Capadoce
/
¶
And
Exantus
demaunded
sayenge
/
what
canst
thow
doo
/
And
he
ansuerd
I
can
doo
alle
thynge
that
thou
wylt
/
whiche
ansuer
whanne
Esope
herd
/
he
lowhe
shewynge
his
grete
teethe
/
¶
And
alle
the
scolers
that
were
with
Exantus
beholdynge
Esope
so
sore
lawhynge
/
and
in
lawhynge
shewed
his
grete
teeth
/
them
semed
/
they
sawe
a
monstre
/
and
not
a
man
/
And
sayd
to
theyr
felawes
that
this
grete
paunsart
hath
grete
teeth
/
¶
And
they
asked
what
they
had
sene
/
And
they
sayd
that
he
so
sore
laughed
and
shewed
his
teeth
/
¶
And
they
sayd
/
he
lawhed
not
/
but
that
he
was
a
cold
on
his
teeth
And
one
demaunded
hym
/
why
he
laughed
callynge
hym
gentyl
galaunt
/
And
he
sayd
to
hym
/
what
hast
thou
to
doo
ther
with
cokyn
/
goo
walke
on
the
gybet
/
And
the
scoler
departed
all
ashamed
and
folowed
his
mayster
/
¶
And
thenne
Exantus
demaunded
the
prys
of
Saltis
/
And
the
marchaunt
sayd
that
he
shold
paye
for
hym
a
thousand
pens
/
And
Exantus
estemynge
the
prys
ouer
dere
/
retorned
to
that
other
felawe
/
and
sayd
to
hym
/
of
whens
arte
thou
/
And
he
sayd
I
am
borne
of
lydye
/
and
Exantus
asked
of
hym
/
what
canste
thou
doo
/
and
he
ansuerd
/
al
that
thou
wenest
/
whiche
whanne
Esope
herd
/
he
lawhed
thenne
more
than
he
dyd
to
fore
/
¶
And
thus
whanne
the
scolyers
sawe
hym
lawhe
/
they
sayden
/
thys
felawe
lawhyth
for
al
thynge
/
¶
Thenne
the
Marchannt
asked
/
what
shalle
cost
me
gramaticus
/
and
the
Marchaunt
sayd
thre
thousand
scutes
/
whiche
Exantus
thought
to
dere
/
&
wence
his
way
/
¶
Thenne
the
scolyers
sayd
to
theyr
mayster
Exantus
/
Mayster
/
these
seruauntes
please
the
not
/
yes
sayd
Exantus
/
they
please
me
well
/
but
it
is
ordeyned
in
our
Cyte
that
no
seruaunt
may
be
bought
at
so
hyhe
a
prys
vpon
a
grete
payne
¶
And
one
of
the
scolyers
sayde
/
sythe
they
that
be●●
fayr
may
not
be
bought
/
bye
hym
that
is
so
fowle
and
so
disformed
/
and
truly
he
shalle
doo
to
the
somme
seruyse
/
and
the
●●ys
that
he
shall
be
sold
fore
/
we
oure self
shall
paye
/
¶
And
thenne
Exantus
sayd
to
them
/
yf
I
shold
bye
this
felawe
/
that
is
so
fowle
and
lothely
/
my
wyf
shold
not
be
wel
pleased
/
For
she
is
so
precious
and
so
delycious
/
that
she
may
not
suffre
to
be
seruyd
with
suche
a
counterfayted
seruaunt
/
And
the
scolers
sayd
/
Mayster
thou
hast
many
thynges
/
of
whiche
thy
wyf
shall
not
gaynsay
ne
medle
/
¶
And
Exantus
thenne
sayde
/
late
vs
thenne
demaunde
hym
what
he
can
do
/
l●●st
for
faulte
of
askynge
we
lose
onre
money
/
And
tourned
hym
to
Esope
/
and
sayd
/
god
saue
the
yong
man
/
And
Esope
sayd
to
hym
in
this
manere
/
I
praye
the
greue
me
not
/
¶
And
Exantus
sayd
to
hym
/
I
salewe
the
/
And
Esope
sayde
/
so
doo
I
the
/
¶
And
Exantus
sayd
/
leue
these
molestes
/
and
ansuer
to
this
that
I
shalle
demaunde
/
And
he
asked
what
arte
thow
/
And
Esope
ansuerd
/
I
am
of
flesshe
and
bone
/
And
Exantus
sayd
/
I
demaunde
the
not
that
/
but
where
were
thou
engendrid
And
Esope
ansuerd
/
in
the
wombe
of
my
moder
/
And
Exantus
sayd
/
yet
I
aske
the
not
that
neyther
/
But
I
aske
of
the
/
In
what
place
thow
were
borne
/
And
Esope
sayd
/
My
moder
neuer
told
/
ne
assured
me
/
whether
she
was
delyuerd
of
me
in
her
chambre
or
in
the
halle
/
and
Exantus
sayd
/
I
praye
the
telle
me
what
thou
canst
doo
/
And
Esope
sayd
/
no
thynge
And
he
sayd
/
how
nothynge
/
And
Esope
sayd
by
cause
my
felawes
that
ben
here
haue
sayd
that
they
wylle
do
al
thynge
/
thenne
haue
they
lefte
to
me
nothynge
for
to
doo
/
thenne
the
scolyers
were
moche
abasshed
/
and
had
grete
merueylle
/
sayenge
that
he
had
ansuerd
by
dyuyne
sapyence
/
For
there
is
none
that
may
be
founden
that
can
do
al
thynge
/
And
therfore
he
lawhed
/
¶
And
Exantus
sayde
/
I
praye
the
/
telle
me
/
yf
thou
wylt
that
I
bye
the
/
And
Esope
sayd
/
that
is
in
the
/
no
man
shalle
enforce
the
therto
/
Neuertheles
/
yf
thou
wylt
bye
me
/
opene
thy
purse
/
and
telle
thy
money
/
and
make
the
bargayne
/
Thenne
the
scolyers
sayd
/
by
alle
the
goddes
/
this
felawe
surmounteth
our
maystre
/
And
Exantus
sayd
to
hym
in
this
maner
/
yf
I
bye
the
/
wylt
thou
flee
aweye
/
To
whome
Esope
ansuerd
/
yf
I
wylle
flee
awey
/
I
counceylle
the
bye
me
not
/
And
Exantus
sayd
/
thou
saist
wel
/
but
thou
arte
ouer
lothely
and
dyfformed
/
to
whome
Esope
sayd
/
me
oughte
not
beholde
only
the
face
of
a
body
/
but
al
only
th
entendement
of
the
courage
/
¶
And
thenne
Exantus
demaunded
of
the
Marchaunt
/
what
shalle
I
paye
for
this
Esope
/
And
the
mar
chaunt
sayd
to
hym
/
thou
arte
a
folysshe
Marchaunt
for
to
leue
these
goodly
and
fayr
seruauntes
/
and
wylt
take
hym
/
that
nothynge
can
doo
/
take
one
of
these
two
/
and
lete
this
bossute
goo
/
¶
And
Exantus
sayd
/
I
requyre
the
/
telle
me
what
I
shalle
paye
/
And
the
marchaunt
sayd
lx
pens
/
And
the
scolyers
told
oute
the
money
to
the
marchaunt
/
And
thus
by
this
bargeyne
Esope
was
seruaunt
to
Exantus
/
¶
And
whanne
the
Banquers
receyued
the
money
of
this
sale
/
they
demaunded
curyously
who
were
the
byar
and
the
sellar
/
And
thenne
Exantus
and
the
Marchaunt
composed
and
accorded
bytwene
them
/
that
he
had
not
be
sold
for
so
moche
money
/
And
thenne
Esope
seyd
to
the
bancquers
/
certaynly
this
is
he
that
hath
bought
me
/
and
this
is
he
that
hath
sold
me
/
which
thynge
they
wylle
denye
/
wherfore
I
afferme
/
and
seye
that
I
am
fre
/
Thenne
the
banker
lawhed
of
this
cauyllacion
/
&
went
&
receyued
the
prys
of
exantus
of
as
moch
as
he
had
bought
esope
¶
This
Historye
conteyneth
how
Exantus
brought
esope
home
to
his
wyf
THenne
whan
euery
man
was
departed
/
Esope
folowed
Exantus
homeward
to
his
hows
/
And
whan
he
came
to
fore
his
hows
/
he
sayd
to
Esope
/
Abyde
here
a
whyle
to
fore
the
gate
/
tyll
I
goo
in
for
to
preyse
the
to
thy
lady
and
maystresse
my
wyf
/
well
sayd
Esope
/
And
Exantus
entryd
in
to
his
hows
/
and
sayd
to
his
wyf
/
Dame
ye
shalle
nomore
haue
cause
to
be
at
debute
with
me
/
For
ye
haue
desyred
longe
to
gete
yow
a
fayre
seruaunt
/
wherfore
now
I
haue
bought
one
/
that
is
so
wyse
and
so
playsaunt
that
thow
neuer
sawest
none
so
fayr
/
¶
And
whan
two
Damoyselles
seruauntes
herd
hym
saye
so
/
wenynge
that
it
had
ben
trouth
they
beganne
to
stryue
to
gyder
/
and
that
one
beganne
to
saye
to
that
other
/
My
lord
hath
sought
for
me
a
fayr
husbond
/
And
that
other
sayd
/
I
haue
this
nyght
dremed
/
that
I
was
maryed
/
And
thus
as
these
seruaunts
spake
/
his
wyf
sayde
/
My
lord
where
is
the
fayr
felawe
/
the
whiche
ye
preyse
so
moche
/
I
pray
yow
that
I
may
see
hym
/
And
Exantus
sayd
/
he
is
to
fore
the
yate
/
And
his
wyf
sayde
/
I
pray
yow
brynge
hym
in
/
And
thus
as
the
yong
wymmen
had
debate
for
hym
/
one
of
them
thought
in
her self
/
I
shalle
be
the
fyrste
that
shalle
see
hym
/
And
yf
I
maye
/
he
shalle
be
my
husbond
And
so
as
she
yssued
oute
of
the
hows
she
sayd
/
where
is
this
fayr
yongman
/
that
I
so
moche
desyre
to
see
/
And
thenne
Esope
sayd
to
her
/
what
demaundest
thou
/
I
am
he
/
boo
here
/
¶
And
whanne
she
sawe
Esope
/
she
was
for
fere
al
abasshed
and
troublod
/
and
sayd
to
hym
/
arte
thou
the
fayr
pecok
where
is
thy
taylle
/
And
Esope
sayd
to
her
/
yf
thou
haue
nede
of
a
taylle
/
thou
shalt
not
faylle
of
one
/
¶
And
thêne
as
he
wold
haue
gone
in
/
the
seruaunt
sayd
to
hym
/
Come
not
here
within
/
For
alle
they
that
shalle
see
the
/
shalle
flee
away
/
¶
And
after
she
wente
in
to
her
felawes
/
and
told
what
he
was
/
And
that
other
whanne
she
came
oute
and
sawe
hym
so
dysformed
/
sayd
/
beware
thou
payllard
that
thou
touche
me
not
/
that
the
deuylle
to
〈◊〉
the
/
And
thenne
whanne
Esope
entryd
in
to
the
hows
/
anone
he
presentyd
hym
to
the
lady
/
and
whanne
the
lady
sawe
hym
/
anone
she
torned
her
vysage
/
and
sayd
to
Exantus
/
For
a
seruaunt
/
thou
hast
brought
me
a
monstre
/
throwe
and
caste
hym
oute
/
¶
And
Exantus
sayd
to
her
/
My
wyf
thou
oughtest
now
to
be
glad
and
Ioyons
/
by
cause
I
haue
brought
to
the
so
fayr
and
so
Ioyous
a
seruaunt
/
And
she
sayd
to
Exantus
/
I
wote
wel
thou
louest
me
not
/
For
thou
〈◊〉
to
haue
another
wyf
/
And
by
cause
thou
durst
not
telle
it
me
/
thou
hast
brought
this
grete
payllart
/
to
th
ende
that
I
shalle
go
fro
the
/
And
I
wylle
no
lenger
abyde
/
by
cause
thou
knowest
wel
/
that
I
may
not
suffre
hym
/
And
therfore
delyuer
to
me
my
dowayr
/
and
I
shalle
anone
goo
my
waye
/
¶
And
thenne
Exantus
sayd
to
Esope
whan
we
were
on
the
way
thou
spackest
largely
/
and
now
thou
sayst
nought
/
¶
And
Esope
sayd
to
hym
/
by
cause
thy
wyf
is
so
malycious
put
her
in
pryson
/
¶
And
Exantus
thenne
sayd
to
hym
/
hold
thy
pees
/
thou
shalt
be
beten
/
Seest
thow
not
/
that
I
loue
her
more
than
my self
/
¶
Thenne
sayd
Esope
/
I
pray
the
/
that
thow
loue
her
wel
/
And
he
sayd
/
wherfore
not
/
And
Esope
smote
his
foote
on
the
pament
/
and
cryed
with
a
lowde
voys
.
herke
ye
a
grete
myracle
/
THis
philosopher
Exautus
is
ouercomon
of
a
woman
And
he
torned
to
his
lady
/
and
sayd
to
her
/
Madame
I
praye
the
/
take
not
myn
wordes
in
euyll
/
thou
wol
dest
haue
a
seruaunt
that
were
yonge
/
wel
fourmed
/
wel
arayed
stronge
and
ryche
/
for
to
serue
the
at
the
wyne
/
and
bere
the
to
thy
bedde
/
that
can
rubbe
and
clawe
thy
feet
/
and
no●●
suche
a
foul
and
so
disfourmed
a
seruaunt
as
I
am
/
For
by
cause
of
suche
a
mygnot
/
thou
woldest
sette
nought
by
thy
husbond
/
And
therfore
Erupis
that
philosopher
had
his
mouthe
of
gold
/
whiche
neuer
lyed
/
he
sayd
that
there
were
many
peryls
and
tormentes
in
the
see
and
other
grete
Ryuers
/
And
also
pouerte
is
a
grete
chagre
and
dyffycyle
to
be
borne
/
And
also
ther
ben
other
grete
daungers
and
peryls
Infynyte
/
but
ther
is
no
werse
daunger
ne
perylle
/
than
is
a
f●●
woman
/
And
therfore
Madame
I
praye
the
/
that
thou
take
nomore
a
fayr
seruaunt
ne
playsaunt
for
to
serue
the
/
to
th
ende
/
that
thow
dishonoure
not
thy
lord
and
husbond
/
¶
And
she
thenne
sayd
to
Esope
/
Auoyde
thou
payllart
/
whiche
arte
not
only
disformed
of
●●ody
/
but
also
of
thy
wordes
/
whanne
thou
sayst
so
by
me
/
but
I
shalle
wel
paye
the
/
For
I
shalle
go
my
waye
/
¶
Thenne
sayd
Exantus
to
Esope
/
ne
seest
thou
not
how
thou
hast
angryd
my
wyf
/
See
that
thou
appease
her
/
And
Esope
said
/
It
is
not
a
lyght
thyng
t
appease
the
yre
of
a
woman
/
but
it
is
a
greuous
thynge
Exanctus
sayd
to
Esope
/
Speke
no
more
/
For
I
haue
bought
the
for
to
make
pees
/
and
not
for
to
make
debate
ne
warre
¶
This
Historye
conteyneth
how
Exantus
brought
Esope
in
a
gardyn
EXantus
bad
Esope
take
a
panere
/
and
folowe
hym
in
to
a
gardyn
/
&
exantus
said
to
the
gardyner
/
gyue
to
vs
of
thyn
herbes
/
&
the
gardyner
cutte
of
herbes
&
delyuerd
to
Esope
/
&
he
took
them
/
&
exantus
payd
for
them
/
&
whan
they
wold
haue
gone
/
the
gardyner
sayd
to
Exantus
/
Maystre
I
pray
the
that
thou
tarye
here
a
whyle
/
wel
sayd
exantus
/
aske
what
thou
wyll
/
And
the
gardyner
demaunded
of
hym
Mayster
what
is
the
cause
/
that
the
herbes
that
ben
not
laboured
growe
faster
and
sonner
/
than
they
that
ben
curyously
laboured
/
&
to
this
question
ansuerd
Exantus
/
that
that
cam
by
some
prouydence
/
by
whiche
the
thynges
ben
brought
forth
/
And
whan
esope
herd
this
ansuere
/
he
began
to
lawhe
And
Exantus
sayd
to
hym
/
thou
payllard
lawhest
thou
me
to
skeen
&
mockest
me
/
&
esope
ansuerd
&
said
I
mocke
you
not
but
hym
that
hath
lerned
the
thy
philosophye
/
what
solucion
hast
thow
made
/
what
is
that
cometh
of
dyuyne
prouydence
/
a
child
of
the
kechyn
shold
haue
made
as
good
an
answere
/
&
Exantus
sayd
thenne
/
Esope
make
thou
thenne
a
better
solucion
/
&
Esope
ansuerd
to
hym
/
yf
thou
commaunde
I
shal
glad
ly
/
&
Exantus
said
to
the
gardyner
/
it
apperteyneth
not
to
hym
that
hath
for
to
Iuge
thynges
dyffycyle
/
to
Iuge
rude
thynges
&
〈◊〉
/
but
I
haue
a
seruaunt
here
whiche
shal
enforme
&
gyue
the
solucion
of
thy
question
yf
thou
wylt
praye
hym
to
gyue
to
the
the
solucion
/
And
the
gardyner
sayd
/
can
this
vylayne
payllard
that
is
soo
gretely
dysformed
ansuere
to
thys
question
/
henne
the
gardyner
sayd
to
Esope
/
hast
thow
know
leche
of
suche
thynges
/
And
Esope
sayd
ye
more
than
alle
the
men
of
the
world
/
For
thow
demaundest
wherfore
the
herbes
that
ben
not
laboured
growe
sonner
than
they
that
ben
sowen
and
laboured
/
And
Esope
sa
d
vnderstond
wel
to
myn
ansuere
/
For
as
a
woman
that
hath
ben
a
wedowe
hath
had
children
by
her
fyrst
husbond
that
is
deed
/
And
after
〈◊〉
remaryed
to
another
man
/
whiche
hath
●●de
children
of
an
other
wyf
to fore
/
and
to
the
children
of
her
fyrste
husbond
she
is
moder
/
And
to
the
other
children
she
is
but
s●●oder
/
And
●●s
●●her
is
a
dyfference
bitwene
her
owne
children
&
the
children
of
that
other
woman
/
For
her
children
she
hath
nourysshed
●●sybly
/
and
the
other
ste●●children
oftymes
in
angre
&
wrathe
/
Ryght
so
in
this
maner
●●s
of
the
erthe
/
For
she
is
moder
der
of
the
herbes
that
growe
withoute
to
be
laboured
sowen
o●●
s●●
/
and
is
but
stepmoder
to
the
herbes
that
growen
by
laboure
and
force
/
And
thenne
the
gardyner
sayd
to
hym
/
thow
hast
delyuerd
me
of
a
grete
payne
and
studye
/
And
therfore
I
pra●●e
the
of
the
herbes
that
ben
in
my
gardyne
thou
take
thy
playsyr
and
wyll
at
al
tymes
and
a●●
oft
〈◊〉
thow
wylt
¶
This
Historye
folowynge
maketh
mencion
how
Esope
b●●re
the
present
ON
a
tyme
whan
the
scolyers
had
ben
in
the
audytoyre
with
Exantus
/
one
of
the
scolers
arayed
precious
metes
for
the
souper
/
And
whanne
they
were
at
souper
/
they
tooke
of
the
most
best
metes
&
put
them
in
a
plater
/
&
exantus
sayd
to
Esope
/
go
bere
this
to
her
that
loueth
me
best
/
and
Esope
thought
in
hym self
/
now
is
hit
tyme
to
auenge
me
of
my
maystresse
/
&
whan
he
cam
home
in
to
the
halle
he
said
to
his
maystresse
/
Madame
/
beware
that
ye
ete
not
of
this
mete
/
And
his
lady
said
/
I
wote
wel
/
that
thou
arte
alwey
a
grete
fole
And
Esope
sayd
to
her
/
Exantus
hath
not
commaunded
me
to
gyue
it
to
the
/
but
to
her
that
loueth
hym
best
/
Thenne
esope
presented
the
plater
to
a
lytel
hound
/
whiche
was
alwaye
in
the
hows
/
sayenge
to
the
hound
my
lord
hath
sente
to
the
this
mete
whiche
is
precious
/
&
the
wyf
of
Exantus
wente
in
to
her
chambre
/
&
began
to
wepe
/
&
after
Esope
returned
to
exantus
/
&
he
asked
how
his
loue
ferd
/
&
he
said
ryght
wel
my
lord
/
&
al
the
mete
that
I
haue
sette
to
fore
her
/
she
hath
eten
it
/
&
exantus
said
/
what
said
she
/
&
he
said
my
lord
she
sayth
no
thyng
/
but
she
desyreth
sore
for
to
see
the
/
After
this
whan
they
had
wel
eten
&
dronken
/
they
had
many
questions
to gydre
/
And
one
asked
whan
mortal
men
shal
haue
most
to
do
/
And
Esope
saide
that
shall
be
at
the
day
of
Iugement
whan
men
shall
ryse
/
&
the
scolers
herynge
that
ansuere
/
beganne
to
lawhe
sayenge
this
vylayne
is
ful
of
ansuers
/
&
one
of
the
scolers
demaunded
/
maister
wherfor
is
it
that
whan
the
sheep
goth
to
his
dethe
ward
he
so
loweth
his
mayster
/
&
saith
not
a
worde
/
&
whan
the
swyne
is
brought
to
be
slayne
/
he
ne
dothe
but
crye
&
braye
/
And
Esope
ansuerd
them
/
by
cause
it
is
acustomed
for
to
mylke
the
shep
&
to
shere
/
&
he
weneth
that
he
shalle
be
molken
&
shorn
/
&
therfor
he
fereth
not
to
folowe
ne
come
/
But
by
cause
the
swyne
is
not
acustomed
to
be
molken
ne
to
be
shorne
/
but
to
be
laten
blood
&
l●●se
his
lyf
/
therfore
he
is
aferd
&
dredeth
whan
he
is
taken
/
&
al
the
scolors
said
/
it
was
trouthe
/
●●o
this
man
is
wyse
&
hath
sayd
wel
/
&
eche
man
aroos
&
wente
home
to
his
hows
/
Thus
thenne
whan
Exantus
wa●●
returned
in
to
his
hows
/
he
entrid
in
〈◊〉
his
chambre
/
&
fonde
his
wyf
sore
wenyng
/
And
he
said
to
her
/
My
swete
loue
/
how
is
it
with
yow
/
&
kyssed
her
/
&
she
turned
the
back
to
hym
/
&
said
late
me
allone
/
I
haue
not
to
do
with
the
/
I
wylle
go
out
of
this
hows
/
thou
louest
better
thyn
hound
than
me
/
to
whome
thou
hast
sent
the
precious
mete
/
And
by
cause
he
knewe
nothyng
herof
/
he
demaunded
her
what
mete
hath
Esope
brought
to
the
/
&
she
said
none
at
all
/
&
exantus
sayd
am
I
dronke
/
I
haue
sente
to
the
by
Esope
a
plater
ful
of
precious
mete
/
&
she
seyd
/
not
to
me
but
to
thy
houn●●/●●henne
he
called
Esope
/
&
demaunded
hym
/
to
whom
he
had
gyuen
the
mete
that
I
delyuerd
to
the
/
&
he
said
to
her
that
loueth
the
most
lyke
as
thou
commaundest
me
/
And
Exantus
sayd
to
his
wyf
/
vnderstandest
thou
not
what
he
sayth
/
I
vnderstond
hym
wel
said
she
/
but
he
gaf
to
me
nothyng
/
but
gaf
it
to
thyn
hound
/
&
Exantus
torned
hym
to
Esope
/
&
said
to
hym
/
thow
grete
hede
to
whome
hast
thou
borne
the
mete
that
I
delyuerd
to
the
/
And
Esope
ansuerd
to
her
that
loueth
the
best
/
And
Exantus
demaunded
who
is
she
/
And
Esope
callyd
the
lytel
hound
&
s●●d
this
is
she
here
/
for
the
loue
of
thy
wyf
is
ryght
nought
for
if
she
be
a
lytel
angry
/
incontynent
she
reprocheth
the
&
sayth
vylonye
to
the
that
louest
her
/
And
wylle
anone
saye
/
I
goo
fro
the
/
and
leue
thy
hows
/
And
yf
this
hound
go
fro
the
/
calle
her
ageyne
/
and
she
cometh
to
the
anone
makynge
to
the
chere
/
And
therfore
thou
oughtest
to
saye
to
thy
wyf
/
and
not
to
her
that
loueth
the
best
/
¶
Thenne
Exantus
sayd
to
his
wyf
thou
seest
that
this
felawe
is
a
raylar
and
an
Inuentar
of
wordes
/
And
therfore
haue
pacyence
/
For
I
shalle
fynde
cause
to
auenge
the
and
bete
hym
/
And
she
sayd
/
doo
what
thow
wylt
/
For
I
shalle
neuer
more
haue
to
doo
with
hym
/
and
of
ter
that
take
thyn
hound
/
For
I
goo
my
way
/
And
without
sayenge
Fare
wel
/
she
wente
home
to
her
frendes
/
And
by
〈◊〉
se
Exantus
was
angry
and
sorowfull
for
her
departynge
/
Esope
sayd
to
hym
/
Now
seest
thow
wel
/
that
thy
wyf
that
is
gone
loueth
the
not
/
but
this
lytel
hound
abydeth
with
the
/
And
by
cause
Exantus
was
al
heuy
for
the
departyng
of
his
wyf
/
he
dyd
do
pray
her
to
retourne
/
but
the
more
that
she
was
prayd
/
so
moche
more
was
she
obstynate
/
For
the
more
a
man
prayeth
a
woman
/
the
more
dothe
she
the
contrarye
/
¶
This
historye
maketh
mencion
/
how
Esope
made
his
lady
to
come
home
ageyye
ANd
by
cause
Exantus
was
angry
for
the
departynge
of
his
wyf
/
Esope
said
to
his
maister
/
he
not
angry
/
for
without
prayenge
I
shalle
anone
make
her
to
reto●●ne
and
come
home
ageyne
/
And
after
Esope
wente
to
the
market
/
and
bought
capons
and
poullay●●
/
And
as
he
bare
them
passynge
by
the
hows
/
wher●●
his
maystresse
was
/
It
happed
/
that
one
of
the
seruauntes
of
the
hows
cam
out
/
&
Esope
demaunded
hym
/
haue
ye
sentt
no
thynge
to
the
weddynge
of
my
lord
/
do
what
weddyng
sayd
the
seruaunt
/
vnto
the
weddynge
of
Exantus
sayd
Esope
/
For
to
morne
he
shalle
wedde
a
newe
wyf
/
And
anone
the
seruaunt
wente
in
to
the
hows
/
and
sayd
to
Exantus
wyf
/
Madame
ther
ben
newe
tydyuges
/
And
what
ben
they
sayd
she
/
Exantus
shalle
haue
a
newe
wyf
/
&
be
maryed
/
And
forthwith
incontynent
she
departed
/
&
came
home
to
the
hows
of
Exantus
cryenge
/
Now
know●●
I
well
the
trouthe
/
And
wherfore
thou
madest
this
grete
paystart
to
angre
me
/
by
cause
thou
woldest
take
another
wyf
/
but
I
shall
kepe
the
wel
ther
fro
/
As
longe
as
I
shalle
lyue
shalle
neuer
woman
come
here
in
/
exantus
be
thou
sure
/
¶
Thenne
was
Exantus
glad
/
and
wel
ioyous
for
to
haue
ageyne
his
wyf
And
coude
Esope
grete
thanke
/
¶
This
Historye
conteyneth
how
Esope
arayed
tongues
ANd
a
lytel
whyle
after
Exantus
bad
his
scolers
to
dyne
with
hym
/
And
sayd
to
Esope
/
goo
anone
to
the
market
/
&
bye
for
vs
the
best
mete
/
that
thou
shalt
fynde
/
And
Esope
wente
to
the
market
/
he
thought
in
hym self
/
Now
shall
I
shewe
/
that
I
am
no
fole
but
wyse
/
And
when
Esope
came
to
the
market
/
he
bought
the
tongues
of
swyne
and
oxen
/
And
dyghted
them
with
vynegre
/
and
sette
them
on
the
table
/
And
the
scolers
sayd
to
Exantus
/
thy
dyner
is
ful
of
philosophye
/
And
this
Exantus
sayd
to
Esope
/
bryng
vs
other
mete
/
and
Esope
brought
forth
moo
tongues
arayed
in
another
manere
/
that
is
to
wete
with
garleck
and
oynyons
/
And
the
scolers
sayd
Maystre
these
tongues
ben
wel
dressid
For
that
one
dyfferensyth
fro
the
other
/
And
exantus
badde
esope
to
brynge
other
mete
/
And
esope
brought
yet
forth
tongues
/
Thenne
were
the
scolyers
angry
/
and
sayde
/
wylt
thow
alwey
gyue
vs
tongues
.
And
exantus
al
angry
in
his
courage
/
said
to
esope
/
what
other
mete
hast
thou
ordeyned
for
vs
/
And
esope
said
/
forsothe
none
other
/
And
exantus
said
to
eso
pe
/
Ha
grete
hede
/
sayd
I
not
to
the
/
that
thou
sholdest
bye
the
best
mete
that
thou
coudest
fynde
/
So
haue
I
doo
sayd
Esope
/
And
I
thanke
god
that
here
is
a
philosopher
/
I
wold
fayne
knowe
of
the
/
what
is
better
than
the
tongue
/
For
For
certaynly
al
arte
/
al
doctryne
and
philosophye
ben
notyfyed
by
the
tongue
/
Item
for
to
gyue
salewes
/
bye
/
selle
/
and
to
doo
syte
men
/
Alle
these
thynges
ben
done
by
the
tongue
/
the
men
ben
preysed
ther
by
/
And
the
grettest
partye
of
the
lyf
of
mortal
men
is
in
the
tongue
/
And
thus
ther
is
no
thyng
better
than
a
good
tongue
/
ne
no
thynge
more
swete
/
ne
better
of
sauonr
/
ne
more
prouffitable
to
mortal
men
/
¶
Thenne
sayd
the
Scolyers
to
Exantus
/
thou
hast
wronge
to
angre
the
thus
/
For
Esope
hath
sayd
ryght
wel
/
¶
And
after
alle
these
wordes
they
aryse
fro
the
table
/
¶
And
on
the
morne
after
Exantus
wold
in
excusynge
hym self
/
of
theyr
lytel
seruyse
desyred
them
to
come
ageyne
at
souper
/
And
they
shold
haue
other
seruyse
/
¶
And
Exantus
sayd
to
Esope
in
the
presence
of
them
that
were
there
/
goo
in
to
the
markette
/
And
bye
the
werst
mete
that
thou
canst
fynde
/
For
al
my
frendes
here
shall
soupe
with
me
/
and
Esope
without
troublyng
of
hym self
wente
to
the
bocherye
/
And
bought
ageyne
tongues
/
And
dyghted
them
/
as
he
dyd
to
fore
/
¶
And
whanne
they
came
to
souper
/
he
serued
them
with
tongues
as
he
dyd
the
day
to fore
/
And
the
scolers
sayd
/
we
ben
comen
ageyn
to
tongues
And
by
cause
the
scolers
were
not
pleased
/
Exantus
seyd
to
Esope
/
thou
grete
hede
/
sayd
I
not
to
the
/
that
thou
sholdest
bye
the
werst
mete
that
thou
coudest
fynde
/
so
haue
I
done
sayd
Esope
/
what
is
werse
or
more
stynkynge
than
the
euylle
tongue
/
by
the
tongue
men
ben
perysshed
/
by
the
tongue
they
come
in
to
pouerte
/
by
the
tongue
the
Cytees
ben
destroyed
/
by
the
tongue
cometh
moche
harme
/
¶
Thenne
sayd
one
of
them
that
satte
at
the
table
/
Exantus
/
yf
thou
sette
thy
purpos
to
this
foole
/
he
shalle
brynge
the
out
of
thy
wytte
/
For
he
sheweth
wel
by
his
forme
to
be
shrewysshe
/
For
lyke
as
he
is
disformed
of
his
body
/
so
is
he
of
his
courage
/
And
Esope
sayd
to
hym
/
thow
arte
ryght
euylle
/
For
thou
settest
and
makest
stryf
bytwene
the
mayster
and
the
seruaunt
/
And
wenest
to
be
more
curyous
than
other
/
And
Exantus
for
to
haue
cause
to
bete
Esope
said
●●a
grete
hede
/
by
cause
thou
callest
the
philosopher
curyous
/
go
gete
me
a
man
/
that
setteth
ne
retcheth
by
no
thynge
/
that
is
to
saye
that
is
not
curyous
/
ESope
departed
/
and
wente
out
of
the
place
/
beholdyng
here
and
there
/
yf
he
coude
fynde
ony
man
/
that
retchid
of
no
thynge
/
he
took
hede
/
and
sawe
a
man
/
a
grete
vylayne
/
syttyng
vpon
a
block
shakynge
and
waggyng
his
legges
/
To
whome
Esope
sayd
/
My
lord
prayeth
the
to
come
dyne
with
hym
/
who
anone
arose
withoute
sayenge
of
ony
word
and
entryd
in
to
the
hows
with
Esope
/
And
not
sayeng
god
kepe
you
satte
hym
at
the
table
/
And
Exantus
sayd
to
Esope
What
man
is
this
/
And
Esope
sayd
to
hym
/
A
man
that
retcheth
of
no
thynge
/
¶
Thenne
Exantus
sayd
to
his
wyf
secretely
/
to
th
ende
that
we
maye
auenge
vs
on
Esope
/
and
bete
hym
wel
/
Fayre
loue
doo
that
I
shalle
bydde
yow
/
¶
Thenne
he
sayd
a
lowde
with
an
hyhe
voys
/
Dame
put
water
in
a
bacyn
/
and
wesshe
this
pylgryms
feet
/
For
he
thoughte
the
vylayne
wold
not
haue
suffred
it
/
but
haue
fled
for
shame
/
And
than
shold
he
haue
cause
to
haue
beten
Esope
/
¶
Thenne
the
lady
took
water
/
and
putte
it
in
a
bacyn
/
and
beganne
to
wasshe
the
vylayns
feet
/
¶
And
how
wel
/
that
he
wyst
that
she
was
the
lady
/
yet
he
thought
/
this
lord
wyll
doo
me
worship
/
and
suffred
her
to
wasshe
his
feet
without
sayeng
of
ony
word
/
And
Exantus
sayd
to
his
wyf
/
Dame
gyue
hym
drynke
/
And
the
vylayne
sayd
to
hym self
/
It
is
well
reason
/
that
I
drynke
fyrst
/
And
took
the
pyece
/
and
dranke
as
moche
as
he
myght
/
And
Exantus
tooke
a
plater
wyth
fysshe
/
and
sette
it
to
fore
hym
/
And
the
vylayne
beganne
to
ete
/
¶
And
Exantus
seyd
to
the
cook
/
this
fysshe
is
not
wel
arayed
/
¶
Thenne
Exantus
commaunded
to
strype
the
Cook
and
bete
hym
wel
/
And
the
vylayne
sayd
to
hym self
/
thys
fysshe
is
wel
dyght
/
and
the
Cook
is
beten
withoute
cause
/
but
I
retche
not
/
soo
I
may
fylle
my
bely
/
And
I
shalle
al
wey
ete
/
and
saye
nothyng
/
¶
And
Exantus
sayd
to
the
baker
/
brynge
hyder
the
tarte
/
Incontynent
as
the
tarte
was
sette
on
the
table
/
And
the
vylayne
brake
it
in
pyeces
/
and
wythoute
ony
wordes
he
beganne
to
ete
therof
/
And
Exantus
beholdyng
hym
how
he
ete
/
called
the
baker
/
and
sayd
this
tarte
is
euyll
baken
and
hath
no
sauour
/
And
the
baker
sayd
/
yf
I
made
it
/
it
is
wel
dressyd
/
And
yf
it
be
none
of
myne
/
the
blame
is
not
in
me
/
but
in
thy
wyf
/
¶
And
Exantus
sayd
he
alwey
loked
/
and
byheld
yf
he
voyded
hit
with
his
fylthe
or
ordu●●
/
whan
he
had
purged
his
bely
/
¶
And
euer
after
men
loken
whan
they
haue
purged
theyre
belyes
/
what
they
Wyde
/
but
thou
oughtest
not
to
doubte
therof
/
For
thou
hast
n●●
wytte
to
los●●
/
ne
scyence
/
For
to
a
folysshe
demaunde
/
belongeth
a
folysshe
answere
/
¶
And
on
the
morne
nexte
folowynge
as
Exantus
was
sette
at
the
table
with
alle
his
frendes
/
holdyng
a
pyece
ful
of
wyn
in
his
hand
shoste
for
fere
of
the
questions
that
men
asked
of
hym
/
And
Esope
sayd
to
hym
/
My
mayster
Dyonysyus
sayth
that
the
good
wyn
hath
thre
vertues
/
The
fyrst
is
Wluptucsyte
/
The
second
is
gladnesse
/
and
the
thyrd
is
that
it
maketh
men
foolys
and
oute
of
theyr
wyttes
wherfore
I
praye
the
/
l●●te
vs
drynke
Ioyously
and
make
good
chere
/
And
by
cause
Exantus
was
as
thenne
almoste
dronke
/
For
he
hadde
wel
dronken
sayd
to
Esope
/
hold
thy
pees
/
For
thou
art
counceyller
of
helle
/
And
Esope
sayd
to
hym
ageyne
/
kepe
the
wel
/
For
yf
thou
fynde
me
in
helle
/
I
shalle
auenge
me
on
thy self
ANd
thenne
one
of
the
scosyers
sayd
/
seyng
/
that
exantus
had
dronke
ynough
/
and
was
charged
of
ouer
moche
wyn
/
sayd
to
hym
/
My
mayster
I
aske
of
the
/
yf
a
man
myght
drynke
alle
the
see
/
wherfore
not
sayd
Exantus
/
I
my self
shalle
drynke
it
wel
/
Thenne
sayd
ageyne
the
scolyer
/
And
yf
thou
drynke
it
not
/
what
wylt
thou
lese
/
and
Exantus
sayd
my
hows
/
I
am
content
sayd
the
scoler
/
and
ageynst
hit
I
shalle
leye
an
honderd
crownes
/
And
the
paction●●
and
bargayne
thus
bytwene
them
made
gaf
for
gaige
or
pledge
eche
of
them
two
theyr
signets
of
gold
/
and
thenne
wente
home
/
¶
And
on
the
morne
as
Exantus
was
rysen
vp
oute
of
his
bedde
/
and
sawe
that
he
had
not
his
rynge
on
his
fyngre
/
he
sayd
to
Esope
/
knowest
thou
not
where
my
rynge
is
I
wote
not
sayd
Esope
/
but
wel
I
me
remembre
and
knowe
for
certayne
/
that
this
daye
we
shall
be
put
oute
of
this
hows
And
why
sayd
Exantus
/
Esope
sayd
to
hym
/
Remembryst
thou
not
the
b●●rgeyne
and
paction
that
thou
yesterday
at
euen
made
/
And
what
be
they
sayd
Exantus
/
Thou
arte
bound
to
drynke
oute
al
the
see
/
and
for
gage
and
pledge
hast
thow
lefte
thyn
rynge
of
gold
/
¶
And
whanne
exantus
herd
these
wordes
he
was
sore
abasshed
/
and
sayd
/
In
what
maner
shal
I
drynke
oute
alle
the
see
/
this
may
not
be
/
for
hit
is
Impossyble
/
wherfore
Esope
I
pray
the
to
counceylle
me
/
yf
it
pleaseth
to
the
/
so
that
I
may
Wynquysshe
/
or
els
to
br●●ke
and
sette
that
bargayn
and
paction
at
nought
/
And
Esope
sayd
to
hym
thou
shalt
not
Wynquysshe
/
but
parauenture
I
shalle
make
/
that
thou
shalt
wel
breke
the
paction
/
And
the
manere
of
hit
said
Esope
is
this
/
that
whanne
thyn
aduersarye
shalle
requyre
the
to
doo
and
fulfylle
thy
promesse
/
thou
shalt
charge
and
commaunde
to
thy
seruauntes
/
that
they
brynge
a
table
/
and
al
suche
other
thynges
that
ben
necessary
to
it
vpon
the
Ryuage
of
the
see
/
and
make
the
botelers
and
seruaunts
to
abyde
there
with
the
/
And
before
alle
the
companye
thou
shalt
make
a
pyece
to
be
wasshen
and
fylled
full
of
the
water
of
the
S●●e
/
and
shall
take
it
in
thy
hand
/
and
praye
that
the
paction
may
be
declared
before
alle
the
felauship
&
saye
that
thou
wylt
asseure
the
promesse
as
wel
before
drynke
as
after
/
And
thenne
thus
shalt
thou
saye
to
alle
the
felauship
/
My
lordes
of
Samye
ye
knowe
how
yesterday
at
euen
/
I
made
promesse
to
drynke
alle
the
water
of
the
see
/
but
also
ye
wote
wel
/
how
many
grete
flood●●s
and
Ryuers
come
and
falle
in
to
the
See
/
wherfore
I
demaunde
and
aske
as
rayson
is
that
myn
aduersary
kepe
and
hold
the
Ryuers
and
floodes
/
that
they
entre
not
in
to
the
see
/
And
thenne
I
shal
drynke
al
the
see
/
And
soo
the
paction
shall
be
broken
and
vndone
¶
This
historye
conteyneth
how
Exantus
excused
hym
from
his
promesse
by
the
counceylle
of
Esope
EXantus
thenne
knowynge
/
that
the
Counceylle
of
Esope
was
wel
good
/
he
was
full
gladde
/
¶
His
Aduersary
thenne
came
before
the
Cytezeyns
of
the
Cyte
te
telle
and
signefye
the
pactyon
and
prayed
the
Iuge
that
Exantus
shold
doo
that
/
whiche
he
hadde
promysed
to
doo
/
¶
And
Exantus
commaunded
to
alle
his
seruauntes
that
they
sholde
bere
his
bedde
/
his
table
/
and
alle
other
thynges
that
were
necessary
to
hym
vpon
the
Ryuage
of
the
see
/
And
thenne
before
alle
the
company
he
made
a
pye
〈◊〉
to
be
wassh●●n
and
fylled
it
full
of
the
water
of
the
see
/
the
whiche
he
tooke
in
his
hand
/
and
sayd
to
his
aduersary
/
Expose
we
now
/
and
telle
our
paction
and
bargayn
/
¶
Exantus
thenne
torned
hym
toward
the
felauship
/
and
sayd
/
My
lordes
of
Sampe
/
ye
wote
wel
how
many
floodes
and
ryuers
entre
and
come
in
to
the
see
/
And
yf
myn
Aduersary
wylle
●●pe
and
hold
them
stylle
/
soo
that
they
entre
no
more
in
to
the
see
/
I
shal
drynke
al
the
water
of
the
see
/
And
alle
they
that
were
there
beganne
thenne
to
saye
/
Exantus
sayth
wel
/
And
thenne
the
Scoler
aduersary
to
Exantus
sayd
/
My
mayster
thou
hast
Wynquysshed
me
/
wherfore
I
pray
the
that
oure
bar
gayne
maye
be
broken
/
And
Exantus
sayd
I
am
content
/
¶
And
whanne
Exantus
was
tourned
ageyne
to
his
hous
Eso●●e
dyd
praye
hym
sayenge
thus
/
My
mayster
by
cause
I
haue
serued
and
holpen
the
wel
in
thyn
nede
/
lete
me
go
f●●
at
my
lyberte
EXanctus
thenne
cursed
hym
/
sayeng
/
grete
,
hede
yet
shalt
thou
not
escape
free
●●e
go
fro
me
/
goo
thou
see
&
behold
before
the
yate
/
yf
thou
canst
aspye
two
crowes
to
gyder
/
And
thenne
thou
come
ageyne
to
telle
it
me
/
For
the
syght
of
two
crowes
/
one
nyghe
the
other
is
good
fortune
/
but
the
syght
of
one
allone
is
euylle
fortune
/
And
as
Esope
yssued
oute
of
the
hows
/
he
sawe
two
crowes
vpon
a
tree
/
wherfore
de
soone
tourned
ageyne
/
and
told
it
to
his
Mayster
/
But
as
Exantus
departed
oute
of
the
hows
the
one
flewe
awey
/
Thenne
sayd
he
/
grete
hede
/
grete
bely
/
where
ben
the
two
crowes
that
thou
sawest
/
And
Esope
sayd
thus
to
hym
/
As
I
wente
to
fetche
the
/
the
one
flewgh
awey
/
And
Exantus
sayd
/
croked
back
and
euylle
shapen
/
it
is
euer
thus
thy
manere
to
mocque
me
/
but
thus
shalle
not
thow
be
quyte
/
and
commaunded
to
vndoo
his
clothes
and
to
bete
hym
/
And
as
men
be●●
hym
/
Exantus
was
called
to
his
dysner
/
And
thenne
Esope
sayd
/
Allas
/
how
moche
myserable
I
am
/
For
I
haue
sene
two
crowes
to
gyder
/
&
am
bete
/
And
Exantus
whiche
sawe
but
one
is
called
to
the
dely●●es
/
And
ther
is
none
/
to
whome
the
byrdes
ben
so
contrarye
as
they
are
to
me
/
¶
And
whan
exantus
herd
hym
/
he
was
moche
merueilled
of
the
grete
subtylyte
of
his
wytte
/
and
commaunded
them
that
bete
hym
/
that
they
shold
ce●●se
/
And
within
a
lytel
whyle
after
Exantus
sayd
to
Esope
/
goo
thou
/
and
dresse
vs
good
metes
for
our
dyner
/
For
alle
these
lordes
shalle
dyne
with
me
/
And
eso
pe
wente
to
the
market
/
&
bought
alle
that
he
wold
bye
/
And
whan
it
was
al
redy
/
he
brought
the
metes
in
to
the
halle
/
where
he
found
his
maystresse
lyenge
vpon
a
bedde
slepynge
/
he
awaked
her
and
sayd
/
Madame
yf
it
please
yow
/
ye
shal
take
hede
to
this
mete
that
the
dogges
or
cattes
ete
it
not
/
For
I
must
go
in
to
the
kechyn
ageyn
/
And
she
ansuerd
to
hym
go
thou
where
thou
wylt
/
for
my
buttokes
haue
eyen
/
¶
And
whan
Esope
had
dressyd
and
made
redy
al
the
other
metes
/
he
brought
them
in
to
the
halle
/
and
found
his
maystresse
whiche
slepte
stylle
vpon
her
bedde
h●●r
buttockes
toward
the
table
And
by
cause
she
had
sayd
that
h●r
buttokes
had
eyen
/
Esope
wente
and
took
vp
her
clothes
/
so
that
men
myght
see
her
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
/
And
thus
he
lefte
h●●r
slepynge
/
¶
This
Historye
conteyneth
how
Exantus
found
his
wyf
a●●
discouered
/
ANd
as
Exantus
with
hym
his
scolers
perceyued
&
sa
we
his
wyf
slepynge
/
her
buttoks
al
bare
&
naked
/
by
grete
vergoyne
and
shame
tourned
his
face
toward
Esope
/
and
sayd
/
knaue
/
what
is
this
/
And
Esope
sayd
/
My
lord
/
as
I
dyd
put
the
mete
vpon
the
table
/
I
prayd
my
lady
that
she
wold
kepe
it
fro
the
dogges
/
And
she
ansuerd
me
that
her
buttoks
had
eyen
/
And
by
cause
I
founde
her
slepynge
/
I
discouered
her
so
/
to
th
ende
/
that
her
buttoks
myght
the
better
see
and
loke
aboute
/
And
thenne
Exantus
said
vnto
hym
/
Ha
shrewed
seruaunt
ofte
thou
hast
payd
me
of
suche
lesynges
/
what
thynge
werse
mayst
thou
doo
to
me
/
but
to
mocke
thus
my
wyf
and
me
also
/
Neuertheles
for
the
loue
and
sake
of
these
lordes
thou
shalt
not
now
be
bete
/
but
the
tyme
shal
come
that
I
shall
make
the
deye
of
an
euylle
dethe
/
¶
And
within
a
whyle
after
Exantus
sayd
to
Esope
/
kepe
and
loke
well
/
that
no
fooles
ydeots
entre
in
to
my
hows
/
but
only
the
oratours
and
philosophres
/
Esope
thenne
wente
/
and
sette
hym
besyde
the
yate
/
And
as
one
of
the
philesophres
came
to
haue
on
tryd
in
to
the
hows
/
Esope
beganne
to
groygne
/
and
sayd
to
hym
/
come
in
thou
dogge
/
And
the
philosopher
wenynge
/
that
he
had
mocqued
hym
/
al
wrothe
and
angry
wente
fro
thens
/
And
thus
dyd
many
other
/
But
at
the
last
came
there
one
/
whiche
was
subtyle
ynough
/
to
whome
Esope
dyd
/
as
he
hadde
done
to
the
other
/
¶
And
he
that
was
wyse
ansuerd
hym
swetely
/
And
thenne
Esope
lete
hym
goo
/
and
entre
in
to
the
hows
/
¶
And
anone
he
wente
ageyne
to
his
lord
And
sayd
to
hym
/
No
philosopher
is
come
to
the
yate
/
but
this
one
/
wherfore
Exantus
wend
that
alle
the
other
hadde
mocqued
with
hym
/
and
was
wrothe
and
angry
/
¶
And
on
the
morne
as
they
mette
with
Exantus
/
they
sayd
to
hym
thus
/
Exantus
well
thou
mocquest
vs
yesterdaye
/
For
he
that
kepte
thy
yate
castyng
on
vs
ashrewed
loke
dyd
calle
vs
dogges
/
For
the
whiche
thynge
Exantus
was
troubled
and
more
angry
and
wrothe
than
to fore
he
was
/
¶
And
anone
he
called
Esope
/
and
sayd
to
hym
/
goo
thow
Crokedbacked
/
Counterfaytte
/
and
fals
Chorle
/
they
whome
thou
sholdest
haue
receyued
with
worship
and
greete
honour
/
thou
hast
vitupered
and
mocked
/
Esope
ansuerd
to
hym
/
thou
hast
charged
and
commaunded
me
that
none
I
shold
lete
entre
in
to
thy
hows
/
but
wyse
and
sage
philosophres
And
Exantus
sayd
to
hym
/
Ha
fals
face
and
croked
/
ben
not
these
wyse
and
sage
/
Nay
said
Esope
/
For
whanne
I
said
that
they
shold
entre
/
they
entryd
not
/
but
lyke
fooles
went
ageyne
theyr
way
withoute
spekynge
of
ony
word
/
but
thys
allone
ansuerd
wysely
/
And
therfore
I
repute
and
hold
hym
as
sage
/
and
they
as
fooles
/
For
a
fool
is
he
that
lyghtely
taketh
ony
word
in
angre
/
And
thenne
alle
the
sages
and
philosophres
that
were
there
approuued
the
ansuere
of
Esope
trew
and
good
/
&
moche
they
were
merueylled
of
the
grete
wysedome
/
whiche
was
in
hym
¶
This
history
maketh
mencyon
how
Esope
found
a
tresour
And
how
Exantus
made
hym
to
be
put
in
pryson
/
ANd
within
a
lytel
whyle
after
/
as
exantus
was
with
Esope
/
beholdynge
the
greete
sepulcres
or
Tombes
/
and
the
Epytaphes
of
the
auncyent
folke
/
¶
And
Esope
whiche
perceyued
an
arche
/
whiche
was
nyghe
of
a
columpne
vnto
the
whiche
men
wente
vp
to
it
by
foure
steppes
he
wente
thyder
/
and
sawe
somme
lettres
withoute
consonaunce
or
vnderstandynge
/
sauf
only
by
poyntes
intytuled
after
the
maner
and
forme
of
these
lettres
whiche
ben
latyn
lettres
/
A
/
B
/
D
O
/
ct
/
H
/
c
/
H
/
Esope
called
his
mayster
and
sayd
to
hym
/
My
lord
what
bytokenen
these
lettres
/
Exantus
loked
and
be
held
them
wel
/
And
a
long
whyle
he
thought
what
they
sygnefyed
/
And
by
cause
he
coude
not
vnderstonde
the
signyficacion
of
them
/
he
sayd
to
Esope
/
telle
me
what
these
lettres
signefyen
/
And
Esope
said
to
hym
/
My
lord
yf
I
shewe
the
here
a
fayr
tresour
/
what
reward
shalle
I
receyue
of
the
/
Exantus
his
mayster
sayd
to
hym
/
haue
thou
a
good
courage
/
For
I
shalle
gyue
to
the
fredome
and
lyberte
and
the
half
of
this
tresour
/
And
anone
Esope
wente
doune
the
four
steppes
/
and
so
depe
he
delued
at
the
foote
of
the
columpne
/
that
he
found
the
tresour
the
whiche
anone
he
gaf
to
his
lord
and
sayd
to
hym
/
My
lord
I
praye
the
that
now
thou
wylt
doo
to
me
as
thou
hast
promysed
me
/
&
Exantus
sayd
to
hym
/
or
euer
thou
haue
lyberte
and
fredome
/
thou
must
lerne
and
teche
me
how
thow
wost
and
knowest
this
scyence
/
for
more
I
repute
&
sette
by
the
scyence
&
hold
it
to
gretter
merueylle
/
than
to
haue
the
tresour
/
Esope
said
thenne
to
hym
/
he
that
fyrst
put
here
this
tresour
as
philosophye
denoteth
and
specyfyeth
it
by
the
〈◊〉
the
whiche
ben
here
wreton
in
latyn
/
Ascende
gradus
istos
qua
tuor
fodias
/
et
inuenies
thesaurum
auri
/
¶
And
after
Exantus
told
hym
/
Syth
thou
arte
soo
subtyl
/
thow
shalte
not
yet
haue
no
lyberte
/
¶
And
Esope
sayd
to
hym
Loke
wel
what
thou
doost
/
For
this
Tresoure
apperteyneth
to
the
kynge
/
And
Exantus
asked
of
hym
and
sayd
/
How
knowest
thow
hit
/
By
the
lettres
whiche
signyfyen
to
vs
/
that
thow
gyue
and
take
to
the
kynge
Dyonysyus
the
Tresour
whiche
thou
hast
found
/
¶
And
whanne
Exantus
herd
hym
saye
that
the
tresour
whiche
they
had
so
founde
/
was
apperteynynge
to
the
kynge
Dyonysices
/
he
sayde
thus
to
Esope
/
Take
the
halfe
of
alle
this
Tresoure
/
and
and
lete
no
man
knowe
of
it
/
¶
Esope
thenne
sayd
to
hym
/
thou
gyuest
it
me
nought
/
but
he
that
put
and
delued
it
here
/
gyueth
it
to
me
/
And
Exantus
sayd
/
how
knowest
thow
hit
¶
And
Esope
ansuerd
to
hym
/
For
the
lett●●
folowynge
shewen
and
signyfyen
hit
/
that
is
to
wete
/
E
/
D
/
Q
/
I
/
T
/
A
/
the
whiche
lettres
signefyen
this
latyn
/
Euntes
dimitte
quem
inuenistis
thesaurum
auri
/
And
thenne
sayd
Exantus
/
goo
we
home
/
and
there
shalle
we
departe
it
/
¶
This
Historye
maketh
mency
on
how
Esope
was
delyuerd
oute
of
pryson
/
And
how
Exantus
promysed
to
hym
that
he
shold
gyue
hym
fredome
and
lyberte
ANd
as
Exantus
was
tourned
ageyne
in
to
his
howe
fro
the
place
where
as
esope
had
found
the
tresour
in
the
tresour
before
seid
he
merueiled
of
the
wysedom
that
was
in
Esope
/
but
for
the
lyberte
and
fredome
whiche
he
demaunded
he
was
woothe
and
angry
/
And
dredyng
the
tongue
of
Esope
made
hym
to
be
put
fast
in
pryson
/
And
Esope
said
to
hym
/
This
is
a
fayr
promesse
of
a
philosopher
/
thou
knowest
well
/
how
thow
promysest
to
me
lyberte
/
And
in
stede
of
fredome
&
lyberte
I
am
put
in
pryson
/
And
as
Exantus
herd
hym
soo
speke
he
reuoked
and
●●unged
his
sentence
/
&
made
hym
to
be
delyuerd
/
¶
And
after
he
sayd
to
Esope
/
yf
thou
wylt
be
putte
to
thy
lyberte
/
hold
thy
tongue
in
peas
/
and
accuse
me
nomore
/
And
Esope
sayd
/
do
what
pleaseth
the
/
For
wylt
thou
or
not
thou
shalt
put
me
to
my
lyberte
/
¶
That
same
tyme
befelle
a
merueyllous
dede
within
the
Cyte
of
Samye
/
For
as
men
playd
there
the
comyn
and
publyk
playes
/
as
yet
at
this
tyme
is
custome
to
doo
in
many
good
Cytees
/
An
Egle
soden
ly
flewhe
thorugh
all
the
communyte
of
the
peple
/
and
toke
&
●●ure
awey
with
hym
the
rynge
and
the
Seal
of
hym
that
soueraynly
had
the
myght
&
puyssaunce
of
al
the
Cyte
/
And
lete
it
falle
in
to
the
pytte
of
a
man
whiche
was
in
lyberte
/
For
the
whiche
dede
and
token
alle
the
peple
of
Samye
was
gretely
meruaylled
/
And
thenne
arose
a
grete
rumour
thorugh
the
Cyte
among
the
peple
/
For
moche
they
were
doubtuous
of
som
persecucion
/
&
wyst
not
what
that
thyng
myght
signefye
/
wher fore
they
were
in
grete
doubte
and
in
grete
henynesse
/
And
ther
for
Incontynent
they
came
toward
Exantus
/
as
to
hym
whiche
they
held
for
the
moost
sage
and
wyse
man
of
all
the
cyte
of
Samye
/
and
demaunded
of
hym
what
this
meruaylle
sygnyfyed
/
and
also
what
thynge
myght
befalle
therof
/
Exantus
was
ygnoraunt
/
&
knewe
not
the
signyfycacion
of
this
merueyll
/
wherfore
he
demaunded
of
the
peple
tyme
&
space
for
to
gyue
herupon
an
ansuere
/
Exantus
thenne
was
in
grete
heuynesse
and
dolour
by
cause
he
wyst
not
what
he
shold
saye
/
ne
ansuere
to
the
peple
/
And
Esope
whiche
sawe
hym
so
heuy
/
and
ful
of
sorowe
/
demaunded
of
hym
and
sayd
/
why
arte
thou
soo
heuy
in
thy
courage
/
leue
sorowe
/
and
take
with
the
Ioye
and
gladnesse
/
gyue
to
me
the
charge
for
to
ansuere
to
the
Samyens
/
And
to
morne
thou
shalt
saye
to
them
suche
wordes
/
My
lordes
of
Samye
/
I
am
no
dynyn
ne
Interpretour
of
the
merueyllous
thynges
which
ben
to
come
/
Netheles
I
haue
a
seruaunt
in
my
hows
/
whiche
as
he
sayth
can
telle
suche
thynges
/
yf
it
please
yow
I
shalle
make
hym
come
before
yow
/
And
thenne
yf
by
my
counceyll
I
satisfye
alle
the
felauship
/
thou
shalt
therfore
receyue
&
haue
worship
glorye
&
prouf
fyt
/
And
yf
I
can
not
satisfye
them
/
thou
shalt
be
delyuerd
of
grete
Infamye
and
shame
/
And
I
shalle
be
rebuked
&
put
to
grete
shame
/
Thenne
Exantus
hauynge
his
trust
in
the
wordes
of
Esope
wente
on
the
morowe
in
to
the
grete
place
of
Samye
/
and
assembled
there
the
peple
of
the
Cyte
and
went
vp
on
hyghe
where
as
the
Iuge
was
acustomed
to
sytte
/
and
that
whiche
he
had
lerned
of
his
seruaunt
Esope
/
he
declared
there
byfore
the
Samyens
/
the
whiche
thynges
by
hym
reherced
and
sayd
/
/
prayd
hym
that
he
wold
make
his
seruaunt
to
come
thyder
before
them
/
Esope
came
anone
thyder
/
And
as
he
was
before
all
the
company
/
alle
the
peple
of
the
Samyens
loked
and
byheld
hym
with
grete
merueyll
/
by
cause
he
was
so
co●●fayted
and
crosted
of
body
/
and
sayd
/
loke
here
●●s
a
fayre
persone
able
to
be
a
sewre
dyuyn
/
and
wente
&
mocked
with
hym
/
¶
And
Esope
beynge
thenne
on
the
hyghest
party
of
asse
the
place
/
began
to
make
a
token
or
signe
wyth
his
hand
vnto
the
peple
of
the
Samyens
/
to
th
ende
/
that
they
shold
holde
theyr
peas
and
kepe
scylence
amonge
them
/
And
sayd
do
them
in
this
manere
/
My
lordes
for
what
cause
lawghe
yow
&
scorne
me
of
my
fygure
&
forme
/
&
knowe
ye
not
that
men
must
not
loke
in
the
face
of
a
man
to
see
&
byhold
of
what
fygure
or
forme
that
he
is
of
/
but
only
to
knowe
his
wysedom
Also
men
ought
not
to
loke
and
take
hede
to
the
vessel
/
but
to
suche
thyng
as
is
within
the
vessel
/
For
ofte
a
fowle
vessel
is
full
of
good
wyn
/
And
thenne
whan
the
Samyens
herd
these
wordes
/
they
sayd
to
Esope
/
Yf
thou
canst
gyue
vs
good
counceylle
for
the
welthe
of
alle
the
comyn
peple
/
we
al
praye
the
that
thou
wylt
doo
it
anone
/
And
thenne
Esope
hauynge
confydence
and
trust
in
his
wysedome
and
scyence
/
sayd
thus
/
Nature
or
kynd
of
the
whiche
cometh
all
good
/
hath
this
daye
set
&
put
debute
or
stryf
bitwene
the
lord
&
the
seruaunt
/
for
he
that
shall
wynquysshe
shal
not
be
paid
ne
rewarded
after
his
desserte
/
for
yf
the
lord
gete
the
victorye
I
that
am
his
seruaunt
shal
haue
no
lyberte
/
as
ryght
requyreth
/
but
I
shal
be
bete
and
cursed
/
&
also
emprysoned
/
wherfor
yf
ye
wil
/
that
I
gyue
yow
good
enseygnement
of
that
that
ye
demaunde
&
aske
I
requyre
you
that
ye
do
make
me
free
&
be
put
ageyn
in
to
my
lyberte
to
th
ende
that
with
trust
&
good
confydence
I
may
speke
to
you
And
I
promyt
&
enseure
yow
that
I
shal
shewe
vnto
yow
the
sygnyfycacion
and
vnderstandynge
of
this
angry
or
signe
/
&
thenne
they
al
with
an
egal
wys
sayde
/
he
axeth
thyng
resonable
&
Iuste
/
wherfor
exantus
shal
make
hym
to
be
free
as
reson
is
/
the
whiche
thyng
exantus
reffused
to
doo
/
And
the
lord
of
the
auctoryte
publyke
sayd
vnto
hym
/
Exantus
yf
thou
wyl●●
not
obeye
to
the
peple
by
the
vertue
of
myn
auctoryte
/
I
shal
take
hym
out
of
thy
seruytude
&
shal
humble
thy self
in
the
temple
of
Iunoys
¶
This
historye
folowyng
maketh
mencyon
/
hou
esope
was
restitued
into
his
lyberte
ANd
by
cause
that
exantus
was
requyred
&
prayd
by
al
his
good
frendes
that
he
shold
restore
&
put
esope
in
to
lyberte
/
he
said
to
Esope
/
hou
be
hit
that
it
is
not
by
my
good
wyl
I
gyue
the
lyberte
/
And
anon
he
thatmade
them
the
cryes
and
proclamacions
wente
in
to
al
the
places
wh●●
suche
cryes
were
done
/
Exantus
the
philosopher
hath
gyuen
lyberte
to
Esope
/
And
thus
was
acoomplysshed
that
/
what
esope
had
said
/
wyll
ye
or
wyl
you
not
/
I
shal
ones
be
put
in
to
lyberte
/
And
thenne
Esope
went
in
to
the
myddes
of
alle
the
folauship
/
and
made
signe
with
his
hand
that
euery
one
shold
kepe
pees
〈◊〉
scyl●●nte
/
And
after
said
to
them
/
My
lordes
of
Samye
/
the
Aygle
whiche
is
kynge
aboue
al
other
byrdes
/
As
the
kynges
ben
▪
aboue
the
peple
hath
take
awey
the
rynge
and
scal
of
your
perfect
or
gouernour
/
This
bytokeneth
/
and
sygnefyeth
/
that
a
kynge
shalle
demaunde
&
axe
your
lyberte
/
and
shal
destroye
alle
your
lawes
/
And
whan
the
Samyens
herd
the
wordes
/
they
wexed
and
became
al
abusshed
&
sore
aferd
And
anon
after
came
a
pursyuaunt
or
messager
/
whiche
brought
with
hym
Royal
lettres
/
the
whiche
demaunded
after
the
〈◊〉
of
the
Samyens
/
this
messager
was
brought
before
the
coun●●ylle
of
the
towne
/
to
whome
he
presented
&
toke
his
l●●ēs
in
the
whiche
was
conteyned
that
whiche
folowed
/
¶
Cressus
kynge
of
lyndye●●s
/
To
the
Senate
&
comyn
peple
of
Samye
antynge
/
I
commaunde
yow
that
ye
doo
to
me
obeyssounce
&
that
ye
paye
to
me
my
tr●●butes
/
the
whiche
thynge
yf
ye
reffuse
it
to
fulfyll
&
do
/
I
shall
put
yow
●●l
to
dethe
&
br●●ne
your
toune
/
the
whiche
lettres
sene
&
redde
/
the
samyens
were
al
a●●ssded
/
&
for
drede
were
enclyned
&
wyllyng
to
obeye
vnto
him
Neuertheles
they
wold
knowe
&
haue
the
coun●●ylle
of
esope
&
pr●●id
hym
to
saye
therof
his
sentence
/
the
which
wente
&
sette
hym
in
the
syege
/
&
said
to
them
My
lordes
of
Samye
/
how
be
〈◊〉
/
that
I
wylle
/
that
ye
be
enclyned
to
oleye
the
kyng
of
lyndye
/
Neuertheles
to
th
ende
that
I
may
counceylle
yow
that
whiche
is
nedeful
&
couenable
for
the
publyke
welthe
&
prouffyt
I
do
yow
to
know
/
that
fortune
in
this
mortal
lyf
sheweth
ii
thynges
&
two
maners
of
wayes
/
The
one
is
lyberte
wherof
the
begynnynge
is
bard
/
and
dyffy●●yle
/
but
th
ende
of
hit
is
good
swete
and
facyle
/
The
other
waye
is
seruytude
/
wherof
the
begynnynge
is
facyle
/
but
th
ende
therof
is
sharp
/
ful
bytter
and
hard
/
And
whan
the
samyens
herd
these
wordes
knowynge
what
it
behoueth
to
the
publyk
&
comyn
welthe
/
beh●●ld
&
took
aduys
of
the
sentence
of
Esope
/
And
sayd
al
to gydre
Bycause
that
we
be
in
lyberte
/
we
wylle
not
be
seruaunts
to
no
man
/
And
with
this
ansuere
sente
ageyne
the
Messager
to
Cressus
/
And
whan
the
kyng
herd
this
ansuere
/
he
was
wroth
&
sorowful
/
&
gadred
al
his
men
of
werre
/
and
also
all
the
nobles
&
gentyls
of
his
reame
/
&
made
a
grete
armee
for
to
haue
destroyed
the
Samyens
/
the
whiche
thyng
he
myght
wel
haue
brought
about
had
not
be
his
messager
/
whiche
sayd
to
hym
/
Ryght
dere
Syre
&
my
souerayne
lord
/
thou
mayst
not
be
auengyd
of
the
Samyens
as
longe
as
they
haue
Esope
with
them
whiche
in
al
their
affayres
&
nede
helpeth
&
counceylleth
them
/
wherfore
hit
is
necessary
that
thou
sende
an
ambassade
vnto
the
Samyens
/
that
they
wyll
sende
to
the
Esope
/
&
that
thou
shalt
pardonne
&
forgyue
to
them
theyr
offence
/
For
yf
thou
mayst
haue
Esope
/
they
of
Samye
ben
in
thyn
hand
/
And
the
kyng
sodenly
sent
an
ambassade
to
them
of
Samye
/
the
whiche
Ambassatours
applyqued
&
sette
theyre
wyttes
to
shewe
vnto
the
Senate
of
Samye
the
wylle
of
their
lerd
Cressus
/
&
said
that
they
shold
sende
Esope
to
the
lord
Cressus
/
¶
And
whan
Esope
vnderstode
what
the
kynge
demaunded
/
he
said
to
the
Samyens
/
My
lordes
It
pleaseth
me
wel
to
go
toward
the
kyng
But
er
I
go
thyder
I
wyl
telle
you
a
fable
¶
This
historye
maketh
mencion
/
how
the
wolues
sente
ambassa●●ours
vnto
the
Sheep
IN
a
tyme
whan
the
bestes
coude
speke
the
wolues
made
werre
ageynst
the
shepe
/
And
by
cause
that
the
shepe
myght
not
kepe
them
ne
hold
ageynst
the
wolues
they
demaunded
helpe
of
the
dogges
/
the
whiche
fyghtyng
for
the
sheep
made
the
wolues
to
torne
them
backward
/
¶
And
by
cause
the
wolues
coude
ne
myght
not
gete
ne
haue
ony
pro
ye
ne
wynne
nothynge
vpon
the
sheep
for
the
loue
of
the
dogges
that
kepte
the
sheep
/
the
wolues
sent
an
Ambassade
vnto
the
sheep
for
to
haue
perpetuel
pees
with
them
/
And
for
to
haue
pees
/
the
wolues
went
and
demaunded
that
for
to
eschewe
al
suspecion
/
the
dogges
shold
be
taken
to
the
wolues
/
or
els
destroyed
for
euer
/
And
the
sheep
as
fooles
and
for
to
haue
good
pees
consented
to
this
demaunde
/
And
whan
the
dogges
were
slayne
/
the
wolues
tooke
vengeaunce
on
the
sheep
as
appyereth
/
whanne
Esope
hadde
reherced
this
fable
/
the
Samyens
determyned
in
them self
that
Esope
shold
not
go
toward
the
kyng
¶
This
historye
couteyneth
/
how
Esope
obeyed
not
to
the
samyens
/
but
went
toward
the
kyng
ESope
obeyed
not
to
the
wylle
of
the
Samyens
/
but
went
with
the
Ambassade
toward
the
kynge
/
And
whan
he
was
come
in
to
the
kynges
Courte
/
the
kyng
seynge
that
Esope
was
soo
gretely
disformed
and
counterfaite
of
body
/
he
was
wrothe
and
angry
with
hym self
/
And
sayd
as
by
grete
merueylle
is
the
same
he
/
for
the
trust
of
whome
/
they
of
Samye
wylle
not
obeye
to
me
/
¶
Esope
thenne
sayd
/
Haryght
dere
syre
and
kynge
magnysyke
/
certaynly
I
am
not
come
before
thy
mageste
by
force
/
but
of
my
good
wylle
I
am
comen
to
the
/
trustynge
soo
moche
of
thy
benygnyte
/
that
thou
shalt
here
what
I
sha●●e
say
to
the
/
The
kynge
gafe
hym
audyence
and
leue
to
saye
what
he
wold
/
and
thus
he
sayd
/
that
other
daye
was
a
man
whiche
chaced
the
flyes
/
the
whiche
man
took
a
nyghtyngale
/
the
whiche
seyng
that
he
wolde
haue
kylled
her
/
prayd
to
the
fawkoner
/
sayenge
/
I
praye
the
that
withoute
cause
thou
wylt
not
slee
me
/
For
to
no
body
I
doo
no
harme
ne
domage
/
For
I
ete
not
the
corne
/
ne
wyth
my
hornes
I
hurte
no
body
/
but
gyue
solas
and
Ioye
to
all
them
that
gone
by
the
way
of
my
songe
and
boys
/
and
in
me
shalt
thou
fynde
but
only
the
boyce
/
And
whan
the
Faukoner
herd
these
wordes
he
lete
goo
her
/
wherfore
ryght
dere
Syre
I
praye
the
that
withoute
cause
/
I
whiche
am
nought
/
and
as
nothynge
/
thou
wylt
not
slee
me
/
For
to
no
body
I
doo
no
harme
/
ne
also
wold
I
doo
/
And
for
the
debylyte
and
feblenesse
of
my
body
I
may
nought
doo
/
but
I
can
speke
and
say
thynges
whiche
ben
prouffitable
to
them
that
ben
in
the
mortal
lyf
of
this
present
world
/
The
kynge
was
thenne
merueylled
and
moued
of
pyte
and
of
myserycorde
sayd
to
Esope
/
I
gyue
not
to
the
thy
lyf
/
but
fortune
gyueth
it
to
the
/
And
yf
thou
wylt
haue
ony
thynge
of
me
/
/
aske
hit
/
and
hit
shall
be
graūted
/
&
gyuen
to
the
/
And
Esope
sayd
Ryght
dere
Syre
only
one
thynge
I
demaunde
of
the
/
that
is
to
wete
/
that
thou
gyue
me
the
trybutes
of
the
Samyens
/
wel
sayd
the
kynge
I
am
content
/
Thenne
kneled
Esope
and
sayd
to
the
kynge
/
Syre
I
thanke
and
regracye
yow
moche
/
And
after
that
he
com
posed
the
fables
whiche
ben
wr●●ton
in
this
booke
/
and
to
the
kynge
he
gaf
them
/
And
demaunded
of
hym
the
lettres
of
the
gyfte
for
the
remyssion
of
the
trybutes
of
the
Samyens
/
the
whiche
he
delyuerd
to
hym
by
the
kynges
commaundement
/
&
with
his
good
wyl
with
many
other
grete
yeftes
/
And
Eso
pe
thenne
took
leue
of
the
kynge
/
and
to
Samye
he
retorned
¶
whanne
Esope
was
arryued
in
to
Samye
/
the
Samyens
receyued
hym
worshipfully
/
and
made
grete
Ioye
of
his
comynge
/
And
Esope
commaunded
to
the
peple
to
be
assembled
to
gyder
at
a
certayne
houre
in
to
the
comyn
place
/
¶
Thenne
wente
Esope
and
sette
hym
in
the
syege
and
recyted
&
redde
the
Royal
lettres
/
how
the
kynge
Crossus
remytted
and
forgaf
to
them
the
trybutes
/
After
this
Esope
departed
fro
Samye
/
and
wold
goo
to
disporte
hym self
thorugh
many
regyons
/
nacions
and
Cyt●●es
gyuynge
enseygnementes
/
by
historyes
and
fables
to
the
mortall
men
/
He
came
to
Babyloyne
/
And
by
cause
he
dyd
shewe
there
his
sapyence
/
he
was
well
receyued
/
and
worshipfully
festyed
of
Sycurre
kyng
of
babyloyne
/
And
at
that
tyme
the
kynges
dyd
sende
the
one
to
the
other
playes
and
proposycions
problematyks
/
and
suche
other
playsaunces
for
theyr
disportes
/
And
he
whiche
coude
not
interprete
them
/
sente
trybute
to
hym
that
sended
them
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
Esope
coude
wel
interprete
them
taught
to
the
kynge
of
Babyloyne
the
maner
of
hit
/
And
syn
he
composed
there
many
fables
whiche
the
kyng
of
Babyloyn
sente
to
other
kynges
/
And
by
cause
they
coude
not
interprete
them
they
fence
many
trybutes
to
the
kynge
of
Babyloyne
/
wherfore
the
royalme
was
eslargysshed
and
fylled
of
many
grete
Rychesses
/
And
after
that
by
cause
Esope
had
no
children
/
he
adopted
a
noble
and
yonge
child
to
his
sone
/
the
whiche
he
presented
to
the
kynge
/
And
he
receyued
hym
as
he
had
be
his
own
sone
/
whiche
child
was
named
Enus
/
This
Enus
within
a
lytel
whyle
after
/
medled
with
the
chamberere
of
Esope
whiche
he
held
for
his
wyf
/
and
knewe
her
bodyly
/
And
by
cause
he
was
in
grete
doubte
that
Esope
wold
auenge
hym
he
accused
Esope
toward
the
kynge
of
cryme
of
lezemageste
or
treason
/
and
composed
fals
lettres
shewynge
by
them
to
the
kynge
/
how
by
the
fables
whiche
he
sente
here
and
thyder
he
hadde
bytrayd
hym
/
and
that
he
had
conspyred
his
dethe
¶
This
Historye
maketh
mencyon
/
how
the
kynge
commaunded
that
Esope
shold
be
put
in
his
fyrst
dygnyte
and
offyce
And
how
he
pardonned
/
and
forgaf
to
his
adopted
sone
/
THe
kynge
Lycurius
byleuynge
and
gyuyng
credence
to
the
accusacion
maade
ageynste
Esope
was
gretely
wrothe
/
And
commaunded
to
Herope
his
Seneschalle
that
Esope
shold
be
put
to
deth
/
And
Herope
seynge
/
that
this
sentence
was
not
Iuste
/
kepte
Esope
secretely
within
a
sepulcre
/
And
alle
his
goodes
were
confysked
to
his
sone
whiche
had
accused
hym
/
And
within
a
longe
whyle
after
/
Nectana
bus
whiche
was
kynge
of
Egypte
wenynge
that
Esope
had
be
putte
to
dethe
/
as
the
comyn
renomme
or
talkynge
was
sent
a
proposycion
problematyke
to
Lycurre
kyng
of
babyloyne
/
the
whiche
conteyneth
this
that
foloweth
/
Nectanabus
kynge
of
Egypte
/
to
Lycurre
kynge
of
Babyloyne
gretynge
/
By
cause
that
I
wylle
edyffye
or
byld
a
towre
/
the
whiche
shalle
not
touche
heuen
ne
erthe
/
I
praye
the.
that
thow
wylt
sende
me
massons
for
to
make
vp
the
sayd
Toure
/
And
this
prayer
by
the
accomplysshed
/
I
shalle
gyue
to
the
ten
trybutes
of
al
my
Reame
and
londes
/
And
whan
the
kynge
of
Babyloyne
herd
this
demaunde
/
he
was
gretely
troubled
and
wroth
/
and
thought
how
he
myght
satisfye
and
gyue
an
ansuere
to
this
question
/
And
thenne
he
called
to
hym
al
his
sages
for
to
haue
the
solucion
of
the
said
question
/
And
by
cause
that
none
conde
make
the
soluaon
/
the
kynge
was
more
angry
than
to fore
/
And
for
the
grete
sorowe
that
he
took
herof
he
felte
doune
to
the
ground
/
and
sayd
Allas
I
am
wel
myserable
and
my
;
schannt
/
that
haue
lost
the
crowne
of
my
Royalme
/
cursed
be
he
by
whome
I
made
Esope
to
be
put
to
dethe
/
¶
And
thenne
whan
Herope
the
Seneschall
knewe
the
grete
anguysshe
and
sorowe
of
the
kynge
/
he
sayd
to
hym
/
Ryght
dere
Syre
take
nomor●●
sorowe
ne
afflyction
in
thyn
herte
/
but
pardone
and
forgyue
me
/
For
I
made
not
Esope
to
be
put
to
dethe
/
as
thou
commaundest
me
/
For
wel
I
wyste
that
yet
thou
sholdest
haue
nede
of
hym
/
And
doubtynge
to
doo
ageynst
thy
mageste
/
syn
that
tyme
vnto
this
day
/
I
haue
kepte
hym
in
a
sepulcre
/
¶
And
whanne
the
kynge
herd
these
wordes
/
he
wexed
ful
of
Iope
/
And
anone
rose
fro
the
ground
where
as
he
laye
/
&
wente
and
enbraced
his
Seneschall
/
sayenge
/
yf
hit
be
so
that
Esope
maye
be
yet
on
lyue
/
durynge
my
lyf
I
shalle
be
bound
to
the
/
And
therfore
I
praye
the
/
yf
hit
be
soo
/
lete
hym
come
to
me
anone
/
Esope
was
brought
before
the
kyng
/
whiche
fyll
doune
to
the
kynges
feet
/
And
whanne
the
kynge
sawe
that
Esope
was
so
pale
and
afflyged
/
he
had
of
hym
pyte
/
and
commaunded
or
bidde
that
he
sholde
be
taken
vp
/
and
clothed
of
newe
/
And
whanne
Esope
was
vpon
his
feet
/
he
came
before
the
kynge
/
and
ful
mekely
salewed
hym
/
And
demaunded
of
hym
the
cause
why
he
had
ben
put
in
pryson
/
And
the
kyng
sayd
to
hym
/
that
his
adopted
sone
Enus
hadde
accused
hym
And
thenne
the
kynge
commaunded
/
that
Enus
shold
be
punysshed
of
suche
payne
/
of
the
whiche
oughte
to
be
punysshed
they
that
make
theire
faders
to
deye
/
But
Esope
prayd
the
kynge
that
he
wold
forgyue
hym
/
And
thenne
the
kyng
shewed
to
Esope
the
question
of
the
kynge
of
Egypte
/
¶
And
whanne
Esope
had
sene
the
lettres
he
sayd
to
the
kynge
/
wryte
and
sende
ageyne
this
sentence
to
the
kynge
of
Egypte
/
gyuynge
to
hym
this
ansuere
/
that
after
the
wynter
shal
be
passed
and
gone
/
thou
shalt
sende
vnto
hym
werkmen
for
to
byld
and
make
vp
his
toure
/
and
for
to
ausuere
to
hym
in
al
thynges
/
And
thus
he
sente
his
Ambussatours
to
the
kynge
of
Egypte
/
After
this
the
kynge
made
al
the
goodes
of
egipt
After
this
the
kynge
made
alle
the
goodes
of
Esope
to
be
restytued
vnto
hym
/
and
to
be
put
in
his
fyrst
dygnyte
gyuyng
to
hym
auctoryte
and
myght
to
punysshe
his
sone
after
his
wylle
/
But
Esope
benygnely
receyued
ageyne
in
to
his
own
hows
his
adopted
sone
/
and
swetely
chastysed
and
corryged
hym
/
and
sayd
to
hym
/
My
sone
kepe
thou
my
comaundements
and
take
and
put
them
in
to
thy
courage
/
For
we
gyue
well
counceylle
to
other
/
but
for
vs
we
can
not
take
hit
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
thou
arte
an
humayne
man
thou
must
be
subgette
to
fortune
/
And
therfore
thou
shalt
fyrst
loue
god
/
and
shalle
kepe
thy self
fro
the
wrath
and
angre
of
thy
kynge
/
And
by
cause
that
thou
arte
an
humayne
man
haue
thenne
cure
and
sollycitude
of
humayne
thynges
/
For
god
punyssheth
the
euyll
and
wycked
folke
/
and
also
it
is
not
heuenly
thynge
to
doo
to
ony
body
ony
harme
/
but
shewe
thy self
cruell
to
thyn
enemyes
to
th
ende
that
of
them
thou
be
not
condampned
/
And
to
thy
frendes
make
ioyefull
semblaunt
and
good
there
/
to
th
ende
that
thou
mayst
haue
euer
the
soner
theyre
help
and
good
wylle
/
For
thou
oughtest
to
desyre
and
wysshe
prosperyte
and
welfare
to
alle
thy
frendes
/
and
aduersyte
to
alle
thyn
enemyes
/
Thou
must
speke
fayre
to
thy
wyf
/
to
th
ende
that
she
take
none
other
man
/
For
by
cause
a
woman
is
moche
varyable
and
meuable
/
as
men
flatere
and
speke
fayre
to
her
/
she
then
〈◊〉
ne
is
lasse
enclyned
to
doo
ony
euylle
/
kepe
the
wel
fro
the
felauship
of
a
man
to
moche
cruel
/
For
how
be
hit
that
he
haue
good
prosperyte
yet
he
is
myserable
/
Stop
thyn
eres
/
and
kepe
and
hold
wel
thy
tongue
/
kepe
the
fro
moche
talkynge
/
And
haue
not
enuye
of
other
mens
good
/
For
enuye
letteth
the
enuyous
/
Haue
cure
and
regard
ouer
thy
famylle
or
meyny
/
and
that
thou
be
loued
lyke
a
lord
/
Haue
shame
in
thy self
to
doo
ageynst
reason
/
And
be
not
neclygent
or
recheles
to
lerne
euery
daye
/
Telle
not
thy
counceylle
to
thy
wyf
in
no
wyse
/
Spend
and
wast
not
thy
good
wylfully
/
For
better
is
to
a
man
to
leue
his
goodes
after
his
dethe
/
than
to
be
indy
▪
gent
and
a
begger
in
his
lyf
/
¶
Salewe
or
grete
Ioyously
suche
as
thou
mete
by
the
waye
/
For
the
dogge
maketh
wyth
his
taylle
feest
and
chere
to
them
that
he
knoweth
by
the
waye
¶
Mo●●e
no
body
/
¶
And
neuer
●●sse
thy
wytte
to
sapyence
¶
And
alle
that
thou
●●west
yeld
it
ageyne
with
good
will
to
thence
that
men
lene
to
the
another
tyme
with
good
wylle
¶
And
they
whiche
thou
mayst
wel
●●lpe
/
refuse
them
not
/
¶
Kepe
the
fro
euylle
companye
/
¶
And
thyn
affayres
or
besynes
sh●●we
vnto
thy
Frendes
/
¶
And
beware
that
thou
do
nothynge
.
wherof
thou
mayst
repente
the
after
/
¶
And
whanne
aduersyte
shalle
come
on
the
/
bere
it
pacyently
/
¶
Lodge
and
her●●owe
them
that
ben
vnpurueyed
of
lodges
/
A
good
word
is
medycyn
ageynst
the
vy●●
/
¶
Certaynly
he
is
wel
happy
that
maye
gete
to
hym
a
good
frend
/
For
nothynge
is
soo
secretely
●●epte
/
but
that
ones
it
is
knowen
and
manyfested
/
¶
This
Historye
maketh
mencion
/
how
Enus
departed
f●●●●ope
and
kylled
hym self
And
after
many
admonestementes
and
techynges
E●●s
the
sone
of
Esope
departed
fro
the
companye
of
Esope
seyng
that
Iniustly
and
withoute
●●use
he
had
accused
hym
/
He
was
full
of
heuynesse
and
sorowfull
/
and
wente
vp
to
the
top
of
a
hyghe
montayne
/
And
fro
thens
he
dyd
cast
hym self
doune
to
the
foote
of
the
hylle
/
And
thus
wylfully
he
brake
his
bones
/
and
kyld
hym self
/
as
he
that
euer
had
kepte
euylle
rewle
and
mysgouernaunce
/
For
of
euylle
lyf
foloweth
euylle
ende
/
¶
After
this
Esope
commaunded
to
the
Faukeners
that
they
shold
take
foure
yonge
egles
whiche
were
yet
within
theyr
nest
/
And
whanne
Esope
hadde
them
/
he
acustomed
and
taught
them
for
to
ete
theyr
mete
hyghe
and
lowe
/
and
eche
of
them
had
to
theyr
feet
two
children
fasted
and
bounden
/
and
as
the
children
lyfte
vpward
or
made
theyr
mete
to
come
dounward
/
the
yonge
egles
in
lyke
wyse
flough
vp
&
doune
for
to
take
theyr
mete
/
And
these
thynges
thus
dressyd
and
made
/
and
that
the
wynter
was
gone
&
pas
sed
/
Esope
took
his
leue
of
the
kynge
●●ycurre
/
and
with
his
Egles
and
children
wente
in
to
Egypte
/
And
whanne
Esope
arryued
and
came
byfore
the
kynge
of
Egypte
/
the
kynge
seyng
that
Esope
was
Crokedbucked
and
counterfayted
of
body
/
thought
in
hym self
that
he
was
but
a
beest
/
and
that
the
kyng
of
Babyloyne
mocqued
hym
and
his
persone
/
For
he
consydered
not
that
a
fowle
vessell
may
be
full
of
ryght
good
wyn
/
For
men
must
not
only
take
hede
to
the
vessel
/
but
to
that
whiche
is
in
hit
/
¶
Esope
thenne
kneled
before
the
kynge
and
moche
humbly
he
salewed
hym
/
And
the
kynge
syttyng
in
his
mageste
receyued
hym
ryght
graciously
and
benyngly
/
sayeng
to
hym
in
this
manere
/
how
lykest
thow
me
and
the
myn
/
And
Esope
ansuerd
Syre
thow
lykest
and
semest
to
me
to
be
the
sonne
/
and
thy
men
the
sparkes
of
hit
/
¶
This
Historye
maketh
mencion
how
Esope
rendryd
the
solucion
to
the
kynge
of
Egypte
vpon
the
question
/
whiche
he
sente
to
the
kynge
of
Babyloyne
/
WHanne
the
kynge
herd
the
ansuere
of
Esope
/
〈◊〉
was
moche
merueylled
of
that
he
was
so
subtyle
in
his
an
suere
/
and
sayd
to
hym
in
this
manere
/
Hast
thou
broght
with
the
all
them
whiche
shalle
edyffye
and
make
vp
my
Tour
/
y●●
sayd
Esope
/
but
fyrst
thow
must
shewe
to
me
the
place
where
as
thow
wylle
haue
it
/
¶
●●he
kynge
thenne
departed
oute
of
his
palays
/
and
ledde
Esope
in
to
a
fayr
fold
/
and
sayd
/
Seest
thow
this
fayre
feld
/
It
is
the
place
where
I
wylle
haue
my
toure
edyffyed
/
¶
Esope
thenne
to
eche
corner
of
this
feld
leyd
an
Egle
with
●●o
children
/
The
child
held
thenne
the
mete
vpward
in
to
the
a●●r
/
and
the
egles
beganne
to
flee
after
hit
/
¶
And
thenne
the
Children
with
a
hyghe
wys
beganne
to
crye
/
sayeng
/
brynge
now
to
vs
claye
stones
&
bryk
/
wood
&
tye●●
for
to
haue
byld
vp
the
toure
/
¶
And
whanne
the
kyng
saw
this
/
he
said
to
Esope
as
by
grete
admyracion
.
how
sayd
he
/
haue
ye
men
in
your
land
whiche
haue
wynges
/
And
Esope
sayd
/
many
suche
one
we
haue
there
/
¶
Thenne
sayd
the
kyng
to
Esope
/
thow
hast
wynquysshed
me
by
thy
reasons
and
wordes
/
But
I
praye
the
and
requyre
/
that
thow
wylt
ansuere
to
me
vpon
a
questyon
whiche
is
thys
/
I
haue
maade
mares
to
be
broughte
to
me
oute
of
Grece
/
the
whiche
conceyue●●
and
bere
horses
by
the
help
of
the
horses
/
that
ben
in
Babyloyne
/
And
Esope
thenne
ansuerd
to
hym
/
Syre
/
to
morne
I
shalle
gyue
to
the
an
ansuere
vpon
this
question
/
¶
And
after
that
Esope
was
retorned
in
to
his
lodgys
/
said
in
this
manere
to
his
seruaunte
/
Make
ye
so
amonge
yow
all
that
ye
gete
me
a
grete
Catte
/
And
the
seruauntes
accomplysshed
the
commaundement
of
Esope
/
¶
Esope
thenne
openly
before
alle
the
folke
maade
the
Catte
to
be
bete
wyth
roddes
/
¶
And
as
the
Egypcyans
sawe
this
/
they
ran
anone
after
the
sayd
catte
for
to
haue
take
hym
/
but
they
myght
not
the
whiche
faytte
or
dede
the
Egypciens
wente
and
shewed
it
to
the
kynge
/
¶
And
anone
the
kynge
commaunded
that
Esope
shold
be
brought
to
fore
his
persone
/
¶
And
whanne
he
was
before
his
mageste
/
the
k●●ng
sayd
to
hym
/
Esope
come
hyder
/
what
hast
thow
done
/
wos●●e
thow
wel
that
the
god
whiche
is
adoured
and
worshypped
of
vs
/
is
of
suche
fygure
and
lykenesse
as
a
catte
/
For
certeynly
alle
the
Egypcyens
worshyppeth
the
ydolle
maade
after
the
forme
and
fygure
of
a
catte
/
wherfore
gretely
thow
haste
offended
/
¶
And
Esope
sayd
thus
to
the
kynge
/
Syre
this
fals
and
euylle
beest
/
on
the
nyghte
laste
passyd
offended
gretely
ageynst
the
kynge
of
Babyloyne
For
this
beest
hath
slayne
a
Cok
whiche
be
moche
loued
by
cause
he
fought
strongly
/
And
sange
on
all
the
houres
of
the
nyght
And
the
kynge
thenne
seyd
to
hym
/
Esope
I
had
neuer
byleuyd
that
thow
sholdest
haue
madde
soo
grete
a
lesynge
before
me
/
For
hit
maye
not
be
that
this
catte
shold
haue
gone
and
come
on
a
nyght
fro
hens
to
Babyloyne
/
And
esope
smylyng
sayd
to
hym
/
Syre
in
suche
maner
cometh
and
goth
fro
Babyloyne
hyther
the
horses
of
Babyloyn
by
the
whiche
thy
marys
/
brought
oute
of
grece
couceyuen
and
bere
yong
horses
/
¶
And
thenne
after
these
wordes
sayd
by
Esope
/
the
kynge
preysed
gretely
the
sapyence
of
Esope
/
¶
And
the
kynge
made
more
of
hym
and
more
worshipped
hym
than
he
dyd
to
fore
/
¶
And
on
the
next
mo●●we
the
kyng
of
Egypt
made
al
the
best
and
grettest
philosophres
and
wyse
men
of
alle
his
Countrey
to
be
called
before
hym
/
the
whiche
he
infourmed
of
the
grete
subtylyte
〈◊〉
wytte
of
Esope
/
And
commaunded
them
to
come
to
souper
in
to
his
Courte
wyth
Esope
/
¶
And
as
they
were
syttynge
at
the
table
/
the
one
of
them
sayd
thus
to
Esope
/
Thou
must
pardonne
me
/
For
here
I
am
se●●te
to
speke
with
the
/
¶
And
Esope
ansuerd
to
hym
Saye
what
hit
pleaseth
to
the
/
It
is
not
/
God
is
wylle
that
no
man
shold
make
ony
lesynge
/
wherfor
youre
wordes
shewen
/
that
lytylle
ye
drede
and
loue
youre
god
/
For
ye
talke
and
saye
but
fables
and
lesynges
/
¶
And
after
another
sayd
to
hym
/
there
is
a
grete
Temple
in
the
whiche
is
a
Columpne
/
ryght
grete
/
the
whiche
Columpne
bereth
and
susteyneth
xij
/
Cytees
/
And
euery
Cyte
is
couerd
with
thyrtty
grete
saylles
vpon
the
whiche
two
wymmen
ben
euer
rennynge
/
And
Esope
ansuerd
to
hym
in
this
manere
/
The
smal
and
ly
tyll
children
of
Babyloyne
knowe
the
solucion
of
this
questyon
/
For
thie
Temple
wherof
thou
spekest
is
the
heuen
/
and
the
columpne
is
the
erthe
/
And
the
twelue
Cytees
ben
the
twelue
monethes
of
the
yere
/
and
the
thyrtty
sayllys
ben
the
dayes
of
the
monethes
/
And
by
the
two
wymmen
whiche
euer
withoute
cesse
renne
ouer
the
thyrtty
saylles
/
is
to
vnder
stonde
the
day
and
nyght
/
¶
Thenne
sayd
the
kynge
of
egipt
to
the
lordes
of
his
Courte
/
Hit
is
now
ryght
and
reason
/
that
I
send
trybutes
and
yeftes
vnto
the
kyng
of
Babyloyne
/
¶
And
one
of
them
sayd
to
the
kynge
/
Syre
we
must
yet
make
to
hym
another
question
/
the
whiche
is
this
what
is
hit
/
that
we
neuer
herd
ne
neuer
we
sawe
/
And
the
kynge
thenne
beganne
to
saye
to
Esope
/
I
pray
the
to
gyue
solucion
of
this
question
And
Esope
retourned
in
to
his
lodges
and
fayned
to
make
an
oblygacion
/
In
the
whiche
Esope
made
to
be
wreton
thys
whiche
foloweth
/
I
Nectanabus
kynge
of
Egypte
knowe
before
alle
men
to
haue
borowed
of
the
kynge
Lycurre
a
thousand
marke
of
gold
/
the
whiche
I
Nectanabus
kynge
of
Egypte
promytte
to
rendre
hit
and
paye
to
the
sayd
kynge
Lycurre
within
a
certeyn
terme
/
whiche
as
thenne
was
passed
/
the
whiche
Cyrographe
or
wrytynge
Esope
presented
on
the
morne
so
lowynge
to
the
kynge
of
Egypte
/
Gretely
was
the
kynge
esmerneylled
of
this
Cyrographe
/
And
sayd
to
the
noble
men
of
his
Courte
whiche
were
there
presente
/
Haue
yow
euer
sene
ne
herd
saye
that
the
kynge
Lycurre
had
lente
to
me
ony
mo
ney
ne
other
thynge
/
And
the
knyghtes
sayden
Nay
/
¶
Esope
thenne
sayd
to
them
/
yf
hit
be
as
ye
saye
to
me
/
your
question
is
assoylled
/
For
now
ye
haue
herd
and
sene
that
/
whiche
ye
herd
ne
sawe
neuer
/
¶
And
thenne
the
kynge
of
Egypte
sayd
that
the
kynge
Lycurre
was
well
happy
and
eurous
to
haue
in
his
myght
and
subiection
suche
a
subget
and
seruaunt
/
as
Esope
was
/
And
sente
ageyne
Esope
in
to
Babyloyne
/
with
grete
yeftes
and
trybutes
for
the
kynge
of
Babyloyne
/
¶
This
Historye
maketh
mencyon
how
Esope
retorned
in
to
Babyloyn
/
¶
And
how
for
to
make
hym
to
be
worshipped
he
dyd
do
make
a
statue
or
ymage
of
gold
THan
Esope
was
come
before
the
kynge
of
Babyloyn
he
told
and
reherced
to
hym
al
that
he
had
done
in
Egypte
/
wherfore
the
kynge
commaunded
/
that
in
the
worship
of
Esope
a
statue
or
ymage
of
gold
shold
be
sette
in
the
publyke
or
comyn
place
/
¶
And
within
a
whyle
after
eso
pe
had
desyre
&
wylle
for
to
goo
in
to
grece
/
and
asked
leue
of
the
kynge
for
to
goo
thyder
/
wherof
the
kynge
was
soroufull
And
Esope
promysed
to
hym
that
he
shold
ret●●rne
in
to
Babyloyne
/
And
that
there
he
wold
lyue
and
deye
with
hym
/
And
thus
the
kynge
graunted
hym
leue
/
And
as
Esope
was
goyng
&
walkyng
thurgh
al
the
cytees
THe
whiche
thynge
Esope
denyed
and
agaynsayd
/
And
thenne
the
Delphyns
vnbynded
the
male
in
the
whiche
they
found
the
Coup
of
gold
/
And
thenne
wente
and
shewed
it
before
the
people
/
And
consyderynge
and
seynge
the
waye
of
their
malyce
and
wykkednes
also
knowynge
that
he
myght
not
escape
beganne
to
wepe
/
&
to
make
sorowe
on
his
fortune
/
And
one
of
his
frendes
named
demas
as
he
sawe
Esope
thus
wepynge
/
comforted
hym
sayeng
Haue
good
courage
and
reioyse
thy self
/
And
anone
the
delphyns
wente
and
concluded
to
gyder
/
that
they
as
a
sacrylege
worthy
to
receyue
vylaynous
dethe
/
shold
take
Esope
and
make
hym
to
be
ledde
vpon
a
hyghe
Montayne
/
for
to
be
there
throwen
doune
fro
the
top
of
the
hylle
vnto
the
fote
of
hit
/
Whanne
Esope
knewe
theyre
sentence
/
he
sayd
to
them
and
reherced
this
fable
for
to
withdrawe
them
oute
of
theyre
malyce
/
and
sayd
that
pees
was
amonge
alle
beestes
/
the
ratte
and
the
frogge
loued
moche
eche
other
/
And
the
Ratte
called
the
frogge
for
to
come
and
soupe
with
hym
/
The
ratte
sayd
to
the
frogge
/
ete
of
that
whiche
pleaseth
to
the
/
And
as
they
hadde
ynough
/
the
frogge
sayd
to
the
Ratte
/
come
with
me
/
and
thou
shalt
be
wel
festyed
atte
souper
/
And
to
th
ende
that
thou
maist
the
better
passe
the
Ryuer
/
thou
shalt
bynd
thy self
to
my
fote
/
The
ratte
was
bound
to
the
frogges
feet
/
And
anone
the
frogge
lepte
in
to
the
water
/
and
drewe
the
Rat
after
her
/
And
as
the
Ratte
was
nyghe
drowned
he
sayd
to
the
frogge
/
wrongly
thou
makest
me
suffre
dethe
/
but
they
that
shall
abyde
on
lyue
/
shalle
auenge
this
mysdede
on
the
/
And
as
they
were
thus
drawynge
the
one
forward
and
the
other
backward
A
kyte
seynge
this
stryf
and
delate
/
took
them
bothe
to
gyder
/
&
ete
them
/
And
semblably
ye
make
me
to
deye
wrongfully
/
But
Babyloyne
and
grece
shalle
auenge
me
vpon
yow
/
But
yet
for
al
this
the
Delphyns
lete
not
goo
Esope
/
but
in
stede
of
dethe
they
drewe
and
polled
hym
shrewdly
/
and
the
best
wyse
that
he
coude
he
deffended
and
reuenged
hym self
ageynst
them
¶
This
History●●
maketh
mencyon
how
Esope
ended
and
〈◊〉
ANd
as
Esope
was
thus
fyghtynge
ageynst
them
/
he
scaped
oute
of
theyr
handes
and
fledde
in
to
the
Temple
of
Appollo
/
but
al
that
prouffited
hym
nothynge
For
by
force
and
strengthe
they
had
&
drewe
hym
oute
of
the
Temple
/
And
thenne
they
ledde
hym
where
as
they
wold
haue
hym
for
to
be
put
to
dethe
/
And
Esope
seynge
hym
so
Vytupered
sayd
to
them
in
this
manere
/
¶
My
lordes
drede
yow
not
your
god
Appollo
shalle
auenge
me
vpon
yow
/
but
not
withstondynge
alle
that
he
coude
saye
he
was
broughte
to
the
place
where
he
shold
deye
/
And
seynge
that
he
coude
not
scape
fro
them
/
he
beganne
to
reherce
to
them
this
fable
/
A
woman
was
ones
the
whiche
had
a
doughter
whiche
was
vyrgyne
and
foole
/
¶
The
moder
prayd
ofte
to
the
goddes
/
that
they
wold
gyue
to
her
doughter
wytte
and
raysen
/
her
doughter
was
ones
with
her
in
the
Temple
/
and
herd
what
she
sayd
in
her
prayer
/
And
as
this
mayde
was
ones
gone
in
to
the
feldes
/
she
sawe
a
man
whiche
fylled
a
sak
ful
of
cor●●
how
the
delphyns
had
put
Esope
to
dethe
/
they
came
to
Delph●●e
for
to
punysshe
them
whiche
had
Iniustly
and
myserably
put
Esope
to
dethe
/
¶
Here
endeth
the
lyf
of
Esope
/
¶
Here
after
folowen
somme
Fables
of
Esope
after
the
newe
translacion
/
the
whiche
Fables
ben
not
founden
ne
wreton
in
the
bookes
of
the
philosopher
Romulus
-
¶
The
Fyrst
fable
is
of
the
Egle
and
of
the
rauen
-
¶
The
second
Fable
is
of
the
egle
and
of
the
wesell
-
¶
The
thyrdde
fable
is
of
the
Foxe
and
of
the
gote
/
-
¶
The
fourthe
Fable
is
of
the
katte
and
of
the
chyken
-
¶
The
v
Fable
is
of
the
Foxe
and
of
the
busshe
-
¶
The
syxthe
Fable
is
of
the
man
/
of
the
god
of
the
wodes
/
-
¶
The
vij
Fable
is
of
the
fyssher
-
¶
The
eyghte
Fable
is
of
the
catte
and
of
the
rat
-
¶
The
ix
Fable
is
of
the
labourer
and
of
the
large
foote
-
¶
The
x
fable
is
of
the
child
that
kepte
the
sheep
-
¶
The
xj
fable
is
of
the
Ante
and
of
the
columbe
-
¶
The
xij
fable
is
of
the
Bee
and
of
Iupiter
-
¶
The
xiij
fable
is
of
a
carpenter
-
¶
The
xiiij
fable
is
of
a
yonge
theef
and
of
his
moder
-
¶
The
xv
fable
is
of
the
man
and
of
the
flee
-
¶
The
xvj
fable
is
of
the
husbond
and
of
his
two
wyues
-
¶
The
xvij
fable
is
of
the
labourer
and
of
his
children
¶
The
fyrst
fable
is
of
the
Egle
and
of
the
rauen
NOne
ought
to
take
on
hym self
to
doo
a
thynge
/
whiche
is
peryllous
withoute
he
fele
hym self
strong
ynough
to
doo
hit
/
As
reherceth
this
Fable
/
Of
an
Egle
/
whiche
fleyncte
took
a
lambe
/
wherof
the
Rauen
hadde
grete
enuye
wherfor
vpon
another
tyme
as
/
the
sayd
rauen
sawe
a
grete
herd
of
sheep
/
by
his
grete
enuy
&
pryde
&
by
his
grete
oultrage
descended
on
them
/
and
by
suche
fachon
and
manere
smote
a
wether
that
his
clowes
abode
to
the
flyes
of
hit
/
In
soo
moche
that
he
coude
not
flee
awey
/
The
sheepherd
thenne
came
and
brake
and
toke
his
wynges
from
hym
/
And
after
bare
hym
to
his
children
to
playe
them
with
/
And
demaunded
of
hym
/
what
byrd
he
was
/
And
the
Rauen
ausuerd
to
hym
/
I
supposed
to
haue
ben
an
Egle
/
And
by
my
ouerwenynge
I
wende
to
haue
take
a
lambe
/
as
the
egle
dyd
/
but
now
I
knowe
wel
that
I
am
a
Rauen
/
wherfore
the
feble
ought
not
in
no
wyse
to
compare
hym self
to
the
stronge
/
For
somtyme
when
he
supposeth
to
doo
more
than
he
may
/
he
falleth
in
to
grete
dishonour
/
as
hit
appiereth
by
this
present
Fable
/
Of
a
Rauen
/
whiche
supposed
to
haue
ben
as
stronge
as
the
egle
¶
The
second
Fable
is
of
the
egle
and
of
the
wesel
NOne
for
what
so
euer
myght
that
he
haue
/
ought
not
to
dispreyse
the
other
/
As
hit
appiereth
by
this
present
fable
of
an
Egle
/
whiche
chaced
somtyme
after
an
hare
And
by
cause
that
the
hare
myght
not
resyste
ne
withstande
a
geynst
the
egle
/
he
demaunded
ayde
and
helpe
of
the
wesel
/
the
whiche
tooke
hym
in
her
kepynge
/
And
by
cause
that
the
egle
sawe
the
wesel
soo
lytyl
/
he
dispreysed
her
/
and
before
her
toke
the
hare
/
wherof
the
wesel
was
wrothe
/
And
therfore
the
wesell
wente
/
and
beheld
the
Egles
nest
whiche
was
vpon
a
hyghe
tree
/
And
whanne
she
sawe
hit
/
the
lytell
wesell
clymmed
vpon
a
tree
and
took
and
cast
doune
to
the
ground
the
yong
egles
wherfore
they
deyde
/
And
for
this
cause
was
the
Egle
moche
wrothe
and
angry
/
and
after
wente
to
the
god
Iupiter
And
prayd
hym
that
he
wold
fynde
hym
a
sure
place
where
as
he
myght
leye
his
egges
and
his
lytyl
chykyns
/
And
Iupiter
graunted
it
/
and
gaf
hym
suche
a
gyfte
/
that
whan
the
tyme
of
childynge
shold
come
/
that
she
shold
make
her
yong
Egles
within
his
bosome
/
And
thenne
whanne
the
wesel
knowe
this
/
she
gadred
and
assembled
to
gyder
grete
quantite
of
ordure
or
fylthe
/
and
therof
made
an
hyghe
hylle
for
to
lete
her self
falle
fro
the
top
of
hit
in
to
the
bosome
of
Iupiter
/
And
whanne
Iupyter
felte
the
stenche
of
the
fylthe
/
he
leganne
to
shake
his
bosome
/
and
both
the
wesel
and
the
egges
of
the
egle
felle
doune
to
the
erthe
/
And
thus
were
alle
the
egges
broken
and
bost
/
And
whanne
the
Egel
knewe
hit
/
she
made
anowe
/
that
she
shold
neuer
make
none
egles
/
tyll
of
the
wesel
she
were
assured
/
And
therfore
none
how
stronge
and
myghty
that
he
be
/
ought
not
to
dispreyse
somme
other
/
For
there
is
none
soo
lytyl
/
but
that
somtyme
he
may
lette
and
auenge
hym self
/
wherfore
doo
thow
no
displaysyr
to
none
/
that
displaysyre
come
not
to
the
¶
The
thyrdde
fable
is
of
the
Foxe
and
of
the
gote
HE
whiche
is
wyse
and
sage
ought
fyrst
to
loke
and
be
hold
the
ende
/
or
he
begynneth
the
werke
or
dede
/
as
hyer
appiereth
by
this
fable
/
Of
a
Foxe
&
of
a
gote
/
that
somtyme
defanded
and
wente
doune
in
to
a
depe
welle
/
for
to
drynke
.
And
whanne
they
had
wel
dronke
/
by
cause
that
thei
●●oude
not
come
vpward
ageyne
/
the
Foxe
sayd
to
the
gote
in
this
maner
/
my
frend
yf
thow
wylt
helpe
me
/
we
shall
sone
ben
bothe
oute
of
this
welle
/
For
yf
thow
wylt
sette
thy
two
feet
ageynste
the
walle
/
I
shal
wel
lepe
vpon
the
/
&
vpon
thy
hornes
And
thenne
I
shal
lepe
oute
of
this
welle
/
¶
And
whanne
I
shalle
be
oute
of
hit
/
thow
shalt
take
me
by
the
handes
/
and
I
shal
plucke
and
drawe
the
oute
of
the
welle
/
And
at
this
request
the
gote
/
acorded
and
ansuerd
/
I
wylle
wel
/
And
thenne
the
gote
lyfte
vp
his
feet
ageynst
the
walle
/
and
the
foxe
dyd
so
moche
by
his
malyce
that
he
gat
out
of
the
welle
/
And
whan
he
was
oute
/
he
began
to
loke
onthectote
/
whiche
was
within
the
welle
/
&
thenne
the
gote
sayd
to
hym
/
help
me
now
as
thow
hast
promysed
/
And
thenne
the
foxe
beganne
to
lawhe
and
to
scorne
hym
/
and
sayd
to
hym
/
O
mayster
goote
/
yf
thow
haddest
be
wel
wyse
with
thy
fayre
berde
/
or
euer
thow
haddest
entryd
in
to
the
welle
/
thow
sholdest
fyrst
haue
taken
hede
/
how
thow
sholdest
haue
comen
oute
of
hit
ageyne
/
¶
And
therfore
he
whiche
is
wyse
/
yf
he
wysely
wylle
gouerne
hym self
/
ought
to
take
euer
good
hede
to
the
ende
of
his
werke
¶
The
fourthe
fable
is
of
the
catte
and
of
the
chyken
HE
whiche
is
fals
of
kynde
/
&
hath
begonne
to
deceyue
some
other
/
euer
he
wyl
vse
his
craft
/
As
it
appiereth
by
this
present
Fable
of
a
kat
whiche
somtyme
toke
a
chyken
/
the
whiche
he
biganne
strongly
to
blame
/
for
to
haue
fonde
somme
cause
that
he
myght
ete
hit
/
and
sayd
to
hym
in
this
manere
/
Come
hyther
thou
chyken
/
thow
dost
none
other
good
but
crye
alle
the
nyght
/
thow
letest
not
the
men
slepe
/
And
thenne
the
chykyn
ansuerd
to
hym
/
I
doo
hit
for
theyre
grete
prouffite
/
And
ouer
ageyne
the
catte
sayd
to
hym
/
Yet
is
there
wel
wors
/
For
thow
arte
an
inceste
&
lechour
For
thow
knowest
naturelly
both
thy
moder
and
thy
doughter
And
thenne
the
chyken
sayd
to
the
cat
/
I
doo
hit
by
cause
that
my
mayster
maye
haue
egges
for
his
etynge
/
And
that
hys
mayster
for
his
prouffyte
gaf
to
hym
bothe
the
moder
and
the
doughter
for
to
multyplye
the
egges
/
And
thenne
the
Catte
sayd
to
hym
/
by
my
feythe
godsep
thow
h●●t
of
excusacions
ynough
/
but
neuertheles
thow
shalt
passe
thurgh
my
throte
/
for
I
suppose
not
to
faste
this
day
for
alle
thy
wordes
/
¶
And
thus
is
it
of
hym
whiche
is
custommed
to
lyue
by
rauyn
/
For
he
can
not
kepe
ne
absteyne
hym self
fro
hit
/
For
alle
thex
cusacions
that
be
leyd
on
hym
¶
The
v
fable
is
of
the
Foxe
and
of
the
busshe
MEn
ought
not
to
demande
ne
aske
help
of
them
that
ben
more
customed
to
lette
than
to
do
good
or
prouffit
/
as
it
appereth
by
this
fable
of
a
fox
which
for
to
scape
the
peril
to
be
taken
wente
vpon
a
thorne
busshe
/
whiche
hurted
hym
sore
/
and
wepynge
sayd
to
the
busshe
/
I
am
come
as
to
my
refuge
vnto
the
/
and
thow
hast
hurted
me
vnto
the
dethe
/
And
thenne
the
busshe
sayd
to
hym
/
thow
hast
erred
/
and
wel
thou
hast
begyled
thy self
/
For
thow
supposest
to
haue
taken
me
as
thow
arte
custommed
to
take
chekyns
and
hennes
/
¶
And
ther
fore
men
ought
not
to
helpe
them
whiche
ben
acustomed
to
doo
euylle
/
but
men
ought
rather
to
lette
them
¶
The
vj
fable
is
of
the
man
and
of
the
god
of
the
wodes
OF
the
euylle
man
somtyme
prouffiteth
some
other
/
he
doth
hit
not
by
his
good
wylle
/
but
by
force
/
As
reherceth
to
vs
this
fable
/
Of
a
man
whiche
had
in
his
hows
an
ydolle
the
whiche
oftyme
he
adoured
as
his
god
/
to
whome
ofte
he
prayd
that
he
wold
gyue
to
hym
moche
good
And
the
more
that
he
prayd
hym
/
the
more
he
faylled
/
and
became
pouere
/
wherfore
the
man
was
wel
wrothe
ageynst
his
ydolle
/
and
took
hit
by
the
legges
/
and
smote
the
hede
of
hit
so
strongly
ageynst
the
walle
/
so
that
it
brake
in
to
many
pyeces
/
Oute
of
the
whiche
ydolle
yssued
a
ryght
grete
tresoure
/
wherof
the
man
was
ful
gladde
and
Ioyous
/
And
thenne
the
man
sayd
to
his
ydolle
/
Now
knowe
I
wel
/
that
thou
art
wycked
/
euyl
and
peruers
/
For
whanne
I
haue
worshipped
the
/
thow
hast
not
holpen
me
/
And
now
whanne
I
haue
bete
the
/
thow
hast
moche
done
for
me
/
¶
And
therfore
the
euylle
man
whanne
he
doth
ony
good
/
it
is
not
of
his
good
wylle
/
but
by
force
/
¶
The
vij
fable
is
of
a
fyssher
ALle
thynges
which
ben
done
&
made
in
theyr
tyme
&
se
ason
ben
wel
made
/
as
by
this
present
fable
it
appereth
Of
a
fyssher
whiche
somtyme
touched
his
bagpype
nyhe
the
Ryuer
for
to
make
the
fysshe
to
daunse
/
¶
And
whan
he
sawe
that
for
none
fonge
that
he
coude
pype
/
the
fysshes
wold
not
daunse
/
As
wroth
dyd
cast
his
nettes
in
to
the
Ryuer
/
&
toke
of
fysshe
grete
quantite
/
And
whanne
he
had
drawe
oute
his
net●●s
oute
of
the
water
/
the
fysshe
beganne
to
lepe
and
to
daunse
/
and
thenne
he
sayd
to
them
/
Certaynly
hit
appiereth
now
wel
/
that
ye
be
euylle
beestes
/
For
now
whanne
ye
be
taken
/
ye
lepe
and
daunse
/
And
whanne
I
pyped
and
played
of
my
muse
or
bagpype
ye
dayned
/
ne
wold
not
daunse
/
Therfore
hit
appiereth
wel
that
the
thynges
whiche
ben
made
in
season
/
ben
wel
made
and
done
by
reason
¶
The
eyght
fable
is
of
the
catte
and
of
the
rat
HE
whiche
is
wyse
/
and
that
ones
hath
ben
begyled
/
ought
not
to
truste
more
hym
that
hath
begyled
hym
As
wherceth
this
Fable
of
a
catte
whiche
wente
in
to
a
hows
/
where
as
many
rats
were
/
the
whiche
he
dyd
ete
eche
one
after
other
/
¶
And
whanne
the
rats
perceyued
the
grete
fyersnes
and
crudelyte
of
the
catte
/
held
a
counceylle
to
gyder
where
as
they
determyned
of
one
comyn
wylle
/
that
they
shold
no
more
hold
them
ne
come
nor
goo
on
the
lowe
floore
▪
wherfore
one
of
them
moost
auncyent
profered
and
sayd
to
al
the
other
suche
wordes
/
¶
My
bretheren
and
my
frendes
/
ye
knowe
wel
/
that
we
haue
a
grete
enemye
/
Whiche
is
a
grete
persecutour
ouer
vs
alle
/
to
whome
we
may
not
resyste
/
wherfor
of
nede
we
must
hold
our self
vppn
the
hyghe
balkes
/
to
th
ende
that
he
may
not
take
vs
/
Of
the
whiche
proposycion
or
wordes
the
other
rats
were
wel
content
and
apayd
/
and
byleuyd
this
counceylle
/
And
whanne
the
kat
knewe
the
counceylle
of
the
rats
/
he
hang
hym self
by
his
two
feet
behynd
at
a
pynne
of
yron
whiche
was
styked
at
a
balke
/
feynynge
hym self
to
be
dede
/
And
whanne
one
of
the
rats
lokynge
dounward
saw
▪
the
katte
beganne
to
lawhe
and
sayd
to
the
cat
/
O
my
Frend
yf
I
supposed
that
thow
were
dede
/
I
shold
goo
doune
/
but
wel
I
knowe
the
so
fals
&
peruers
/
that
thou
mayst
wel
haue
hanged
thy self
/
faynynge
to
be
dede
/
wherfore
I
shall
not
go
doune
/
And
therfore
he
that
hath
ben
ones
begyled
by
somme
other
/
ought
to
kepe
hym
wel
fro
the
same
¶
The
ix
fable
is
of
the
labourer
and
of
the
pyelarge
HE
whiche
is
taken
with
the
wicked
and
euyll
oughte
to
suffre
payne
and
punycyon
as
they
/
As
it
appiereth
by
this
fable
/
Of
a
labourer
whiche
somtyme
dressyd
and
sette
his
gynnes
and
nettes
for
to
take
the
ghees
and
the
cranes
/
Whiche
ete
his
corne
/
It
happed
thenne
that
ones
amonge
a
grete
meyny
of
ghees
and
cranes
/
he
took
a
pyelarge
/
whiche
prayd
the
labourer
in
this
maner
/
I
praye
the
lete
me
go
/
For
I
am
neyther
goos
ne
crane
nor
I
am
not
come
byther
for
to
do
to
the
ony
euylle
/
The
labourer
beganne
thenne
to
law●●
/
and
sayd
to
the
pyelarge
/
yf
thow
haddest
not
be
in
theyr
felauship
/
thow
haddest
not
entryd
in
to
my
nettes
/
n●●
haddest
not
be
taken
/
And
by
cause
that
thow
arte
founde
and
taken
with
them
/
thow
shalt
be
punysshed
as
they
shalle
be
Therfore
none
ought
to
hold
companye
with
the
euylle
withoute
he
wylle
suffre
the
punycion
of
them
whiche
ben
punysshed
¶
The
tenth
fable
is
of
the
child
/
whiche
kepte
the
sheep
HE
whiche
is
acustommed
to
make
lesynges
/
how
be
it
that
he
saye
trouthe
/
yet
men
byleue
hym
not
/
As
reherceth
this
fable
/
Of
a
child
whiche
somtyme
kepte
sheep
/
the
whiche
cryed
ofte
withoute
cause
/
sayenge
/
Alla●●
for
goddes
loue
so●●ure
yow
me
/
For
the
wulf
wylle
ete
my
sheep
/
And
whanne
the
labourers
that
cultyued
and
ered
the
erthe
aboute
hym
/
herd
his
crye
/
they
came
to
helpe
hym
/
the
whiche
came
so
many
tymes
/
and
fond
nothyng
/
And
as
they
sawe
that
there
were
no
wulues
/
they
retorned
to
theyr
labourage
/
And
the
child
dyd
so
many
tymes
for
to
playe
hym
/
¶
It
happed
on
a
day
that
the
wulf
came
/
and
the
child
cryed
as
he
was
acustommed
to
doo
/
And
by
cause
that
the
labourers
supposed
/
tha●●
hit
had
not
ben
trouthe
/
abode
stylle
at
theyr
laboure
/
wherfore
the
wulf
dyd
ete
the
sheep
/
For
men
bi
leue
not
lyghtly
hym
/
whiche
is
knowen
for
a
lyer
¶
The
xj
fable
is
of
the
ante
and
of
the
columbe
NOne
ought
to
be
slowful
of
the
good
whiche
he
receyueth
of
other
/
As
reherceth
this
fable
of
an
Ante
/
whiche
came
to
a
fontayne
for
to
drynke
/
and
as
she
wold
haue
dronke
she
felle
within
the
fontayn
/
vpon
the
whiche
was
a
columbe
or
douue
/
whiche
seyng
that
the
Ante
shold
haue
ben
drowned
withoute
helpe
/
took
a
braunche
of
a
tree
/
&
cast
it
to
her
for
to
saue
her self
/
And
the
Ante
wente
anone
vpon
the
braunche
and
saued
her
/
¶
And
anone
after
came
a
Fawkoner
/
whiche
wold
haue
take
the
douue
/
And
thenne
the
Ante
whiche
sawe
that
the
Fawkoner
dressyd
his
nett●●s
came
to
his
foote
/
and
soo
fast
pryked
hit
/
that
she
caused
hym
to
smyte
the
erthe
with
his
foote
/
and
therwith
made
soo
grete
noyse
/
that
the
doune
herd
hit
/
wherfore
she
fl●●whe
aweye
o●●
the
gynne
and
nettes
were
al
sette
/
¶
And
therfore
none
ought
to
forgete
the
benyfyce
whiche
he
hath
receyued
of
some
other
/
fo●●
slowfulnesse
is
a
grete
synne
¶
The
xij
fable
is
of
the
Bee
and
of
Iupiter
NOw
the
euyl
which
men
wysshe
to
other
/
cometh
to
hym
whiche
wyssheth
hit
/
as
hit
appiereth
by
this
fable
/
of
a
Bee
whiche
offred
and
gaf
to
Iupyter
a
pyece
of
hony
/
wherof
Iupyter
was
moche
Ioyous
/
And
thenne
Iupyter
sayd
to
the
bee
/
demaunde
of
me
what
thow
wylt
/
and
I
shalle
graunte
and
gyue
hit
to
the
gladly
/
And
thenne
the
Bee
prayd
hym
in
this
manere
/
God
almyghty
I
pray
the
that
thow
wylt
gyue
to
me
and
graunte
/
that
who
so
euer
shal
come
for
to
take
awey
my
hony
/
yf
I
pryke
hym
/
he
may
sodenly
deye
/
And
by
cause
that
Iupyter
loued
the
humayn
lyg
nage
he
sayd
to
the
Bee
/
Suffyse
the
/
that
who
so
euer
shalle
goo
to
take
thy
hony
/
yf
thow
pryke
or
stynge
hym
/
Incontynent
thow
shalt
deye
/
And
thus
her
prayer
was
tourned
to
her
grete
dommage
/
For
men
ought
not
to
demaunde
of
god
/
but
suche
thynges
that
ben
good
and
honest
¶
The
xiij
fable
is
of
a
carpenter
IN
as
moche
as
god
is
more
propyce
and
b●●nygne
to
the
good
and
holy
/
moche
more
he
punyssheth
the
wyc
●●d
and
euylle
/
As
we
may
see
by
this
fable
/
Of
a
carpenter
whiche
cutte
wode
vpon
a
Ryuer
for
to
make
a
temple
to
the
goddes
/
And
as
he
cutte
wode
/
his
axe
felle
in
the
Ryuer
/
wherfore
he
beganne
to
wepe
and
to
calle
helpe
of
the
goddes
/
And
the
god
Mercurye
for
pyte
appiered
before
hym
And
demaunded
of
hym
wherfore
he
wepte
/
and
shewed
to
hym
an
axe
of
gold
/
and
demaunded
of
hym
yf
hit
was
the
axe
whiche
he
had
lost
/
&
he
sayd
nay
/
And
after
the
god
shewed
to
hym
another
axe
of
syluer
/
And
semblably
said
nay
And
by
cause
that
Mercurius
sawe
that
he
was
good
and
trewe
/
he
drewe
his
axe
oute
of
the
water
/
and
took
hit
to
hym
with
moche
good
that
he
gaf
to
hym
/
And
the
carpenter
told
t
hystorye
to
his
felawes
/
of
the
whiche
one
of
them
came
in
to
the
same
place
for
to
cutte
woode
as
his
felawe
dyd
before
/
E
lete
falle
his
axe
within
the
water
/
and
beganne
to
wepe
and
to
demaund
the
helpe
and
ayde
of
the
goddes
/
And
thenne
Mercury
appiered
to
fore
hym
/
and
shewed
to
hym
an
axe
of
gold
/
and
demaunded
of
hym
in
suche
manere
/
Is
the
same
hit
that
thow
hast
lost
/
And
he
ansuerd
to
Mercury
/
ye
fayre
syre
and
myghty
god
the
same
is
it
/
And
Mercury
s●●ynge
the
malyce
of
the
vylayne
gaf
to
hym
neyther
the
same
ne
none
other
/
and
lefte
hym
wepynge
/
For
god
whiche
is
good
and
Iust
rewarded
the
good
and
trewe
in
this
wo●●
/
or
eche
other
after
his
deserte
and
punyssheth
the
euylle
and
Iniuste
¶
The
xiiij
fable
is
of
a
yonge
theef
and
of
his
moder
HE
whiche
is
not
chastysed
at
the
begynnynge
is
●●uyll
and
peruers
at
the
ende
/
As
hit
appiereth
by
this
fable
of
a
yonge
child
whiche
of
his
yongthe
began●●e
to
stele
/
and
to
be
a
theef
/
And
the
theftys
whiche
he
maad
/
he
broughte
to
his
moder
/
and
the
moder
toke
them
gladly
/
&
in
no
wyse
she
chastysed
hym
/
And
after
that
he
had
done
many
theftys
/
he
was
taken
/
and
condempned
to
be
hanged
/
And
as
men
ledde
hym
to
the
Iustyce
/
his
moder
folowed
hym
and
wepte
sore
/
And
thenne
the
child
prayd
to
the
Iustyce
/
that
he
myght
saye
one
word
to
his
moder
/
And
as
he
approuched
to
her
/
made
semblaunt
to
telle
her
somme
wordes
at
her
ere
/
&
with
his
teeth
he
bote
of
her
nose
/
wherof
the
Iustyce
blamed
hym
/
And
he
ansuerd
in
this
manere
/
My
lordes
ye
haue
no
cause
to
blame
me
therfore
/
For
my
moder
is
cause
of
my
deth
For
yf
she
had
wel
chastysed
me
/
I
had
not
come
to
this
shame
and
vergoyne
/
For
who
loueth
wel
/
wel
he
chastyseth
/
And
therfore
chastyse
wel
youre
children
/
to
th
ende
/
that
ye
falle
not
in
to
suche
a
caas
¶
The
xv
fable
is
of
the
flee
and
of
the
man
/
HE
that
〈◊〉
the
euyl
/
how
be
hit
that
the
euylle
be
not
grete
men
ought
not
to
leue
hym
vnpunysshed
/
As
it
appyereth
by
this
fable
/
Of
a
man
whiche
took
a
flee
whiche
bote
hym
/
to
whome
the
man
sayd
in
this
manere
/
Fle
why
bytest
thow
me
/
and
letest
me
not
slepe
/
And
the
flee
ansuerd
It
is
my
kynd
to
doo
soo
/
wherfore
I
praye
the
that
thow
wyll
not
put
me
to
dethe
/
And
the
man
beganne
to
lawhe
/
&
sayd
to
the
flee
/
how
be
it
/
that
thow
mayst
not
hurte
me
sore
/
N●●uertheles
/
to
the
behoueth
not
to
prycke
me
/
wherfore
thow
shalt
deye
/
For
men
ought
not
to
leue
none
euyll
vnpunysshed
how
be
hit
that
hit
be
not
grete
〈◊〉
for
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
¶
The
xvj
fable
is
of
the
husbond
and
of
his
two
wyues
NOo
thynge
is
werse
to
the
man
than
the
woman
/
As
it
appereth
by
this
fable
/
of
a
man
of
a
meane
age
/
whiche
tooke
two
wyues
/
that
is
to
wete
an
old
/
&
one
yong
/
whiche
were
both
dwellyng
in
his
hows
/
&
by
cause
that
the
old
desyred
to
haue
his
loue
/
she
plucked
the
blak
herys
fro
his
hede
and
his
berde
/
by
cause
he
shold
the
more
be
lyke
to
her
/
And
the
yonge
woman
at
the
other
syde
plucked
end
drewe
oute
alle
the
whyte
herys
/
to
the
ende
/
that
he
shold
seme
the
yonger
/
more
gay
and
fayrer
in
her
syghte
/
And
thus
the
good
man
abode
withoute
ony
here
on
his
hede
And
therfore
hit
is
grete
folye
to
theauncyent
to
wedde
them self
ageyne
/
For
to
them
is
better
to
be
vnwedded
/
than
to
be
euer
in
trouble
with
an
euyl
wyf
/
for
the
tyme
in
whiche
they
shold
reste
them
/
they
put
it
to
payne
and
to
grete
labour
¶
The
xvij
fable
is
of
the
labourer
and
of
his
children
HE
that
laboureth
and
werketh
contynuelly
maye
not
faylle
to
haue
plente
of
goodes
/
as
it
appiereth
by
this
present
fable
/
Of
a
good
man
labourer
/
whiche
all
his
lyf
had
laboured
and
wrought
/
and
was
ryche
/
And
whan
he
shold
deye
/
he
sayd
to
his
children
/
My
children
I
muste
now
deye
/
And
my
tresour
I
haue
lefte
in
my
vyne
/
And
after
that
the
good
man
was
dede
/
his
children
whiche
supposed
that
his
tresour
had
ben
in
the
vyne
/
dyd
nothyng
al
day
but
delued
hit
/
&
it
bare
more
fruyte
than
dyd
before
/
¶
For
who
trauaylleth
wel
/
he
hath
euer
brede
ynough
for
to
ete
/
And
he
that
werketh
not
dyeth
for
honger
¶
Here
fynysshen
the
Fables
of
Esope
/
¶
And
after
foloweth
the
table
of
the
fables
of
Auyan
-
¶
The
fyrst
fable
is
of
the
wulf
and
of
the
old
woman
-
¶
The
second
fable
is
of
the
Tortose
and
of
the
byrdes
-
¶
The
thyrd
fable
is
of
the
two
creuyses
-
¶
The
fourth
fable
is
of
the
asse
/
&
of
the
skynne
of
the
lyon
-
¶
The
v
fable
is
of
the
frogges
and
of
the
Foxe
-
¶
The
vij
fable
is
of
the
camel
and
of
Iupiter
-
¶
The
eyght
fable
is
of
the
two
felawes
-
¶
The
ix
fable
is
of
the
two
postes
-
¶
The
x
fable
is
of
the
bole
/
of
the
lyon
and
of
the
gote
-
¶
The
xj
fable
is
of
the
Ape
and
of
his
child
-
¶
The
xij
fable
is
of
the
crane
and
of
the
pecost
-
¶
The
xiij
fable
is
of
the
hunter
and
of
the
tygre
-
¶
The
xiiij
fable
is
of
the
four
oxen
-
¶
The
xv
fable
is
of
the
busshe
and
of
the
tree
-
¶
The
xvj
Fable
is
of
the
fyssher
and
of
the
lytyl
fysshe
-
¶
The
xvij
fable
is
of
phebus
/
of
the
Auarycious
/
and
of
the
enuyous
-
¶
The
xviij
fable
is
of
the
theef
&
of
the
child
whiche
wepte
-
¶
The
xix
fable
is
of
the
lyon
and
of
the
gote
-
¶
The
xx
fable
is
of
the
crowe
whiche
had
thurst
-
¶
The
xxj
fable
is
of
a
vylayne
/
and
of
a
yonge
bole
-
¶
The
xxij
fable
is
of
a
pylgrym
and
of
the
satyre
-
¶
The
xxiij
fable
is
of
an
oxe
and
of
the
ratte
-
¶
The
xxiiij
fable
is
of
the
ghees
and
of
her
lord
-
¶
The
xxv
fable
maketh
mencion
of
the
ape
and
of
his
two
children
-
¶
The
xxvi
fable
is
of
the
wynd
and
of
the
potte
-
¶
The
xxvij
fable
is
of
the
wulf
and
of
the
cheuerel
or
lytil
goot
¶
The
fyrst
fable
is
of
the
old
woman
and
of
the
wulf
MEn
ought
not
to
byleue
on
al
maner
spyrytes
/
As
reherceth
this
fable
of
an
old
woman
/
which
said
to
her
child
bicause
that
it
wept
/
certeynly
if
thou
wepst
ony
more
/
I
shal
make
the
to
be
ete
of
the
wulf
/
&
the
wulf
heryng
this
old
woman
/
abode
styll
to
fore
the
yate
/
&
supposed
to
haue
eten
the
old
womans
child
/
&
by
cause
that
the
wulf
had
soo
longe
taryed
there
that
he
was
hongry
/
he
retorned
and
went
ageyne
in
to
the
wood
/
And
the
shewulf
demaunded
of
hym
/
why
hast
thow
not
brought
to
me
some
mete
/
And
the
wulf
ansuerd
/
by
cause
/
that
the
old
woman
hath
begyled
me
/
the
whiche
had
promysed
to
me
to
gyue
to
me
her
child
for
to
haue
ete
hym
/
And
at
the
laste
I
hadde
hit
not
/
And
therfore
men
ought
in
no
wyse
to
truste
the
woman
/
And
he
is
wel
a
fole
that
setteth
his
hope
and
truste
in
a
woman
/
And
therfore
truste
them
not
/
and
thow
shalt
doo
as
the
sage
and
wyse
¶
The
second
fable
is
of
the
tortose
and
of
the
other
byrdes
HE
that
enhaunceth
hym self
more
than
he
oughte
to
do
To
hym
oughte
not
to
come
noo
good
/
As
hit
appiereth
by
this
present
fable
/
Of
a
tortose
/
whiche
said
to
the
byrdes
/
yf
ye
lyft
me
vp
wel
hyghe
fro
the
ground
to
the
ayer
I
shalle
shewe
to
yow
grete
plente
of
precious
stones
/
And
the
Egle
toke
her
and
bare
her
so
hyghe
/
that
she
myghte
not
see
the
erthe
/
And
the
Egle
sayd
to
her
shewe
me
now
these
precious
stones
that
thow
promysest
to
shewe
to
me
/
And
by
cause
that
the
tortose
myght
not
see
in
the
erthe
/
and
that
the
Egle
knewe
wel
that
he
was
deceyued
/
thrested
his
clowes
in
to
the
tortoses
bely
/
and
kylled
hit
/
For
he
that
wylle
haue
and
gete
worship
and
glorye
may
not
haue
hit
withoute
grete
laboure
/
Therfore
hit
is
better
and
more
sure
/
to
kepe
hym
lowely
than
to
enhaunce
hym self
on
hyghe
/
and
after
to
deye
shamefully
and
myserably
/
¶
For
men
sayn
comynly
/
who
so
mounteth
hyher
/
than
he
shold
/
he
falleth
lower
than
he
wold
¶
The
thyrd
fable
is
of
the
two
Creuysses
HE
whiche
wyll
teche
and
lerne
some
other
/
ought
first
to
corryge
&
examyne
hym self
/
as
it
appereth
by
this
fable
of
a
creuysse
/
whiche
wold
hauec
hastysed
her
owne
doughter
bicause
that
she
wente
not
wel
ryght
/
And
sayd
to
her
in
this
manere
/
My
doughter
/
hit
pleaseth
me
not
that
thow
goost
thus
backward
/
For
euylle
myght
wel
therof
come
to
the
/
And
thenne
the
doughter
sayd
to
her
moder
My
moder
I
shalle
go
ryght
and
forward
with
a
good
will
but
ye
must
goo
before
for
to
shewe
to
me
the
waye
/
But
the
moder
coude
none
other
wyse
goo
/
than
after
her
kynd
/
wherfore
her
doughter
sayd
vnto
her
/
My
moder
fyrst
lerne
your self
for
to
goo
ryght
and
forward
/
and
thenne
ye
shalle
teche
me
And
therfore
he
that
wylle
teche
other
/
ought
to
shewe
good
ensample
/
For
grete
shame
is
to
the
doctour
whanne
his
owne
coulpe
or
faulte
accuseth
hym
¶
The
fourthe
fable
is
of
the
asse
/
and
of
the
skynne
of
the
Lyon
NOne
ought
not
to
gloryfye
hym self
of
the
goodes
of
other
as
recyteth
this
fable
of
an
asse
whiche
som
tyme
found
the
skynne
of
a
lyon
/
the
whiche
he
dyd
&
wered
on
hym
/
but
he
coude
neuer
hyde
his
eres
therwith
/
&
when
he
was
/
as
he
supposed
wel
arayed
with
the
sayd
skynne
/
he
ranne
in
to
the
forest
/
And
whanne
the
wyld
〈◊〉
saw●●
hym
come
/
they
were
so
ferdfull
that
they
alle
beganne
to
flee
/
For
they
wend
/
that
it
had
be
the
lyon
/
And
the
mayster
of
the
asse
ser●●d
and
soughte
his
asse
in
euery
place
al
aboute
And
as
he
had
soughte
longe
/
he
thougiht
that
he
wold
go
in
to
the
forest
for
to
see
yf
his
asse
were
there
/
And
as
soone
as
he
was
entryd
in
to
the
forest
/
he
mette
with
his
asse
arayed
as
before
is
sayd
/
but
his
mayster
whiche
had
soughte
hym
●●onge
sawe
his
erys
/
wherfore
he
knewe
hym
wel
/
and
anon●●
toke
hym
/
and
sayd
in
this
manere
/
Ha
a
mayster
asse
/
ar●●
thow
c●●othed
with
the
skynne
of
the
lyon
/
thow
makest
the
〈◊〉
stes
to
be
aferd
/
but
yf
they
knewe
the
/
as
wel
as
I
do
/
then
shold
haue
no
fere
of
the
/
but
I
ensure
the
/
that
wel
I
shall
▪
bete
the
therfore
/
And
thenne
he
toke
fro
hym
the
skynne
of
the
lyon
/
and
sayd
to
hym
Lyon
shalt
thow
be
no
more
/
but
an
asse
shalt
thow
euer
be
/
And
his
mayster
tooke
thenne
a
staf
/
and
smote
hym
/
soo
that
euer
after
he
remembryd
hym
wel
of
hit
/
And
therfore
he
whiche
auaunceth
hym self
of
other
mennes
goodes
is
a
very
foole
/
For
as
men
sayn
comynly
/
he
is
not
wel
arayed
nor
wel
appoynted
/
whiche
is
clothed
with
others
gowne
/
ne
also
it
is
not
honeste
to
make
large
●●onges
of
other
mennes
leder
¶
The
v
fable
is
of
the
frogge
and
of
the
Foxe
NOne
ought
to
auaunce
hym self
to
doo
that
whiche
he
be
can
not
doo
/
As
hit
appiereth
of
a
frogge
/
whiche
somtyme
yssued
or
came
oute
of
a
dyche
/
the
whiche
presumed
to
haue
lepte
vpon
a
hyghe
montayne
/
And
whanne
she
was
vpon
the
montayne
/
she
sayd
to
other
beestes
/
I
am
a
maystresse
in
medecyn
/
and
canne
gyue
remedy
to
al
manere
of
sekenes
by
myn
arte
/
and
subtylyte
/
and
shalle
rendre
and
brynge
yow
vp
ageyne
in
good
helthe
/
wherof
somme
byleued
her
/
And
thenne
the
Foxe
whiche
perceyued
the
folysshe
byleue
of
the
beestes
/
beganne
to
lawhe
/
and
sayd
to
them
/
poure
beestes
/
how
may
this
fowle
and
venemous
beest
whiche
is
seke
and
pale
of
colour
rendre
and
gyue
to
yow
helthe
/
For
the
leche
whiche
wylle
he
le
somme
other
/
ought
fyrste
to
hele
hym
self
/
For
many
one
counterfayteth
the
leche
/
whiche
can
not
a
word
of
the
scyence
of
medecyne
/
from
the
whiche
god
preserue
and
kepe
vs
¶
The
vj
fable
is
of
the
two
dogges
HE
that
taketh
within
hym self
vayne
glorye
of
that
thynge
/
by
the
whiche
he
shold
humble
hym self
is
a
very
fole
/
as
hit
appereth
by
this
fable
/
of
a
fader
of
famylle
/
whiche
had
two
dogges
/
of
the
whiche
the
one
withoute
ony
barkyng
bote
the
folke
/
&
the
other
dyd
barke
&
bote
not
/
And
whan
the
fader
of
famyll
perceyued
the
shrewdnes
and
malyce
of
the
dogge
that
barkyd
not
he
henge
on
his
nest
a
belle
/
to
the
ende
that
men
shold
beware
of
hym
/
wherfore
the
dogge
was
ouer
prowd
and
fyers
/
and
beganne
to
dyspreyse
alle
the
other
dogges
/
of
the
whiche
one
of
the
moost
aun●●en
▪
sayd
to
hym
in
his
manere
/
O
fole
beest
/
now
perceyue
I
〈◊〉
thy
foly
and
grete
wodenesse
to
suppose
/
that
this
belle
is
gyuen
to
the
for
thyn
owne
deserte
and
meryte
/
but
certaynly
hit
is
not
soo
/
For
hit
is
taken
to
the
for
thy
demerytes
/
and
by
cause
of
thy
shrewdnesse
/
and
grete
treason
/
for
to
shewe
/
that
thow
arte
fals
and
traytour
/
And
therfore
none
oughte
to
be
Ioyeful
and
gladd
of
that
thynge
/
wherof
he
oughte
to
be
tryst
and
sorowful
/
as
many
foles
done
/
whiche
make
Ioye
of
theyr
vyces
and
euyll
dedes
/
for
a
moche
fole
were
the
theef
whiche
that
men
ledde
for
to
be
hanged
/
and
that
he
had
a
cord
of
gold
aboute
his
neck
/
yf
he
shold
make
Ioye
therof
/
how
be
hit
that
the
corde
were
moche
ryche
and
fayre
¶
The
vij
Fable
is
of
the
camel
and
of
Iupiter
EWery
creature
ought
to
be
content
of
that
/
that
god
hath
gyuen
to
hym
withoute
to
take
thenherytaunce
of
other
/
As
reherceth
this
fable
Of
a
camel
whiche
som
tyme
complayned
hym
to
Iupiter
of
that
the
other
beestes
mocqued
hym
/
by
cause
that
he
was
not
of
so
grete
beaute
/
as
they
were
of
/
wherfore
to
Iupiter
Instantly
he
prayd
in
suche
maner
as
foloweth
/
Fayr
syre
and
god
/
I
requyre
and
praye
that
thou
wylt
gyue
to
me
hornes
/
to
th
ende
that
I
maye
be
nomore
mocqued
/
Iupiter
thenne
beganne
to
lawhe
/
and
in
stede
of
hornes
/
he
took
fro
hym
his
erys
/
and
sayd
/
thow
hast
more
good
than
hit
behoueth
to
the
to
haue
/
And
by
cause
that
thow
demaundest
that
/
whiche
thow
oughtest
not
to
haue
I
haue
take
fro
the
that
whiche
of
ryght
and
kynd
thou
oughtest
to
haue
/
For
none
ought
not
to
desyre
more
than
he
ought
to
haue
/
to
the
ende
that
he
lese
not
that
whiche
he
hath
/
¶
The
eyght
fable
is
of
the
two
felawes
.
MEn
ought
not
to
hold
felauship
with
hym
/
whiche
is
acustommed
to
begyle
other
/
As
hit
appiereth
by
thys
Fable
/
Of
two
felawes
whiche
somtyme
held
felauship
to
eche
other
for
to
goo
bothe
by
montaynes
and
valeyes
/
And
for
to
make
better
theyre
vyage
/
they
were
sworne
eche
one
to
the
other
/
that
none
of
them
bothe
shold
leue
other
vnto
that
the
tyme
of
dethe
shold
come
and
departe
them
/
And
as
they
walked
in
a
forest
they
mette
with
a
grete
wyld
bere
/
&
bothe
felaws
ran
sone
awey
for
fere
/
of
the
whiche
the
one
clymmed
vpon
a
tree
/
And
whan
the
other
sawe
that
his
felawe
had
lefte
hym
leyd
hym self
on
the
erthe
/
and
fayned
to
be
dede
/
And
Incontynent
the
bere
came
for
to
ete
hym
/
but
by
cause
the
gallaunt
playd
wel
his
game
/
the
bere
went
forthe
his
waye
and
touched
hym
not
/
And
thenne
his
felawe
came
doun
fro
the
tree
whiche
sayd
to
hym
/
I
pray
the
to
telle
me
what
the
b●●re
sayd
to
the
/
For
as
me
semeth
he
spake
to
the
/
and
hath
shewed
to
the
grete
sygne
or
token
of
loue
/
And
thenne
his
felawe
sayd
to
hym
/
He
taught
to
me
many
fayre
secretes
/
but
emonge
alle
other
thynges
he
sayd
to
me
/
that
I
shold
ne
uer
trust
hym
who
ones
hath
deceyued
me
¶
The
ix
fable
maketh
mencion
of
the
two
pottes
THe
poure
ought
not
to
take
the
Ryche
as
his
felawe
As
it
appiereth
by
this
fable
of
two
pottes
/
of
the
whiche
the
one
was
coper
/
and
the
other
of
erthe
/
the
whiche
pottes
dyd
mete
to
gyder
within
a
Ryuer
/
¶
&
by
cause
that
the
erthen
pot
wente
swyfter
than
dyd
the
coper
potte
/
the
pot
of
coper
sayd
to
the
pot
of
erthe
/
I
praye
the
that
we
may
goo
to
gyder
/
And
the
erthen
potte
ansuerd
and
sayd
to
the
coper
pot
/
I
wylle
not
go
with
the
/
For
it
shold
happe
to
me
as
it
happed
to
the
glas
and
of
the
morter
For
yf
thow
shol
dest
mete
with
me
/
thow
sholdest
breke
and
putte
me
in
to
pyeces
/
¶
And
therfore
the
poure
is
a
fole
that
compareth
and
lykeneth
hym self
to
the
ryche
and
myghty
/
For
better
is
to
lyue
in
pouerte
than
to
deye
vylaynsly
and
be
oppressyd
of
the
ryche
¶
The
x
fable
is
of
the
lyon
and
of
the
boole
IT
is
not
alweye
tyme
to
auenge
hym self
of
his
enemye
/
As
it
appiereth
by
this
fable
of
a
bole
/
whiche
somtyme
fledde
before
a
lyon
/
And
as
the
bole
wold
entre
within
a
cauerne
for
to
saue
hym
/
a
gote
wente
ageynste
hym
for
to
kepe
and
lette
hym
that
he
shold
not
entre
in
it
/
to
whome
the
bole
sayd
/
It
is
not
tyme
now
to
auenge
me
on
the
/
for
the
lyon
that
chaseth
me
/
but
the
tyme
shalle
come
that
wel
I
shalle
fynde
the
/
For
men
ought
not
to
doo
to
hym self
dommage
for
to
be
auengyd
of
his
enemy
/
but
oughte
to
loke
tyme
and
place
couenable
for
to
doo
hit
¶
The
xj
fable
is
of
the
ape
and
of
his
sone
NO
fowler
a
thyng
is
to
the
man
/
than
with
his
mouth
to
preyse
hym self
/
As
this
fable
reherceth
to
vs
/
Of
Iupiter
kynge
of
alle
the
world
/
whiche
maade
alle
the
beestes
and
alle
the
byrdes
to
be
assembled
to
gyder
for
to
knowe
theyr
lounte
/
and
also
theyr
kynd
/
Emonge
alle
the
whiche
came
the
Ape
/
whiche
presented
his
sone
to
Iupiter
/
sa
yenge
thus
/
Fayre
syre
and
myghty
god
/
loke
and
see
here
the
fairest
beest
that
euer
thow
createst
in
this
world
/
And
Iupiter
thenne
beganne
to
lawhe
/
and
after
sayd
to
hym
/
thow
arte
wel
a
fowle
beest
to
preyse
soo
thy self
/
For
none
oughte
to
preyse
hym self
/
but
oughte
to
doo
good
and
vertuons
werkes
/
wherof
other
may
preyse
hym
/
for
it
is
a
shameful
thyng
to
preyse
hym self
¶
The
xij
fable
is
of
the
crane
and
of
the
pecok
FOr
what
vertue
that
ony
man
hath
/
none
oughte
to
preyse
hym self
/
As
hit
appiereth
by
this
fable
/
Of
a
pecok
/
whiche
somtyme
made
a
dyner
to
a
crane
/
And
And
whanne
they
had
eten
and
dronken
ynough
/
they
had
grete
wordes
to
gyder
/
wherfore
the
pecok
sayd
to
the
crane
/
Thow
hast
not
so
fayre
a
forme
ne
so
fayre
a
fygure
as
I
haue
/
ne
also
fayr
fe
hers
/
ne
soo
resplendysshynge
as
I
haue
/
To
whome
the
crane
ansuerd
/
and
sayd
/
It
is
trouthe
/
Neuertheles
thow
hast
not
one
good
/
ne
one
so
fayre
a
vertue
as
I
haue
/
For
how
be
hit
that
I
haue
not
so
fayre
fethers
as
thow
hast
/
yet
can
I
flee
better
than
thy self
dost
/
For
with
thy
fayre
fethers
thou
must
euer
abyde
on
the
erthe
/
And
I
may
flee
where
someuer
hit
pleaseth
me
/
And
thus
euerychone
ought
to
haue
suffysaunce
and
to
be
content
of
that
/
that
he
hath
/
without
auanncyuge
or
praysynge
of
hym self
/
and
not
to
dyspreyse
none
other
¶
The
xiij
fable
is
of
the
hunter
and
of
the
tygre
WErse
is
the
stroke
of
a
toncte
/
than
the
stroke
of
a
spere
as
hit
appiereth
by
this
fable
/
Of
a
hunter
/
whiche
with
his
arowes
hurtrd
the
wyld
beestes
/
in
suche
wyse
that
none
scoped
fro
hym
/
to
the
whiche
bestes
a
tygre
fyers
and
hardy
sayd
in
this
manere
/
Be
not
aferd
/
For
I
shalle
kepe
yow
wel
/
And
as
the
Tygre
came
in
to
the
wode
/
the
hunter
was
hyd
within
a
busshe
/
the
whiche
whan
he
sawe
passe
the
tygre
before
the
busshe
/
he
shote
at
hym
an
arowe
/
and
hytte
hym
on
the
thye
/
wherfore
the
tygre
was
gretely
abasshed
And
wepynge
and
sore
syghynge
sayd
to
the
other
beestes
/
I
wote
not
from
whens
this
cometh
to
me
/
¶
And
whanne
the
foxe
sawe
hym
sooo
gretely
abasshed
/
al
lawhynge
sayd
to
hym
/
Ha
a
tygre
/
thow
arte
so
myghty
and
so
stronge
/
And
thenne
the
tygre
sayd
to
hym
/
My
strengthe
auaylled
me
not
at
that
tyme
/
For
none
may
kepe
hym self
fro
treason
And
therfore
some
secrete
is
here
/
whiche
I
knewe
not
before
But
notwithstandynge
this
I
maye
wel
conceyue
/
that
there
is
no
wors
arowe
/
ne
that
letteth
more
the
man
/
than
th
arowe
whiche
is
shotte
fro
the
euyll
tongue
/
For
whanne
som
persone
profereth
or
sayth
som
wordes
in
a
felauship
/
of
sommen
a
of
honest
&
good
lyf
/
alle
the
felauship
supposeth
that
that
whiche
this
euylle
tongue
hath
sayd
be
trewe
/
be
hit
trewe
or
not
/
how
be
it
that
it
be
but
lesynge
/
but
notwithstondynge
the
good
man
shalle
euer
be
wounded
of
that
same
arowe
/
whiche
wound
shalle
be
Incurable
/
And
yf
hit
/
were
a
stroke
of
a
spere
/
hit
myght
be
by
the
Cyrurgyen
heled
/
but
the
stroke
of
an
euylle
tongue
may
not
be
heled
/
by
cause
that
Incontynent
as
the
word
is
profered
or
sayd
/
he
that
hath
sayd
hit
/
is
no
more
mayster
of
hit
/
And
for
this
cause
the
stroke
of
a
tongue
is
Incurable
and
withoute
guaryson
¶
The
xiiij
fable
is
of
the
four
oxen
MEn
oughte
not
to
breke
his
feythe
ageynste
his
good
Frend
/
ne
to
leue
his
felauship
/
as
hit
appiereth
by
this
fable
/
of
four
oxen
whiche
to
gyder
were
in
a
fair
medowe
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
euer
they
were
and
kept
them
to
gyder
/
none
other
beest
durste
not
assaylle
them
/
and
also
the
lyon
dradde
them
moche
/
the
whiche
lyon
on
a
daye
came
to
them
/
And
by
his
deceyuable
wordes
thoughte
for
to
begyle
them
/
&
to
rauysshe
&
take
them
the
better
/
maade
them
to
be
separed
eche
one
fro
other
/
¶
And
whanne
they
were
〈◊〉
/
the
lyon
wente
/
and
tooke
one
of
them
/
And
whan
●●he
lyon
wold
haue
strangled
hym
/
the
oxe
sayd
to
hym
/
godse●●
/
He
is
a
foole
/
whiche
byleueth
fals
and
deceyuable
wordes
And
leueth
the
felawship
of
his
good
frende
/
For
yf
we
had
●●en
euer
to
gyder
/
thow
haddest
not
taken
me
/
And
therfore
he
whiche
is
/
and
standeth
wel
sure
/
ought
to
kepe
hym
soo
that
he
fulle
not
/
For
he
whiche
is
wel
/
meue
not
hym self
¶
The
xv
fable
is
of
the
busshe
/
and
of
the
aubyer
tr●●e
NOne
for
his
beaute
ought
not
to
dispreyse
some
other
/
For
somtyme
suche
one
is
fayre
that
soone
wexeth
lothely
and
fowle
/
and
to
hyghe
falleth
vnto
lowe
/
as
it
apperyth
by
this
fable
/
Of
a
fayr
tree
/
whiche
mocqued
and
scorned
a
lytyl
busshe
/
and
sayd
/
¶
Seest
thow
not
/
my
fayre
fourme
and
my
fayre
fygure
/
And
that
of
me
men
and
byldeth
fayre
edefyces
as
palays
and
castellis
/
galeyes
&
other
shippes
for
to
saylle
on
the
see
/
And
as
he
auaunced
&
preysed
hym self
thus
/
came
there
a
labourer
with
his
axe
for
to
hewe
and
smyte
hym
to
the
ground
/
And
as
the
labourer
smote
vpon
the
fayr
tree
/
the
busshe
sayd
/
Certaynly
my
broder
yf
now
thow
were
as
lytel
/
as
I
am
/
men
shold
not
hewe
ne
smyte
the
doune
to
the
erthe
/
And
therfore
none
oughte
to
reioysshe
hym self
of
his
worship
/
For
suche
is
now
in
grete
honour
and
worship
/
that
herafter
shalle
falle
in
to
grete
vytupere
shame
and
dishonour
¶
The
xvj
fable
is
of
the
fyssher
and
of
the
lytyl
fysshe
MEn
ought
not
to
leue
that
thynge
whiche
is
sure
&
certayne
for
hope
to
haue
the
vncertayn
/
as
to
vs
reherceth
this
fable
of
a
fyssher
whiche
with
his
lyne
toke
a
lytyll
fysshe
whiche
sayd
to
hym
/
My
frend
I
pray
the
/
doo
to
me
none
euylle
/
ne
putte
me
not
to
dethe
/
For
now
I
am
nought
/
for
to
be
eten
/
but
whanne
I
shalle
be
grete
/
yf
thow
come
ageyne
hyther
/
of
me
shalt
thow
mowe
haue
grete
auaylle
/
For
thenne
I
shalle
goo
with
the
a
good
whyle
/
And
the
Fyssher
sayd
to
the
fysshe
.
Syn
I
hold
the
now
/
thou
shalt
not
scape
fro
me
/
For
grete
foly
hit
were
to
me
for
to
seke
the
here
another
tyme
/
For
men
ought
not
to
lete
goo
that
/
of
what
they
be
sure
of
/
hopynge
to
haue
afterward
that
that
they
haue
not
and
whiche
is
vncertayne
¶
The
xvij
fable
is
of
Phebus
/
of
the
Auarycious
/
and
of
the
enuyous
NOne
oughte
to
doo
harme
〈◊〉
dommage
to
somme
other
for
to
receyue
or
doo
his
owne
dommage
/
As
hit
appereth
by
this
fable
/
Of
Iupiter
whiche
sent
phebus
in
to
ther●●he
for
to
haue
al
the
knowlege
of
the
thought
of
me●●
¶
This
phebus
thenne
mette
with
two
men
/
of
whiche
the
one
was
moche
enuyous
/
And
the
other
ryght
couetous
/
Phebus
demaunded
of
them
what
theyr
thought
was
/
We
thynke
said
they
to
demaunde
and
aske
of
the
grete
yeftes
/
To
the
which
Phebus
ansuerd
/
Now
demaunde
what
ye
wylle
/
For
al
that
that
ye
shalle
demaunde
of
me
/
I
shalle
graunte
hit
/
And
of
that
/
that
the
fyrst
of
yow
shalle
aske
/
the
second
shal
haue
the
dowble
parte
/
or
as
moche
more
ageyne
/
And
thenne
the
auarycious
sayd
/
I
wyl
that
my
felawe
aske
what
he
wyll
fyrst
wherof
the
enuyous
was
wel
content
/
whiche
sayd
to
P●●ebus
Fayre
syre
I
praye
the
that
I
maye
lese
one
of
myn
eyen
/
to
th
ende
that
my
felawe
may
lese
al
bothe
his
eyen
/
wherfor
phebus
beganne
to
lawhe
whiche
departed
and
wente
ageyne
vnto
Iupiter
/
and
told
hym
the
grete
malyce
of
the
enuyous
/
whiche
was
Ioyeful
and
glad
of
the
harme
and
dommage
of
an
other
/
&
how
he
was
wel
content
to
suffre
payne
for
to
haue
a
dommaged
somme
other
The
xviij
fable
is
of
the
theef
/
and
of
the
child
whiche
wepte
HE
is
a
fole
that
putteth
his
good
in
Ieopardy
to
lese
it
for
to
gete
&
haue
som
others
good
/
as
it
appereth
by
this
fable
of
a
theef
whiche
fond
a
child
wepyuge
be
syde
a
welle
/
of
whom
the
theef
vyde
aske
why
he
wepte
/
&
the
child
answerd
to
hym
I
wepe
/
by
cause
that
I
haue
lete
falle
within
this
welle
a
boket
of
gold
/
&
thenne
the
theef
toke
of
his
clothes
/
&
sette
them
on
the
ground
and
wente
doune
in
to
the
welle
/
And
as
be
was
doune
the
child
toke
his
gowne
&
lefte
hym
within
the
welle
/
And
thus
for
couetyse
to
wynne
/
he
lost
his
gowne
/
For
suche
supposen
to
wynne
somtyme
whiche
losen
/
And
therfore
none
ought
to
wysshe
that
/
that
he
hath
not
/
to
th
ende
that
he
leseth
not
that
/
that
he
hath
/
For
of
the
thynge
wrongfully
and
euylle
goten
/
the
thyrd
heyre
shalle
neuer
be
possessour
of
hit
¶
The
xix
fable
is
of
the
lyon
and
of
the
gote
HE
is
wyse
that
can
kepe
hym self
from
the
wyly
and
fals
/
as
hit
appereth
by
this
fable
/
Of
a
lyon
/
whiche
ones
mette
with
a
gote
/
whiche
was
vpon
a
montayne
And
whanne
the
lyon
sawe
her
/
he
sayd
to
her
in
this
manere
/
for
to
gyue
to
her
occacion
to
come
doune
fro
the
hylle
/
to
th
ende
that
he
myght
ete
her
/
My
suster
why
comest
thow
not
hyder
on
this
fayre
and
grene
medowe
for
to
ete
of
these
fayre
herbes
or
grasse
/
And
the
gote
ansuerd
to
hym
/
How
be
hit
/
that
thow
sayst
trouthe
/
Neuertheles
thow
sayst
it
not
/
neyther
for
my
wele
ne
for
my
prouffyte
/
but
thow
sayst
hit
/
by
cause
that
thow
woldest
fayne
ete
and
deuoure
me
/
but
I
truste
not
in
thy
fayre
speche
/
For
many
tymes
I
haue
herd
saye
of
my
graunt
moder
/
he
that
is
wel
/
meue
not
hym self
/
For
he
whiche
is
in
a
place
wel
sure
/
is
wel
a
fole
to
go
fro
hit
/
and
to
putte
hym self
in
grete
daunger
and
perylle
¶
The
xx
fable
was
of
the
crowe
whiche
was
a
thurst
BEtter
is
crafte
and
subtylyte
than
force
/
As
reherceth
to
vs
this
fable
/
Of
a
crowe
whiche
vpon
a
day
came
for
to
drynke
oute
of
a
boket
/
and
by
cause
that
she
myght
not
reche
to
the
water
/
she
dyd
fyll
the
boket
ful
of
smal
stones
/
in
soo
moche
that
the
water
came
vpward
/
wherof
she
dranke
thenne
at
her
wylle
/
and
playsyre
/
And
therfore
hit
appiereth
wel
/
that
wytte
or
sapyence
is
a
moche
fayr
vertue
For
by
sapyence
or
wytte
/
thow
shalt
mowe
resyste
to
all
faultes
/
¶
The
xxj
fable
is
of
the
vylayne
and
of
the
yonge
bole
/
HE
whiche
is
of
euylle
and
shrewd
kynde
/
with
grete
payne
he
may
chasty
hym self
/
as
it
appereth
by
this
fable
/
Of
a
vylayne
/
whiche
had
a
yonge
bole
/
the
whiche
he
myght
not
bynd
/
by
cause
that
euer
he
smote
with
his
hornes
/
wherfor
the
vylayne
cutte
of
his
hornes
/
¶
But
yet
whan
he
wold
haue
bound
hym
/
the
bole
casted
his
feete
fro
hym
/
in
suche
wyse
that
he
suffred
noman
to
come
nyghe
hym
/
And
whan
the
vylayne
perceyued
the
malyce
of
the
bole
/
he
sayd
to
hym
/
I
shalle
chastyse
the
wel
/
For
I
shalle
take
the
in
to
the
bouchers
handes
/
And
thenne
was
the
bole
wel
chastysed
/
¶
And
thus
ought
men
to
doo
of
the
euylle
/
cursyd
&
rebelles
/
whiche
doo
no
thynge
but
playe
with
dees
and
cardes
and
to
ruffule
/
Suche
folke
ought
men
to
put
in
to
the
handes
of
the
boucher
for
to
lede
them
to
the
galhows
/
For
better
may
no
man
chastyse
them
/
For
with
grete
payne
may
he
be
chastysed
/
whiche
fleeth
alle
good
werkes
ond
alle
good
felauship
¶
The
xxij
fable
is
of
the
viator
or
palmer
and
of
Satyre
MEn
ought
to
beware
&
kepe
hym self
from
hym
whiche
bereth
both
fyre
&
water
/
as
reherceth
to
vs
this
Fable
Of
a
pylgrym
/
whiche
somtyme
walked
in
the
wynter
/
and
wente
thurgh
a
grete
forest
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
the
snowe
had
couerd
al
the
wayes
/
he
wist
ne
knewe
not
whyther
he
wente
/
ageynste
the
whiche
came
a
wodewose
named
Satyre
by
cause
he
sawe
hym
a
cold
/
whiche
approched
to
the
pylgrym
and
brought
hym
in
to
his
pytte
/
And
whan
the
pylgrym
sawe
hym
/
he
hadde
grete
drede
by
cause
that
a
wodewose
is
a
monstre
lyke
to
the
man
/
as
hit
appiereth
by
his
fygure
/
¶
And
as
the
wodewose
or
Satyre
ledde
the
pylgrym
in
to
his
pytte
/
the
pylgrym
dyd
blowe
within
his
handes
for
to
chausfe
them
/
For
he
was
sore
acold
/
And
thenne
the
wodewose
gaf
to
hym
hote
water
to
drynke
/
¶
And
whan
the
pylgrym
wold
haue
dronken
hit
/
he
beganne
to
blowe
in
hit
/
And
the
wedewose
demaunded
of
hym
/
why
he
dyd
blowe
hit
/
And
the
pylgrym
sayd
to
hym
/
I
blowe
in
hit
/
for
to
haue
it
somwhat
more
cold
than
hit
is
/
The
wodewose
thenne
sayd
to
hym
/
Thy
felauship
is
not
good
to
me
/
by
cause
that
thow
wrest
bothe
the
fyre
and
the
water
in
thy
mouthe
/
therfore
go
hens
fro
my
pyt
and
neuer
retorne
ageyne
/
For
the
felauship
of
the
man
whiche
hath
two
tongues
is
nought
/
And
the
man
whiche
is
wyse
ought
to
flee
the
felauship
of
flaterers
/
For
by
flateryng
&
adulacion
many
haue
ben
begyled
and
deceyued
¶
The
xxiij
fable
is
of
the
oxe
and
of
the
rat
THe
lordes
ought
to
loue
theyr
subgettis
/
For
he
whiche
is
hated
of
his
tenaunts
and
subgets
/
is
not
lord
of
his
land
/
as
hit
appereth
by
this
Fable
/
Of
an
oxe
/
whiche
somtyme
was
within
a
stable
/
and
as
the
oxe
on
a
tyme
wold
haue
slepte
fayne
/
a
rat
came
/
whiche
bote
the
oxe
by
the
thyes
/
And
as
the
oxe
wold
haue
smyten
hym
/
he
ran
awaye
in
to
his
hole
/
And
thenne
the
oxe
beganne
to
menace
the
rat
/
And
the
ratte
sayd
to
hym
/
I
am
not
aferd
of
the
For
al
be
hit
that
I
am
lytyl
/
I
may
lette
and
empeche
the
/
And
yf
thow
arte
grete
/
thy
parentes
ben
cause
therof
and
not
thy self
/
And
therfore
the
stronge
ought
not
to
dispreyse
the
feble
/
vnt
ought
to
loue
hym
as
the
chyef
or
hede
ought
to
loue
his
lymmes
/
For
he
that
loueth
not
/
oughte
not
to
be
loued
/
And
therfore
the
lord
must
loue
his
subgettys
/
yf
of
them
he
wylle
be
loued
¶
The
xxiiij
fable
is
of
the
goos
and
of
her
lord
HE
that
ouer
ladeth
hym self
/
is
euylle
strayned
/
As
this
fable
sayth
/
of
a
man
/
whiche
had
a
goos
/
that
leyd
euery
day
an
egge
of
gold
/
The
man
of
auaryce
or
couetousnes
commaunded
and
bad
to
her
/
that
euery
daye
she
shold
leye
two
egges
/
And
she
sayd
to
hym
/
Certaynly
/
my
mayster
I
maye
not
/
wherfore
the
man
was
wrothe
with
her
/
and
slewe
her
/
wherfore
he
lost
that
same
grete
good
/
of
the
whiche
dede
he
was
moche
sorowful
and
wrothe
/
how
be
it
that
it
was
not
tyme
to
shetle
the
stable
whan
the
horses
ben
loste
/
&
none
/
And
he
is
not
wyse
/
whiche
dothe
suche
a
thynge
/
wherof
he
shalle
repente
hym
afterward
/
ne
healso
/
whiche
doth
his
owne
dommage
for
to
auenge
hym self
on
somme
other
/
For
by
cause
that
he
supposeth
to
wynne
al
/
he
leseth
all
that
he
hath
¶
The
xxv
fable
is
of
the
ape
and
of
his
two
children
HE
that
somtyme
men
dispreysen
/
may
wel
helpe
somme
other
/
as
hit
appereth
by
this
Fable
of
an
Ape
/
whiche
had
two
children
/
of
the
whiche
he
hated
the
one
/
&
loued
the
other
/
whiche
he
toke
in
his
armes
/
and
with
hym
fled
before
the
dogges
/
And
whanne
the
other
sawe
/
that
his
moder
lefte
hym
behynde
/
he
ranne
and
lepte
on
her
back
/
And
by
cause
that
the
lytyl
ape
whiche
the
she
ape
held
in
her
armes
empeched
her
to
flee
/
she
lete
hit
falle
to
the
erthe
/
And
the
other
whiche
the
moder
hated
held
fast
and
was
saued
/
the
whiche
from
thens
forthon
kyssed
and
embraced
his
moder
/
And
And
she
thenne
beganne
to
loue
hym
/
wherfore
many
tymes
it
happeth
/
that
that
thynge
whiche
is
dispreysed
/
is
better
than
that
thynge
whiche
is
loued
and
preysed
/
For
somtyme
the
children
whiche
ben
preysed
and
loued
/
done
lasse
good
than
they
whiche
ben
dispreysed
and
hated
¶
The
xxvj
Fable
is
of
the
wynd
and
of
th
erthen
pot
¶
The
second
fable
is
of
the
commyssion
of
pecuny
〈…〉
money
A
Spaynard
arryued
somtyme
in
to
the
lande
of
egipte
And
by
cause
that
he
doubted
to
be
robbed
within
the
desertys
of
Arabe
/
he
purposed
and
bethought
in
hym self
that
it
were
wysely
done
to
take
his
money
to
somme
trewe
man
for
to
stepe
hit
vnto
his
retorne
ageyne
/
And
by
cause
that
he
herd
somme
saye
/
that
within
the
Cyte
was
a
trewe
man
/
he
anone
wente
to
hym
/
and
toke
to
hym
his
syluer
for
to
kepe
hit
/
And
whan
he
had
done
his
vyage
/
he
came
ageyne
to
hym
/
and
demaunded
of
hym
his
syluer
/
whiche
ansuerd
to
hym
in
this
manere
/
My
frend
/
Ine
wote
who
thow
arte
/
for
I
sawe
the
neuer
that
I
wote
of
/
And
yf
thou
sayest
or
spekest
ony
more
wordes
/
I
shalle
make
the
to
be
wel
bete
/
Thenne
was
the
spaynard
sorowful
and
wroth
/
and
therof
be
wold
haue
made
a
playnte
to
his
neyghbours
/
as
he
dyde
/
&
the
neyghbours
sayd
to
hym
Certaynly
/
we
be
wel
abasshed
of
that
/
that
ye
telle
to
vs
/
for
he
is
emonge
vs
alle
reputed
and
holden
for
a
good
man
and
trewe
/
And
therfore
retorne
ageyne
to
hym
/
and
by
swete
wordes
telle
hym
that
he
wyl
rendre
to
the
thy
good
ageyne
/
the
whiche
thynge
he
dyd
/
and
the
old
man
ansuerd
to
hym
more
sharply
and
rygorously
/
than
he
had
done
before
/
wherof
the
spaynard
was
wonderly
wrothe
/
And
as
he
departed
oute
of
the
old
mans
hows
/
he
mette
with
an
old
woman
/
the
whiche
demaunded
of
hym
/
wherfore
he
was
soo
troubled
and
heuy
/
And
after
that
he
had
told
to
her
the
cause
why
/
th
old
woman
sayd
to
hym
/
make
good
chere
/
For
yf
hit
be
so
as
thow
sayst
/
I
shalle
counceylle
the
how
thow
shalt
recouere
thy
syluer
/
And
thenne
he
demaunded
of
her
/
how
hit
myght
be
done
/
And
she
sayd
to
hym
b●●yng
hyther
to
me
a
man
of
thy
countrey
whome
thow
trustest
/
and
doo
to
be
made
four
fayr
chestes
/
and
fylle
them
alle
with
stones
/
and
by
thy
felawes
thow
shalt
make
them
to
be
borne
/
in
to
his
hows
/
and
to
hym
they
shalle
say
/
that
the
marchaunts
of
spayne
send
them
to
hym
for
to
be
kepte
surely
/
And
whan
the
chestes
shalte
be
within
his
hows
/
thow
shalt
go
and
demande
of
hym
thy
syluer
/
whiche
thynge
he
dyd
/
And
as
the
sayd
chestes
were
borne
within
his
hows
/
the
spaynard
wente
with
them
/
that
bare
them
/
the
whiche
straungers
sayd
to
the
old
man
My
lord
/
these
four
chestes
ben
al
ful
of
gold
/
of
syluer
and
o●●
precious
stones
/
whiche
we
brynge
to
yow
/
as
to
the
trewest
man
and
feythful
that
we
knowe
for
to
stepe
them
surely
by
cause
that
we
fere
and
doubte
the
theues
/
whiche
ben
within
the
desert
/
After
the
whiche
wordes
sayd
/
came
he
/
whiche
the
old
woman
had
counceylled
/
and
demaunded
of
hym
his
syluer
And
by
cause
that
the
old
man
doubted
/
that
the
spaynard
wold
haue
dispreysed
hym
/
he
sayd
thus
to
hym
/
Thow
arte
welcome
/
I
merueylled
how
thow
taryest
soo
longe
for
to
come
/
And
Incontynent
he
restored
to
hym
his
syluer
/
And
thus
by
the
counceylle
of
the
woman
whiche
he
gretely
thanked
/
he
had
his
good
ageyn
/
and
retourned
ageyne
in
to
his
countrey
/
¶
The
thyrd
fable
speketh
of
a
subtyle
Inuencion
of
a
sentence
gyuen
vpon
a
derke
and
obscure
cause
HIt
befelle
somtyme
that
a
good
man
labourer
wente
fro
lyf
to
deth
/
the
whiche
labourer
lefte
nothyng
to
his
sone
/
but
only
a
hows
/
the
whiche
sone
lyued
by
the
〈◊〉
of
his
handes
pourely
/
This
yong
man
had
a
neygh●●ur
whiche
was
moche
ryche
whiche
demaunded
of
the
sayd
yong
man
yf
he
wold
selle
his
hows
/
but
he
wold
not
selle
it
/
by
cause
that
it
was
come
to
hym
by
enherytaunce
and
by
patrymony
wherfore
the
ryche
man
his
neyʒbour
connersyd
&
was
ful
oft
with
hym
for
to
deceyue
hym
/
but
the
yong
man
fled
his
company
as
moche
as
he
myght
/
&
whan
the
ryche
man
perceyued
that
the
yong
man
fled
from
hym
/
he
bithought
hym self
of
a
grete
dece●●on
&
falshede
/
&
demaunded
of
the
poure
yong
man
that
he
wold
hyre
to
hym
a
parte
of
his
hows
for
to
delue
&
make
a
celer
/
the
whiche
he
shold
hold
of
hym
payeng
to
hym
yerely
rent
/
&
the
poure
yonge
man
hyred
it
to
hym
/
&
whan
the
celer
was
made
/
the
ryche
man
did
do
bryng
therin
x
tonnes
of
oylle
of
the
which
the
v
were
ful
of
oylle
/
&
the
other
v
were
but
half
ful
/
&
dyd
do
make
a
grete
pytte
in
the
erthe
/
&
dyd
do
put
the
fyue
tonnes
whiche
were
half
ful
in
hit
/
&
the
other
fyue
abo●●e
them
/
And
thenne
he
shytte
the
dore
of
the
celer
/
and
delyuerd
the
keye
to
the
poure
yonge
man
/
and
prayd
hym
frawdelently
to
kepe
wel
his
oylle
/
but
the
poure
yonge
man
knewe
not
the
malyce
and
falshede
of
his
neyghboure
/
wherfore
he
was
contente
to
kepe
the
keye
/
And
within
a
whyle
after
as
the
oylle
became
dere
/
the
ryche
man
came
to
the
poure
/
and
asked
of
hym
his
good
/
and
the
yong
man
tooke
to
hym
the
keye
/
this
Ryche
man
thenne
sold
his
oylle
to
the
marchauntes
/
and
warauntysed
eche
tonne
al
ful
/
And
when
the
marchauntes
mesured
theyr
oylle
/
they
fond
but
fyue
of
the
x
tonnes
full
/
wherof
the
ryche
man
demaunded
of
the
poure
yonge
man
resticucion
/
and
for
to
haue
his
hows
he
maade
hym
to
come
before
the
Iuge
/
¶
And
whanne
the
poure
man
was
before
the
Iuge
/
he
demaunded
terme
and
space
for
to
answere
/
For
hym
thought
and
semed
that
he
had
kepte
wel
his
oylle
/
and
the
Iuge
gaf
and
graunted
to
hym
day
of
aduys
/
&
thenne
he
went
to
a
philosophre
whiche
was
procuratour
of
the
poure
peple
/
&
prayd
hym
for
charyte
/
that
he
wold
gyue
to
hym
good
counceylle
at
his
grete
nede
/
&
he
reherced
and
told
to
hym
al
his
cause
&
swore
vpon
the
holy
euangely
that
he
tooke
none
of
the
ryche
mans
oylle
/
And
thenne
the
philosopher
ansuerd
to
hym
in
this
manere
/
My
sone
/
haue
no
fere
/
for
the
trouthe
may
not
faylle
/
And
the
next
morowe
after
/
the
philo
sopher
wente
with
the
poure
man
in
to
Iugement
/
the
whiche
Philosopher
was
constitued
by
the
kynge
for
to
gyue
the
Iust
sentence
of
hit
/
And
after
that
the
cause
had
be
wel
deffended
and
pleted
of
bothe
partyes
/
the
philosophre
sayd
/
the
same
ryche
man
is
of
good
renommee
/
and
I
suppose
not
that
he
demaunded
more
than
he
shold
haue
/
And
also
I
byleue
not
/
that
this
poure
may
be
maculed
ne
gylty
of
the
blame
/
which
he
putteth
on
hym
/
but
notwithstondynge
for
to
knowe
the
trouthe
of
hit
/
I
ordeyne
and
gyue
sentence
/
that
the
oylle
pure
clene
of
the
v
tonnes
whiche
are
ful
to
be
mesured
/
and
also
the
lye
therof
/
And
after
that
the
pure
and
clene
oylle
of
the
fyue
tonnes
whiche
ben
but
half
ful
to
be
also
mesured
with
the
lye
therof
/
and
that
men
loke
yf
the
lye
of
the
fyue
Tonnes
half
ful
is
egal
and
lyke
to
the
lye
of
the
fyue
Tonnes
/
whiche
ben
fulle
/
And
yf
hit
be
not
soo
/
that
as
momoche
lye
be
fond
within
the
vessels
whiche
ben
but
half
full
as
in
the
other
/
he
shalle
thenne
be
suffysauntly
&
ryghtwysly
proued
/
that
none
oyle
hath
be
taken
oute
of
them
/
but
yf
ther
be
fond
as
moche
lye
in
the
one
as
in
the
other
/
the
poure
shall
be
condempned
/
and
of
this
sentence
the
poure
was
contente
/
&
the
trouthe
was
knowen
/
wherfore
the
poure
man
went
quyte
/
and
the
ryche
was
condempned
/
For
his
grete
malyce
and
falsheed
was
knowen
and
manyfested
/
For
there
is
no
synne
or
mysdede
done
/
but
that
ones
it
shalle
be
knowen
and
manyfested
¶
The
fourthe
fable
maketh
mencion
of
the
sentence
gyuen
vp
the
pecuny
or
money
whiche
was
found
A
Ryche
man
somtyme
wente
by
a
Cyte
/
And
as
he
walked
fro
one
syde
to
that
other
/
fylle
fro
hym
a
grete
purse
/
wherin
were
a
thowsand
crownes
/
the
whiche
a
poure
man
fond
/
and
toke
them
for
to
kepe
to
his
wyf
/
wherof
she
was
ful
gladde
/
and
sayd
/
thanked
be
god
of
al
the
goodes
whiche
he
sendeth
to
vs
/
yf
he
sendeth
now
this
grete
somme
kepe
we
hit
wel
/
And
on
the
next
m●●ne
after
folowyng
/
the
Ryche
man
made
to
be
cryed
thurgh
the
Cyte
/
that
who
someuer
had
fond
a
thowsand
Crownes
in
a
purse
/
he
shold
restitue
/
and
brynge
them
to
hym
ageyne
/
and
that
he
shold
haue
for
his
reward
an
honderd
of
them
/
And
after
that
the
poure
man
had
herd
this
crye
/
he
ranne
Incontynent
to
his
wyf
/
&
sayd
to
her
/
My
wyf
/
that
/
that
we
haue
found
must
be
rendred
or
yolden
ageyne
/
For
hit
is
better
to
haue
a
C
crownes
withoute
synne
than
a
thowsand
with
synne
&
wrongfully
/
And
how
be
hit
that
the
woman
wold
haue
resysted
/
Neuertheles
in
th
ende
she
was
content
/
And
thus
the
poure
man
restored
the
thowsand
crownes
to
the
Ryche
/
and
demaunded
of
hym
his
honderd
crownes
/
And
the
ryche
full
of
frawde
or
falshede
sayd
to
the
poure
/
thow
rendrest
not
to
me
al
my
gold
/
whiche
thow
fondest
/
For
of
hit
I
lack
four
honderd
pyeces
of
gold
And
whanne
thow
shalt
rendre
and
brynge
to
me
ageyn
the
sayd
four
honderd
pyeces
of
gold
/
thow
shalt
haue
of
me
the
C
crownes
/
whiche
I
promysed
to
the
/
And
thenne
the
poure
ansuerd
to
hym
/
I
haue
take
and
brought
to
the
al
that
I
haue
found
/
wherfore
they
fylle
in
a
grete
dyfferent
or
stryf
/
in
so
moche
that
the
cause
came
before
the
kyng
/
to
be
decyded
and
pletyd
/
of
the
whiche
the
kyng
made
to
be
callyd
before
hym
a
grete
philosopher
whiche
was
procuratour
of
the
poures
/
And
whanne
the
cause
was
wel
dispnted
/
the
philosopher
moued
with
pyte
/
called
to
hym
the
poure
man
/
and
to
hym
seyd
in
this
maner
/
Come
hyther
my
frend
/
by
thy
feythe
hast
thow
restored
alle
that
good
whiche
thou
fondest
in
the
purse
/
and
the
poure
ansuerd
to
hym
/
ye
syre
by
my
feythe
/
And
thenne
the
philosophre
sayd
before
thassistantes
/
Syth
this
ryche
man
is
trewe
and
feythfull
/
and
that
hit
is
not
to
byleue
/
that
he
shold
demaunde
more
than
he
ought
to
doo
/
he
oughte
to
be
by
leued
/
And
as
to
the
other
parte
men
muste
byleue
that
this
poure
man
is
of
good
renomme
and
knowen
for
a
trewe
man
wherfore
the
philosopher
sayd
to
the
kynge
/
/
Syre
I
gyue
by
my
sentence
/
that
thow
take
these
thowsand
crownes
/
and
that
an
C
thow
take
of
them
/
the
whiche
honderd
thow
shalt
delyuere
to
this
poure
man
whiche
fond
them
/
And
after
whan
he
that
hath
lost
them
shall
come
/
thow
shalt
restore
them
to
hym
/
And
yf
it
happeth
that
another
persone
fynde
the
thowsand
&
four
C
crownes
/
they
shal
be
rendryd
and
taken
ageyn
to
the
same
good
man
whiche
is
here
present
whiche
sayth
that
he
hath
lost
them
/
the
whiche
sentence
was
moche
agreable
and
plesaunt
to
al
the
companye
/
And
whan
the
ryche
man
sawe
that
he
was
deceyued
/
he
demaunded
myseryoorde
and
grace
of
the
kynge
sayenge
in
this
manere
/
Syre
this
poure
man
that
hath
fond
my
purse
/
trewely
he
hath
restored
it
to
me
all
that
I
ought
to
haue
/
but
certaynly
I
wold
haue
deceyued
hym
/
wherfor
I
praye
the
that
thou
wylt
haue
pyte
and
myserycorde
on
me
And
thenne
the
kynge
had
myseryoorde
on
hym
/
And
the
poure
man
was
wel
contented
and
payd
/
and
al
the
malyce
of
the
ryche
man
was
knowen
and
manyfested
¶
The
v
fable
is
of
the
feythe
of
thre
felawes
OFte
it
happeth
that
the
euyll
whiche
is
procured
to
other
cometh
to
hym
whiche
procureth
it
/
as
hit
apperyth
by
the
felawes
/
of
the
whiche
tweyn
were
burgeys
/
&
the
thyrd
a
labourer
/
the
whiche
assembled
them
to gydre
for
to
go
to
the
holy
sepulcre
/
This
thre
felawes
made
so
grete
prouysyon
of
flour
for
to
make
theyr
pylgremage
/
in
suche
wyse
/
that
it
was
al
chauffed
/
and
consumed
/
excepte
only
for
to
make
one
loef
only
/
And
whan
the
Burgeis
sawe
th
ende
of
theyre
floure
they
sayd
to
gyder
/
yf
we
fynde
not
the
maner
and
cautele
for
to
begyl●●
this
vylayn
/
by
cause
that
he
is
a
ryght
grete
gallaunt
/
we
shalle
deye
for
hongre
/
wherfore
we
must
fynde
the
maner
and
facyone
that
we
may
haue
the
loof
whiche
shall
be
maad
of
alle
oure
floor
/
And
therfore
they
concluded
to gyder
and
sayd
/
whanne
the
loof
shalle
be
putte
within
the
ouen
we
shalle
goo
and
leye
vs
for
to
slepe
/
and
he
that
shalle
dreme
best
/
the
loof
shalle
be
his
/
And
by
cause
that
we
●●he
●●n
subtyle
and
wyse
/
he
shalle
not
mowe
dreme
as
wel
as
we
shalle
/
wherof
the
●●of
shal
be
ours
/
wherof
alle
they
thre
were
wel
content
/
and
al
byganne
to
slepe
/
¶
But
whanne
the
labourer
or
vylayne
knewe
and
perceyued
alle
theyre
fallace
/
and
sawe
that
his
two
felawes
were
a
sleep
/
he
wente
and
drewe
the
loof
oute
of
the
ouen
and
ete
hit
/
¶
And
after
he
fayned
to
be
a
slepe
/
And
thenne
one
of
the
burgeys
rose
vp
/
and
sayd
to
hys
felawes
/
I
haue
dremed
a
wonder
dreme
/
For
two
Angels
haue
taken
&
borne
me
with
grete
Ioye
before
the
dyuyn
mageste
/
And
the
other
burgeys
his
felawe
awoke
and
sayd
/
Thy
dreme
is
merueyllous
and
wonderfull
/
but
I
suppose
that
the
myn
is
fayrer
/
than
thyn
is
/
For
I
haue
dremed
that
two
Angel●●
drewe
me
on
hard
ground
for
to
lede
me
in
to
helle
/
And
after
they
dyd
awake
the
vylayne
whiche
as
dredeful
sayd
/
who
is
there
/
and
they
ansuerd
/
we
be
thy
felawes
/
And
he
sayd
to
them
/
how
be
ye
soo
soone
retourned
/
And
they
answerd
to
hym
/
how
retorned
/
we
departed
not
yet
fro
hens
/
And
he
sayd
to
them
by
my
feythe
/
I
haue
dremed
that
the
Angels
had
led
one
of
yow
in
to
paradys
or
heuen
/
and
the
other
in
to
helle
/
Wherfor
I
supposed
/
that
ye
shold
neuer
haue
comen
ageyne
/
And
therfore
I
aroos
me
fro
sleep
/
and
by
cause
I
was
hongry
/
I
wente
and
drewe
oute
of
the
ouen
the
leef
and
ete
hit
/
For
ofte
hit
happeth
that
he
whiche
supposeth
to
begyle
somme
other
/
is
hym self
begyled
¶
The
vj
fable
is
of
the
labourer
and
of
the
nyghtyngale
SOmtyme
there
was
a
labourer
/
whiche
had
a
gardeyn
wel
playsaunt
and
moche
delycious
/
in
to
the
whiche
he
ofte
wente
for
to
take
his
disporte
and
playsyre
/
And
on
a
day
at
euen
when
he
was
wery
and
had
trauaylled
sore
/
for
to
take
his
recreacion
he
entryd
in
to
his
gardyn
and
sette
hym self
doune
vnder
a
tree
/
where
as
he
herd
the
songe
of
a
nyghtyngale
/
And
for
the
grete
plesyre
and
Ioye
whiche
he
took
therof
/
he
sought
and
at
the
last
fond
the
meanes
for
to
take
the
nyghtyngale
/
to
th
ende
/
that
yet
gretter
Ioye
and
playsannce
he
myght
haue
of
hit
/
And
whan
the
nyghtyngale
was
take
/
he
demaunded
of
the
labourer
/
wherfore
hast
thow
take
so
grete
payne
for
to
take
me
/
For
wel
thow
knowest
that
of
me
thow
mayst
not
haue
grete
prouffyte
/
And
the
vylayne
ansuerd
thus
to
the
nyghtyngale
/
For
to
here
the
songe
of
the
I
haue
taken
the
/
And
the
nyghtyngale
ansuerd
Certaynly
in
vayne
thou
hast
payned
and
laboured
/
For
/
for
no
good
I
wylle
synge
whyle
that
I
am
in
pryson
/
And
thenne
the
labourer
or
vylayne
ansuerd
/
yf
thow
syngest
not
wel
/
I
shalle
ete
the
/
And
thenne
the
nyghtyngale
sayd
to
hym
/
yf
thow
putte
me
within
a
potte
for
to
be
soden
/
lytyl
mete
shalt
thou
thenne
make
of
my
body
/
and
yf
thow
settest
me
for
to
be
rosted
/
lesse
mete
shalle
be
thenne
made
of
me
/
And
therfor
neyther
boylled
ne
rosted
shalle
not
be
thy
grete
bely
fylled
of
me
/
but
yf
thow
lete
me
flee
/
ħit
shalle
be
to
the
a
grete
good
and
prouffyte
/
For
thre
doctrynes
I
shall
teche
the
whiche
thow
shalt
loue
better
than
thre
fat
kyne
/
And
thine
the
labourer
lete
the
nyghtyngale
flee
/
And
whan
he
was
oute
of
his
handes
/
and
that
he
was
vpon
a
tree
/
he
sayd
to
the
vylayne
in
this
maner
/
My
Frend
I
haue
promysed
to
the
/
that
I
shall
gyue
to
the
thre
doctrynes
/
wherof
the
fyrst
is
this
that
thow
byleue
no
thynge
whiche
is
Impossyble
/
The
second
is
that
thow
kepe
wel
that
thyn
is
/
And
the
thyrd
is
/
that
thow
take
no
sorowe
of
the
thynge
lost
whiche
may
not
be
recouerd
/
And
soone
after
the
nyghtgngale
beganne
to
synge
/
&
in
his
songe
sayd
thus
/
blessyd
be
god
/
whiche
hath
delyuerd
me
oute
of
the
handes
of
this
vylayne
or
chorle
/
whiche
hath
not
knowen
/
sene
/
ne
touched
the
precious
dyamond
whiche
I
haue
within
my
bely
/
For
yf
he
had
founde
hit
/
he
had
be
moche
ryche
/
And
fro
his
handes
I
had
not
scaped
/
And
thenne
the
vylayne
whiche
herd
this
songe
/
beganne
to
complayne
and
to
make
grete
sorowe
,
and
after
sayd
I
am
wel
vnhappy
/
that
haue
lost
so
fayre
a
tresour
/
whiche
I
had
wonne
/
and
now
I
haue
lost
hit
/
And
the
nyghtyngale
seyd
thenne
to
the
chorle
/
Now
knowe
I
wel
that
thow
arte
a
fool
/
For
thow
takest
sorowe
of
that
wherof
thow
sholdest
haue
none
/
and
sone
thow
hast
forgeten
my
doctryne
/
by
cause
that
thow
wenest
that
with
in
my
bely
shold
be
a
precious
stone
more
of
weyght
than
I
am
/
And
I
told
and
taught
to
the
/
that
thow
sholdest
neuer
byleue
that
thynge
/
whiche
is
Impossyble
/
And
yf
that
stone
was
thyn
/
why
hast
thow
lost
ħit
/
And
yf
thow
〈◊〉
lost
ħit
and
mayst
not
recouere
hit
/
why
takest
thow
sorowe
for
hit
/
And
therfore
hit
is
foly
to
chastyse
or
to
teche
a
fole
/
whiche
neuer
byleueth
the
lernynge
and
doctryne
whiche
is
gyuen
to
hym
¶
The
vij
fable
is
of
a
Rethorycian
and
of
a
crowkbacked
/
A
Philosopher
sayd
ones
to
his
sone
/
that
whan
he
were
falle
by
fortune
in
to
somme
dommage
or
perylle
/
the
sooner
that
he
myght
he
shold
delyuere
hym
of
hit
/
to
th
ende
/
that
afterward
he
shold
no
more
be
vexed
ne
greued
of
hit
/
As
ħit
appiereth
by
this
fable
of
a
rethoryque
man
or
fayr
speker
/
whiche
ones
demaunded
of
a
kynge
/
that
of
alle
them
whiche
shold
entre
in
to
the
Cyte
/
hauynge
somme
faulte
of
kynde
on
theyr
bodyes
/
as
crouked
or
counterfayted
/
he
myght
haue
and
take
of
them
at
th
entre
of
the
yate
a
peny
/
the
whiche
demaunde
the
kynge
graunted
to
hym
/
and
made
his
lettres
to
be
sealed
and
wreton
vnder
his
sygnet
/
And
thus
he
kepte
hym
styll
at
the
yate
/
And
of
euery
lame
scabbed
/
&
of
alle
suche
that
had
ony
counterfaytour
on
theyr
bodyes
/
he
tooke
a
peny
/
¶
It
happed
thenne
on
a
day
that
a
croukbacked
and
counterfayted
man
wold
haue
entryd
within
the
Cyte
withoute
gyuynge
of
ony
peny
/
and
bethought
hym self
/
that
he
shold
take
and
put
on
hym
a
fayre
mantel
/
and
thus
arayed
came
to
the
yate
/
¶
And
thenne
whan
the
porter
byheld
hym
/
he
perceyued
that
he
was
goglyed
/
and
sayd
to
hym
pay
me
of
my
dowte
/
And
the
goglyed
wold
paye
nought
/
wher fore
he
toke
from
hym
his
mantel
/
And
thenne
he
sawe
that
he
was
crowkbacked
and
sayd
to
hym
/
thow
woldest
not
tofore
paye
a
peny
/
but
now
thow
shalt
paye
tweyne
/
¶
And
whyle
that
they
stryued
to
gyder
/
the
hat
and
the
bonet
felle
from
his
hede
to
the
erthe
/
And
the
porter
whiche
sawe
his
scabbed
hede
/
sayd
to
hym
/
now
shalt
thow
paye
to
me
thre
pens
/
And
thenne
the
porter
yet
ageyne
setted
his
handes
on
hym
/
and
felte
/
that
his
body
was
al
scabbed
/
And
as
they
were
thus
wrastlynge
to
gyder
/
the
crowkbacked
fylle
to
the
ground
/
and
hurted
hym self
sore
on
the
legge
/
And
the
porter
sayd
thenne
to
hym
/
Now
shalt
thow
paye
v
pens
/
For
thy
body
is
al
counterfayted
/
wherfore
thow
shalt
leue
here
thy
mantell
/
And
yf
thou
haddest
payd
a
peny
/
thow
haddest
gone
on
thy
waye
free
and
quyte
/
wherfore
he
is
wyse
that
payeth
that
/
that
he
oweth
of
ryght
/
to
then
de
that
therof
come
not
to
hym
gretter
dommage
/
¶
The
eyght
fable
is
of
the
discyple
/
And
of
the
sheep
/
A
Discyple
was
somtyme
/
whiche
toke
his
playsyre
to
reherce
and
telle
many
fables
/
the
whiche
prayd
to
his
mayster
/
that
he
wold
reherce
vnto
hym
a
long
fable
/
To
whome
the
mayster
ansuerd
/
kepe
and
beware
wel
that
hit
happe
not
to
vs
/
as
it
happed
to
a
kyng
and
to
his
fabulatour
And
the
discyple
ansuerd
/
My
mayster
I
pray
the
to
telle
to
me
how
it
befelle
/
And
thenne
the
mayster
sayd
to
his
discyple
/
¶
Somtyme
was
a
kynge
whiche
hadde
a
fabulatour
/
the
whiche
reherced
to
hym
at
euery
tyme
/
that
he
wold
sleep
fyue
fables
for
to
reioysshe
the
kynge
/
and
for
to
make
hym
falle
in
to
a
slepe
/
It
bifelle
thenne
on
a
daye
/
that
the
kynge
was
moche
sorowful
and
so
heuy
/
that
he
coude
in
no
wyse
falle
a
sle
pe
/
And
after
that
the
sayd
fabulatour
had
told
and
reherced
his
fyue
fables
/
the
kynge
desyred
to
here
more
/
And
thenne
the
sayd
fabulatour
recyted
vnto
hym
thre
fables
wel
shorte
/
And
the
kynge
thenne
sayd
to
hym
/
I
wold
fayne
here
one
wel
longe
/
And
thenne
shalle
I
loue
wel
the
slepe
/
The
fabulatour
thenne
reherced
vnto
hym
suche
a
fable
/
Of
a
ryche
man
whiche
wente
to
the
market
or
feyre
for
to
bye
sheep
/
the
which
man
bought
a
thowsand
sheep
/
And
as
he
was
retornynge
fro
the
feyre
/
he
cain
vnto
a
Ryuer
/
and
by
cause
of
the
grete
wawes
of
the
water
he
coude
not
passe
ouer
the
brydge
/
Neuerthe
les
he
wente
soo
longe
to
and
fro
on
the
Ryuage
of
the
sayd
Ryuer
/
that
at
the
last
he
fonde
a
narowe
way
/
vpon
the
whiche
myght
passe
scant
ynough
thre
sheep
attones
/
And
thus
he
passed
and
had
them
ouer
one
after
another
/
And
hyderto
reherced
of
this
fable
/
the
fabulatour
felle
on
slepe
/
And
anon
after
the
kynge
awoke
the
fabulatour
/
and
sayd
to
hym
in
this
manere
/
I
pray
the
that
thow
wylt
make
an
ende
of
thy
fable
/
And
the
fabulatour
ansuerd
to
hym
in
this
manere
Syre
this
Ryuer
is
ryght
grete
/
and
the
ship
is
lytyll
/
wherfore
late
the
marthaunt
doo
passe
ouer
his
sheep
/
And
after
I
shalle
make
an
ende
of
my
fable
/
And
thenne
was
the
kynge
wel
appeased
and
pacyfyed
/
¶
And
therfore
be
thow
content
of
that
I
haue
reherced
vnto
the
/
For
there
is
folke
so
superstycious
or
capaxe
/
that
they
may
not
be
contented
with
fewe
wordes
¶
The
ix
fable
is
of
the
wulf
/
of
the
labourer
/
of
the
foxe
/
&
of
the
chese
SOmtyme
was
a
labourer
wgiche
vnnethe
myght
gouerne
and
lede
his
oxen
by
cause
that
they
smote
with
theyr
feet
/
wherfore
the
labourer
sayd
to
them
/
I
pray
to
god
that
the
wulf
may
ete
yow
/
the
whiche
wordes
the
wulf
herd
/
wherfore
he
hyd
hym self
nyghe
them
vnto
the
nyght
/
And
thenne
came
for
to
ete
them
/
¶
And
whanne
the
nyght
was
come
/
the
labourer
vnbonde
his
oxen
/
and
lete
them
goo
to
his
hows
/
¶
And
thenne
whanne
the
wulf
sawe
them
comynge
homeward
/
he
sayd
/
O
thow
labourer
many
tymes
on
this
day
thow
dydest
gyue
to
me
thyn
oxen
/
and
ther fore
hold
thy
promesse
to
me
/
¶
And
the
labourer
sayd
to
the
wulf
/
I
promysed
to
the
nought
at
al
/
in
the
presence
of
whome
I
am
oblyged
or
bound
/
I
swore
not
neyther
to
and
yong
man
whiche
fournysshed
to
th
appoyntement
/
And
ones
as
they
thre
made
good
chere
the
husbond
came
ageyne
fro
the
feyre
and
knocked
at
the
dore
of
the
hows
/
wherfore
they
were
wel
abasshed
/
Thenne
sayd
the
old
moder
thus
to
them
/
haue
no
fere
/
but
doo
as
I
shalle
telle
to
yow
/
and
care
yow
not
/
And
thenne
she
sayd
to
the
yonge
man
/
hold
this
swerd
/
and
goo
thow
to
the
yate
/
and
beware
thy self
that
thow
saye
no
word
to
hym
/
but
lete
me
doo
/
And
as
the
husband
wold
haue
entryd
his
hows
/
and
that
he
sawe
the
yong
man
holdynge
a
naked
swerd
in
his
handes
/
he
was
gretely
aferd
/
And
thenne
the
old
woman
sayd
to
hym
/
My
sone
thow
arte
ryght
welcome
/
be
not
aferd
of
this
man
/
For
thre
men
ranne
ryght
now
after
hym
for
to
haue
slayne
hym
/
and
●●y
auenture
he
fond
the
yate
open
/
and
this
is
the
cause
why
he
came
here
for
to
saue
his
lyf
/
And
thenne
the
husbond
said
to
them
/
ye
haue
done
wel
/
And
I
can
yow
grete
thanke
/
And
thus
the
yonge
amerous
wente
his
waye
surely
by
the
subtylyte
of
the
moder
/
of
his
wyf
/
to
the
whiche
truste
thy self
not
/
and
thow
shalt
doo
as
sage
and
wyse
¶
The
xi
fable
is
of
an
old
harlotte
or
bawde
A
Noble
man
was
somtyme
/
whiche
had
a
wyf
moche
chaste
and
was
wonder
fayr
/
This
noble
man
wold
haue
go
on
pylgremage
to
Rome
/
and
lefte
his
wyf
at
home
/
by
cause
that
he
knewe
her
for
a
chaste
and
a
good
woman
/
¶
It
happed
on
a
daye
as
she
wente
in
to
the
toun
A
fayre
yonge
man
was
esprysed
of
her
loue
/
and
took
on
hym
hardynes
/
and
requyred
her
of
loue
/
and
promysed
to
her
many
grete
yeftes
/
But
she
whiche
was
good
had
leuer
deye
than
to
consente
her
therto
/
wherfore
the
yonge
man
deyde
al
mooste
for
sorowe
/
to
the
whiche
felawe
came
an
old
woman
/
whiche
demaunded
of
hym
the
cause
of
his
sekenesse
/
And
the
yonge
man
manyfested
or
discouered
vnto
her
alle
his
courage
and
herte
/
askynge
help
and
counceylle
of
her
/
And
the
old
woman
wyly
and
malycious
sayd
to
hym
/
Be
thow
gladde
and
Ioyous
/
and
take
good
courage
/
For
wel
I
shalle
doo
/
and
brynge
aboute
thy
fay●●
/
in
soo
moche
that
thow
shalt
haue
thy
wyll
fulfylled
/
And
after
thys
the
old
bawde
wente
to
her
hows
/
and
maade
a
lytyl
catte
which
she
hadde
at
home
to
faste
thre
dayes
one
after
another
/
And
after
she
took
somme
breed
with
a
grete
dele
or
quantite
of
mostard
vpon
hit
/
and
gaf
hit
to
thys
yonge
Catte
for
to
ete
hit
/
¶
And
whanne
the
Catte
smelled
hit
/
she
beganne
to
wepe
and
crye
/
¶
And
the
old
woman
or
Bawde
wente
vnto
the
hows
of
the
sayd
yonge
woman
/
and
bare
her
lytyl
Catte
with
her
/
the
whiche
yonge
and
good
woman
receyued
and
welcomed
her
moch
honestly
/
by
cause
that
alle
the
world
held
her
for
a
holy
woman
/
¶
And
as
they
were
tallynge
to
gyder
/
the
yong
woman
hadde
pyte
of
the
catte
whiche
wepte
/
And
demaunded
of
the
old
woman
/
what
the
cat
eyled
/
And
the
old
woman
sayd
to
her
/
Ha
a
my
fayr
doughter
&
my
fayre
Frend
/
renewe
not
my
sorowe
/
And
sayenge
these
wordes
she
beganne
to
wepe
/
and
sayd
/
My
frend
for
no
good
I
wyl
telle
the
cause
why
my
catte
wepeth
/
And
thenn
/
the
yonge
woman
sayd
to
her
/
My
good
Moder
I
praye
yow
that
ye
wyll
telle
me
the
cause
why
&
wherfor
your
catte
wepeth
/
And
thenne
the
old
woman
sayd
to
her
/
My
Frend
I
wyll
wel
/
yf
thow
wilt
swere
that
thou
shalt
neuer
reherce
it
to
no
body
/
to
the
whiche
promesse
the
good
&
trewe
yonge
woman
accorded
her self
/
supposyng
/
that
hit
had
ben
al
good
and
sayd
/
〈◊〉
wylle
wel
/
And
thenne
the
old
woman
sayd
to
her
in
this
manere
/
My
frend
this
same
catte
whiche
thow
seest
yonder
was
my
doughter
/
the
whiche
was
wonder
fayre
gracious
and
chaste
/
whiche
a
yonge
man
loued
moche
/
and
was
so
moche
esprysed
of
her
loue
/
that
by
cause
that
she
reffused
hym
/
he
deyde
for
her
loue
/
wherfore
the
goddes
hauyng
pyte
on
hym
/
haue
torned
my
douggter
in
to
this
catte
/
And
the
yonge
woman
whiche
supposed
that
the
old
woman
had
sayd
trouthe
sayd
to
her
in
this
manere
/
Allas
my
fayr
moder
/
I
ne
wote
what
I
shalle
doo
/
For
suche
a
●●as
myght
wel
happe
to
me
/
For
in
this
Towne
is
a
yonge
man
/
whiche
deyeth
almoost
for
the
loue
of
me
/
But
for
loue
of
my
husband
/
to
whome
I
oughte
to
kepe
chastyte
/
I
haue
not
wylle
graunte
hym
/
Neuertheles
I
shall
doo
that
/
that
thow
shalt
counceylle
to
me
/
And
thenne
the
old
woman
sayd
to
her
/
My
Frend
haue
thow
pyte
on
hym
as
soone
as
thow
mayst
/
soo
that
hit
〈◊〉
not
to
the
lyke
as
it
dyd
to
my
doughter
/
¶
The
yonge
woman
thenne
answerd
to
her
/
and
sayd
/
yf
he
requyre
me
ony
more
/
I
shalle
accorde
me
with
hym
/
And
yf
he
requyre
me
no
more
/
yet
shalle
I
profere
me
to
hym
/
¶
And
to
th
ende
/
that
I
offende
not
the
goddes
/
I
shalle
doo
and
accomplysshe
hit
/
as
soone
as
I
maye
/
¶
The
old
woman
thenne
took
leue
of
her
/
&
wente
forthwith
to
the
yong
man
/
And
to
hym
she
reherced
and
told
all
these
tydynges
/
wherof
hys
herte
was
fylled
with
Ioye
/
the
whiche
anone
wente
toward
the
yonge
woman
/
and
with
her
he
fulfylled
his
wylle
/
¶
And
thus
ye
maye
knowe
the
euyls
/
whiche
ben
done
by
bawdes
and
old
harlottes
/
that
wold
to
god
/
that
they
were
al
brente
¶
The
xij
fable
is
of
a
blynd
man
and
of
his
wyf
/
THere
was
somtyme
a
blynd
man
whiche
had
a
fayre
wyf
/
of
the
whiche
he
was
moche
Ia●●us
/
He
kepte
her
so
that
she
myght
not
goo
no
wher
/
For
euer
he
had
her
by
the
hand
/
And
after
that
she
was
enamoured
of
a
gentil
felawe
/
they
coude
not
fynde
the
maner
ne
no
place
for
to
fulfylle
theyr
wyll
/
but
notwithstandyng
the
woman
whiche
was
subtyle
and
Ingenyous
counceylled
to
her
frende
that
he
shold
come
in
to
her
hows
/
and
that
he
shold
entre
in
to
the
gardyn
and
that
there
he
shold
clymme
vpon
a
pere
tree
/
And
he
did
as
she
told
hym
/
and
when
they
had
made
theyr
enterpryse
/
the
woman
came
ageyne
in
to
the
hows
/
and
sayd
to
her
husbond
/
My
frend
I
praye
yow
that
ye
wylle
go
in
to
our
gardyn
for
to
disporte
vs
a
lytel
whyle
there
/
of
the
whiche
prayer
the
blynd
man
was
wel
content
/
and
sayd
to
his
wyf
/
wel
my
good
frend
I
will
wel
/
lete
vs
go
thyder
/
And
as
they
were
vnder
the
pere
tree
/
she
sayd
to
her
husband
/
My
frende
I
praye
the
to
lete
me
goo
vpon
the
pere
tre
/
And
I
shalle
gader
for
vs
bothe
some
fayre
peres
/
wel
my
frend
sayd
the
blynd
man
/
I
wylle
wel
&
graunt
therto
/
And
when
she
was
vpon
the
tree
/
the
yong
man
begannn
to
shalte
the
〈◊〉
tree
at
one
syde
/
and
the
yonge
woman
atthe
other
syde
/
And
And
as
the
blynd
man
herd
thus
hard
shake
the
pere
tree
/
and
the
noyse
whiche
they
made
/
he
sayd
to
them
/
Ha
a
euylle
woman
how
be
it
that
I
see
hit
not
/
Neuertheles
I
fele
and
vnderstande
hit
well
/
But
I
praye
to
the
goddes
/
that
they
vouchesauf
to
sende
me
my
syght
ageyne
/
And
as
soone
as
he
had
made
his
prayer
Iupiter
rend●●yd
to
hym
his
syght
ageyn
¶
And
whanne
he
sawe
that
pagent
vpon
the
pere
tree
/
he
sayd
to
his
wyf
Ha
vnhappy
woman
/
I
shalle
neuer
haue
no
Ioye
with
the
/
And
by
cause
that
the
yonge
woman
was
redy
in
speche
and
malycious
/
she
ansuerd
forthwith
to
her
husbond
/
My
frend
thow
arte
wel
beholden
and
bounden
to
me
/
For
by
cause
and
for
the
●●oue
the
goddes
haue
restored
to
the
thy
syght
/
wh●●rof
I
thanke
alle
the
goddes
and
goddesses
/
whiche
haue
enhaunced
and
herd
my
prayer
/
For
I
desyryng
moche
that
thow
myght
see
me
/
cessed
neuer
day
ne
nyght
to
pray
them
/
that
they
wold
rendre
to
the
thy
syghte
/
wherfore
the
goddesse
Wenus
Vysybly
shewed
her self
to
me
/
and
sayd
/
that
yf
I
wold
doo
somme
plays
yr
to
the
sayd
yonge
man
/
she
shold
restore
to
the
thy
syght
/
And
thus
I
am
cause
of
it
And
thenne
the
good
man
sayd
to
her
/
My
ryght
dere
wyf
&
good
frende
/
I
remercye
and
thanke
yow
gretely
/
For
ryght
ye
haue
and
I
grete
wronge
¶
The
xiij
fable
is
of
the
tayller
/
of
a
kynge
/
and
of
his
seruaunte
MEn
ought
not
to
doo
some
other
/
that
whiche
he
wold
not
that
it
were
done
to
hym
/
As
it
appiereth
/
by
thys
present
fable
/
of
a
kynge
whiche
had
a
tayller
whiche
was
as
good
a
werkman
of
his
craft
/
as
ony
was
at
that
tyme
in
alle
the
world
/
the
whiche
tayller
had
with
hym
many
good
seruauntes
/
wherof
the
one
was
called
Medius
/
whiche
surmounted
alle
the
other
in
shapynge
or
sewynge
/
wherfore
the
kyng
commaunded
to
his
styward
that
the
sayd
tayllers
shold
fare
wel
/
and
haue
of
the
best
metes
and
of
delycious
drynke
/
¶
It
happed
on
a
daye
that
the
mayster
Styward
gaf
to
them
ryght
good
and
delycious
mete
in
the
whiche
was
some
hony
/
And
by
cause
that
Medius
was
not
atte
that
feste
/
the
styward
sayd
to
the
other
/
that
they
shold
kepe
for
hym
/
somme
of
their
mete
/
And
thenne
the
mayster
tayller
ansuerd
/
he
must
none
haue
/
For
yf
he
were
here
/
he
shold
not
ete
of
hit
/
For
he
ete
neuer
no
hony
/
And
as
they
had
done
/
Medius
came
/
and
demaunded
of
his
felawes
/
why
kepte
you
not
parte
of
this
mete
for
me
/
And
the
styward
ansuerd
and
sayd
to
hym
/
By
cause
that
thy
mayster
sayd
to
me
/
that
thow
ete
neuer
no
hony
/
no
parte
of
the
mete
was
kepte
for
the
And
Medius
ansuerd
thenne
neuer
one
word
/
but
beganne
to
thynke
/
how
he
myght
paye
his
mayster
/
And
on
a
day
as
the
styward
was
allone
with
Medius
/
he
demaunded
of
Medius
/
yf
he
knewe
no
man
that
coude
werke
as
wel
as
his
mayster
/
And
Medius
sayd
nay
/
and
that
it
was
grete
dommage
of
a
sekenes
that
he
had
/
And
the
styward
demaunded
what
sekenes
hit
was
/
And
thenne
Medius
ansuerd
to
hym
/
My
lord
whan
he
is
entryd
in
to
his
fransy
or
wodenes
/
there
cometh
vpon
hym
a
rage
/
And
how
shalle
I
knowe
hit
sayd
the
styward
/
Certaynly
my
lord
sayd
Medius
/
whan
ye
shal●●
see
that
he
shalle
sette
at
his
werke
/
and
that
he
shalle
loke
here
and
there
/
and
shal
smyte
vpon
his
borde
with
his
fyst
/
thenne
may
ye
knowe
that
his
sekenesse
cometh
on
hym
/
And
thenne
withoute
ye
take
and
bynde
hym
/
and
also
bete
hym
wel
/
he
shalle
doo
grete
harme
and
dommage
/
And
the
styward
sayd
to
hym
/
Care
not
therof
my
frend
/
For
wel
I
shalle
beware
my self
of
hym
/
And
on
the
mornynge
next
folowynge
/
the
styward
came
for
to
see
the
tayllers
/
And
whan
Medius
whiche
knewe
wel
the
cause
of
his
comynge
/
tooke
aweye
secretely
his
maysters
sheres
/
and
hydde
them
/
And
anone
his
mayster
beganne
for
to
loke
after
them
/
and
sawe
and
serched
al
aboute
here
and
there
/
and
beganne
to
smyte
his
fyste
vpon
the
borde
/
And
thenne
the
mayster
styward
beganne
to
loke
on
his
maners
/
and
sodenly
made
hym
to
be
take
/
and
holde
by
his
seruaunts
/
And
after
made
hym
to
be
bound
and
wel
〈◊〉
/
Thenne
was
the
mayster
tayller
al
abasshed
/
and
demaunded
of
them
/
My
lordes
wherfor
doo
ye
bete
me
soo
outrageously
/
what
offense
haue
I
done
/
wherfore
I
must
be
bound
and
thus
●●e
bete
/
And
thenne
the
Styward
sayd
to
hym
in
thys
maner
/
by
cause
that
Medius
told
me
/
that
thow
art
frantyck
And
yf
thow
be
not
wel
bete
/
thow
sholdest
doo
grete
harme
and
dommage
/
And
thenne
the
mayster
came
to
his
seruaunt
Medius
and
rygorously
sayd
to
hym
/
Ha
a
euyl
boye
fylled
whan
euylle
wordes
/
whan
sawest
thow
me
madde
/
And
his
seruaunt
proud●●ly
ansuerd
to
hym
/
My
mayster
whan
dydest
thow
see
that
I
ete
no
hony
/
And
therfore
I
threwe
to
the
one
●●ole
for
another
/
And
the
mayster
styward
/
and
alle
his
seruaunts
beganne
thenne
to
lawhe
/
and
sayd
al
that
he
hadde
wel
done
/
¶
And
therfore
men
ought
not
to
doo
to
eny
other
that
thynge
whiche
they
wylle
not
that
men
dyd
to
them
/
¶
Here
enden
the
fables
of
Alfonce
¶
And
folowen
other
fables
of
Poge
the
Florentyn
¶
The
fyrst
fable
is
of
the
subtylyte
of
the
woman
for
to
d●●yue
her
husbond
THe
cautele
or
falshede
of
the
woman
is
wonder
merueyllous
/
as
it
appiereth
by
this
fable
/
Of
a
marchaunt
whiche
was
wedded
of
newe
vnto
a
fayre
and
yong
woman
/
the
whiche
marchaunt
wente
ouer
the
see
for
to
bye
&
selle
/
and
for
to
gete
somwhat
for
to
lyue
honestly
/
And
by
cause
that
he
dwellyd
to
longe
/
his
wyf
supposed
that
he
was
dede
/
And
therfore
she
enamoured
her self
with
another
man
/
whiche
dyd
to
her
mykle
good
/
as
for
to
haue
doo
make
and
bylde
vp
his
hows
of
newe
the
whiche
had
grete
nede
of
reparacion
/
and
also
he
gaf
to
her
all
newe
Vtensyles
to
kepe
a
hous
hold
/
And
within
a
long
tyme
after
the
departyng
of
the
marchaunt
he
came
ageyne
in
to
his
hows
whiche
he
sawe
newe
bylded
/
&
sawe
dysshes
pottes
/
pannes
/
and
suche
other
houshold
wherfore
he
demaunded
of
his
wyf
how
and
in
what
man●●
she
had
founde
the
facion
and
the
meane
for
to
haue
repayred
so
so
honestly
his
hows
/
And
she
ansuerd
that
it
was
by
the
grace
of
god
/
And
he
ansuerd
/
Blessyd
be
god
of
hit
/
And
when
he
was
within
the
chambre
/
he
sawe
the
bedde
rychely
couerd
/
&
the
walles
wel
hanged
/
and
demaunded
of
his
wyf
he
had
done
before
/
And
she
thenne
ansuerd
to
hym
in
lyke
maner
as
she
dyd
before
/
And
therfore
he
thanked
god
as
he
had
done
to
fore
/
And
as
he
wold
sette
hym
at
his
dyner
/
there
was
brought
before
hym
vnto
his
wyf
a
child
of
thre
yere
of
age
/
or
there
aboute
/
wherfore
he
demaunded
of
his
wyf
/
My
frend
to
whome
belongeth
this
fayre
child
/
And
she
ansuerd
/
My
Frend
the
holy
ghoost
of
his
grace
hath
sente
hit
to
me
/
Thenne
ansuerd
the
marchaunt
to
his
wyf
in
this
manere
/
I
rendre
not
graces
ne
thankes
not
to
the
holy
ghoost
of
this
/
For
he
hath
taken
to
moche
payne
and
labour
for
to
haue
it
made
vp
myn
owne
werke
/
And
I
wyll
that
in
no
maner
wyse
he
me
dl●●
no
more
therwith
/
For
suche
thynge
belongeth
to
me
for
to
doo
hit
/
and
not
to
the
holy
ghoost
¶
The
second
fable
is
of
the
woman
and
of
the
ypocryte
THe
generacion
or
byrth
of
the
ypocryte
is
moche
dampnable
and
euylle
/
As
it
appiereth
by
this
fable
/
and
as
poge
reherceth
to
vs
whiche
sayth
/
that
somtyme
he
fond
hym self
in
a
good
felauship
/
where
he
herd
a
fable
/
whiche
was
there
reherced
/
Of
the
whiche
the
tenour
foloweth
/
and
seyth
the
sayd
poge
/
that
of
alle
the
goodes
of
this
world
/
the
ypocrytes
ben
possessours
/
For
how
be
hit
/
that
a●●
ypocryte
haue
somtyme
wylle
for
to
helpe
somme
poure
and
Indygent
/
Neuertheles
he
hath
a
condycyon
within
hym self
/
that
is
to
w●●
/
that
he
shold
rather
see
a
man
at
the
poynt
of
dethe
/
than
for
to
saue
his
lyf
of
an
halfpeny
/
And
this
presumpcion
is
called
ypocrysye
/
as
ye
shal
here
herafter
by
the
fable
folowyng
the
whiche
sayth
that
one
beynge
in
the
felauship
of
Poge
reherced
/
that
somtyme
the
customme
of
alle
the
poure
was
that
they
wente
before
the
folkes
dores
withoute
sayenge
ony
word
It
happed
thenne
on
that
tyme
that
a
poure
man
moche
faire
and
of
good
lyf
wente
to
serche
his
lyf
fro
one
dore
to
another
/
And
vpon
a
day
emonge
other
he
wente
and
sette
hym self
vpon
a
grete
stone
before
the
yate
of
a
wydowe
/
whiche
wydowe
was
acustommed
to
gyue
hym
euer
somwhat
/
¶
And
whan
the
good
woman
knewe
that
he
was
at
hir
dore
she
dyd
brynge
to
hym
his
porcion
as
she
was
custommed
for
to
doo
/
And
as
she
gaf
to
hym
the
mete
she
loked
on
hym
/
and
seyng
hym
soo
fayre
/
and
wel
made
of
body
/
she
thenne
fylled
of
car
nal
concupiscence
/
and
brennynge
in
the
fyre
of
loue
/
requered
and
Instantly
prayd
hym
that
he
wold
retorne
thyder
within
thre
dayes
/
and
promysed
to
hym
that
she
shold
gyue
to
hym
a
ryght
good
dyner
/
And
the
poure
man
sayd
to
her
/
that
he
shold
doo
soo
/
And
whanne
he
came
ageyne
/
he
sette
hym self
as
before
/
atte
dore
of
the
wydowes
hows
/
whiche
the
woman
knewe
well
whanne
he
shold
come
/
wherfore
she
came
to
the
yate
and
sayd
/
Come
within
good
man
/
For
now
we
shalle
dyne
/
to
the
whiche
prayer
the
poure
man
assented
/
&
entred
within
the
hows
/
the
whiche
wydowe
gaf
to
hym
good
mete
/
and
good
drynke
/
And
whanne
they
had
wel
dyned
/
the
sayd
wydowe
pressyd
the
good
man
strongly
/
and
after
she
kys
sed
hym
/
requyrynge
hym
that
she
myght
haue
the
copye
of
his
loue
/
And
thenne
the
poure
man
al
ashamed
&
Vergoynous
knowynge
her
thoughte
and
her
wylle
/
ansuerd
thus
to
her
/
Certaynly
my
good
lady
I
dare
not
/
but
neuertheles
he
wold
fayne
haue
done
hit
/
And
the
wydowe
al
embraced
with
loue
beseched
and
prayd
hym
more
and
more
/
And
thenne
whan
the
poure
man
sawe
that
he
myght
not
excuse
hym self
/
he
sayd
to
the
wydowe
in
this
manere
/
My
frend
syth
that
thow
desyrest
it
for
to
doo
soo
moche
and
soo
grete
an
euylle
/
I
take
god
to
my
wytnes
/
that
thow
arte
causer
of
hit
/
For
I
am
not
consentynge
to
the
faytte
or
dede
/
but
sayenge
these
wordes
he
consented
to
her
wylle
¶
The
thyrd
fable
is
of
a
yonge
woman
whiche
accused
her
husband
of
coulpe
or
blame
POge
florentyne
sayth
/
that
somtyme
ther
was
a
man
named
Nerus
de
paas
/
the
whiche
of
his
age
was
emonge
the
Florentyne
/
Ryght
sage
and
prudent
and
ryght
ryche
/
This
Nerus
had
a
fayr
doughter
/
the
whiche
he
he
maryed
with
a
tyght
fayre
yonge
man
/
and
a
ryche
/
and
of
good
parentage
or
kynred
/
the
whiche
yong
man
the
next
day
after
the
feest
of
his
weddynge
dyd
lede
her
in
to
his
castel
/
a
lytyl
way
withoute
the
Cyte
of
Florence
/
And
within
fewe
dayes
after
/
this
yonge
man
brought
his
wyf
ageyne
in
to
Florence
vnto
the
hows
of
her
fader
Nerus
/
the
whiche
made
thenne
a
feest
as
it
was
customed
to
doo
at
that
tyme
in
some
places
eyght
dayes
after
the
weddynge
/
whanne
this
newe
maryed
or
wedded
woman
was
come
ageyne
to
her
faders
hows
/
she
maad
not
ouer
good
chere
/
but
euer
she
had
her
loke
dounward
to
the
erthe
/
as
ful
tryste
/
thoughtful
&
melancolyous
/
And
whanne
her
moder
perceyued
and
sawe
her
doughter
so
sorowful
/
and
of
mournynge
contenaunce
/
she
called
her
within
a
wardroppe
where
as
no
body
was
/
but
they
two
/
and
asked
of
her
the
cause
of
her
sorowe
/
sayenge
/
how
fare
ye
my
doughter
/
what
wante
yow
/
haue
yow
not
all
thynges
comyng
to
yow
after
your
desyre
and
playsaunce
/
wherfore
take
ye
so
grete
thought
and
melancolye
/
And
thenne
the
doughter
we
pynge
ful
tendyrly
sayd
to
the
moder
in
this
maner
/
Allas
my
moder
ye
haue
not
maryed
me
to
a
man
/
For
of
suche
a
thynge
that
a
man
oughte
to
haue
/
he
hath
neuer
a
dele
/
sauf
only
a
lytel
parte
of
that
thynge
for
the
whiche
weddynge
is
made
/
And
thenne
the
moder
ryght
wrothe
&
sorowful
of
this
euyl
fortune
wente
toward
her
husbond
Nerus
/
and
told
to
hym
th
euyll
auenture
and
happe
of
theyr
doughter
/
wherof
he
was
gretely
wrothe
and
sore
troubled
/
And
soone
after
this
fortune
was
also
dyuulged
manyfested
and
knowen
emong
alle
the
lygnage
of
Nerus
/
wherof
they
were
al
sorowful
/
&
gretely
abasshed
/
how
this
fayr
yonge
man
/
to
whome
god
had
sent
so
many
good
Vertues
/
and
that
had
soo
many
yeftes
of
grace
/
as
is
beaute
/
Rychesse
/
and
good
Renommee
/
and
that
he
was
Indygent
or
fawtyf
of
that
thynge
/
wherfore
maryage
is
made
/
Neuertheles
the
tables
were
sette
and
couerd
/
¶
And
whanne
the
tyme
of
dyner
came
/
the
yonge
man
cam
in
to
the
hows
of
Nerus
with
his
frendes
and
parents
/
And
Incontynent
they
sette
them
all
at
the
table
/
somme
with
heuy
and
sorowful
herte
/
and
the
other
with
grete
Ioye
and
pleasyr
/
And
whanne
the
yonge
man
sawe
that
alle
his
Frendes
maad
good
chere
/
and
that
alle
the
parentes
of
his
wyf
were
heuy
and
melancolyous
/
he
prayd
and
besoughte
them
/
that
they
wold
telle
hym
the
cause
of
their
heuynes
and
sorowe
/
but
none
of
them
alle
ansuerd
/
Neuertheles
he
prayd
/
and
besought
them
yet
ageyne
/
And
thenne
one
of
them
ful
of
sorow
and
more
lyberall
than
alle
the
other
/
sayd
thus
to
hym
/
Certaynly
my
fayre
sone
/
thy
wyf
hath
told
to
vs
/
that
thow
arte
not
man
parfyghte
/
For
the
whiche
wordes
the
man
beganne
to
lawhe
/
and
sayd
with
an
hyghe
boys
that
al
they
that
were
there
myght
Vnderstand
what
he
sayd
/
My
lordes
/
and
my
frendes
make
good
chere
/
For
the
cause
of
your
sorowe
shalle
soone
be
peased
/
And
thenne
he
beynge
clothed
with
a
shorte
gowne
Vntyde
his
hosen
/
and
tooke
his
membre
with
his
hande
/
whiche
was
grete
and
moche
suffysaunt
vpon
the
table
/
so
that
al
the
folauship
myght
see
hit
/
wherfore
the
sayd
felauship
myght
see
hit
/
wherof
the
sayd
felauship
was
ful
glad
and
Ioyeful
/
wherof
somme
of
the
men
desyred
to
haue
as
moche
/
And
many
of
the
wymmen
wysshed
to
theyr
husbande
suche
an
Instrument
/
And
thenne
somme
of
the
frendes
&
parentes
of
Nerus
doughter
wente
toward
her
/
and
sayd
to
〈◊〉
/
that
she
had
grete
wronge
for
to
complayne
her
of
her
husband
/
For
he
had
wel
wherwith
she
myght
be
contented
/
and
blamed
her
gretely
of
her
folye
/
to
whome
the
yong
doughter
ansuerd
/
My
frendes
why
blame
ye
me
/
I
complayne
me
not
without
cause
/
For
our
asse
/
whiche
is
a
brute
beest
/
hath
wel
a
membre
as
grete
as
myn
arme
/
and
my
husband
whiche
〈◊〉
a
man
/
his
membre
is
Vnnethe
half
so
grete
/
wherfore
the
symple
and
yonge
damoysell
wend
that
the
men
shold
haue
hit
as
grete
and
gretter
than
Asses
¶
Therfore
it
is
sayd
ofte
/
that
moche
lacketh
he
of
that
that
a
fole
thynketh
or
weneth
¶
The
fourthe
fable
is
of
huntynge
and
hawkynge
¶
The
fourth
fable
is
of
the
huntynge
&
hawkynge
POge
Florentyn
reherceth
to
vs
/
how
ones
he
was
in
a
felauship
where
men
spak
of
the
superflue
cure
of
them
whiche
gouerne
the
dogges
and
hawkes
/
wherof
a
mylannoys
named
Paulus
beganne
to
lawhe
/
and
lawhyng
requyred
of
Poge
that
he
wold
reherce
somme
fable
of
the
sayd
hawkes
/
And
for
loue
of
alle
the
felauship
he
sayd
in
thys
manere
/
Somtyme
was
a
medecyn
whiche
was
a
Mylannoys
This
medecyn
heled
al
foles
of
al
maner
of
foly
/
and
how
&
in
what
manere
he
dyd
hele
them
/
I
shalle
telle
hit
to
you
This
medycyn
or
leche
had
within
his
hows
a
grete
gardyn
And
in
the
myddes
of
hit
was
a
depe
and
a
brode
pytte
/
whiche
was
ful
of
stynkynge
and
Infected
water
/
And
within
the
same
pytte
the
sayd
medycyn
put
the
foles
after
the
quantyte
of
theyr
folysshnes
/
somme
vnto
the
knes
/
and
the
other
vnto
the
bely
/
And
there
he
bonde
them
fast
at
a
post
/
but
none
he
putte
depper
/
than
vnto
the
stomack
for
doubte
of
gretter
Inconuenient
/
It
happed
thenne
that
emonge
other
was
one
brought
to
hym
/
whiche
he
putte
in
to
the
sayd
water
vnto
the
thyes
/
And
whan
he
had
be
by
the
space
of
xv
dayes
within
the
sayd
water
/
he
beganne
to
be
peasyble
and
gate
his
wytte
ageyne
/
And
for
to
haue
take
somme
disporte
and
consolacion
he
prayd
to
hym
whiche
had
the
kepynge
of
hym
/
that
he
wold
take
hym
oute
of
the
water
/
and
promysed
to
hym
that
he
shold
not
departe
fro
the
gardyn
/
And
thenne
the
kepar
that
kepte
hym
Vnbounde
hym
fro
the
stake
/
and
had
hym
oute
of
the
water
/
And
whanne
he
had
be
many
dayes
oute
of
the
pytte
/
he
wente
wel
vnto
the
yate
of
the
gardyn
/
but
he
durst
not
go
oute
/
lesse
that
he
shold
be
put
ageyne
within
the
sayd
pytte
/
And
on
a
tyme
he
went
aboue
vpon
the
yate
/
and
as
he
loked
al
aboute
/
he
sawe
a
fayr
yong
man
on
a
horsbuk
/
whiche
bare
a
sperehawk
on
his
fyste
/
and
had
with
hym
two
fayre
spaynels
/
wherof
the
sayd
fole
was
al
abasshed
/
And
in
dede
as
by
●●as
of
nouelte
/
he
callyd
the
sayd
yong
man
/
and
after
he
sayd
to
hym
benyngly
/
My
frend
I
praye
the
that
thou
wilt
〈◊〉
me
what
is
that
wherupon
thow
arte
sette
/
And
thenne
the
yonge
sone
sayd
to
hym
/
that
it
was
a
hors
whiche
prouffited
to
hym
to
the
chace
/
and
bare
hym
where
he
wold
/
And
after
the
fole
demaunded
of
hym
/
And
what
is
that
whiche
thou
wrest
on
thy
fyste
/
and
wher
to
is
it
good
/
and
the
yongman
ansuerd
to
hym
/
It
is
a
sperehawst
whiche
is
good
for
to
take
par●●ryches
and
quaylles
/
And
yet
ageyne
the
fole
demaunded
of
hym
/
My
frend
what
are
thoos
that
folowe
the
/
&
wher
to
ben
they
good
/
And
the
yonge
man
ansuerd
to
hym
/
they
be
dogges
whiche
are
good
for
to
serche
and
fynde
partryches
&
quaylles
/
And
whan
they
haue
reysed
them
/
my
sperehawke
taketh
them
/
wherof
procedeth
to
me
grete
solas
and
playsyre
/
And
the
fole
demaunded
ageyne
/
To
your
aduys
the
takyng
that
ye
doo
by
them
in
a
hole
yere
/
how
moche
is
hit
/
shalle
hit
bere
to
the
grete
prouffyte
/
And
the
yong
man
ansuerd
to
hym
four
or
fyue
crownes
〈◊〉
ther
aboute
/
And
no
more
sayd
the
fole
/
And
to
your
aduys
how
moche
shalle
they
dispende
in
a
yere
/
And
the
yong
man
ansuerd
xl
or
l
crownes
/
¶
And
whanne
the
fole
herd
these
wordes
/
he
sayd
to
the
sayd
yonge
man
/
O
my
frend
I
pray
the
that
soone
thow
wylt
departe
fro
hens
/
For
yf
our
fysicien
come
/
he
shalle
putte
the
within
the
sayd
pytte
by
cause
that
thow
arte
a
fole
/
I
was
put
in
it
Vnto
the
thyes
/
but
therin
he
shold
putte
the
vnto
the
chynne
/
for
thow
dost
the
grettest
foly
that
euer
I
herd
speke
of
/
¶
And
therfore
the
studye
of
the
huntynge
and
hawkynge
is
a
slouful
cure
/
And
none
ought
to
doo
hit
withoute
he
be
moche
ryche
and
man
of
lyuelode
/
And
yet
hit
ought
not
to
be
done
ful
ofte
/
but
somtyme
for
to
take
disporte
and
solas
/
and
to
dryue
awey
melancolye
¶
The
V
fable
is
of
the
recytacion
of
somme
monstres
POge
of
Florence
recyteth
how
in
his
tyme
one
named
Hugh
prynce
of
the
medycyns
/
sawe
a
catte
whiche
had
two
hedes
/
and
a
calf
whiche
also
had
two
hedes
And
his
legges
bothe
before
and
behynde
were
double
/
as
they
had
be
Ioyned
al
to
gyder
/
as
many
folke
sawe
/
Item
about
the
matches
of
ytalye
withynne
a
medowe
was
somtyme
a
Cowe
/
the
whiche
Cowe
maade
and
delyuerd
her
of
a
Serpent
of
wonder
and
Ryght
merueyllous
grettenesse
/
Ryghte
hydous
and
ferdful
/
¶
For
fyrste
he
hadde
the
heede
gretter
than
the
hede
of
a
calf
/
¶
Secondly
/
he
had
a
necke
of
the
lengthe
of
an
Asse
/
And
his
●●dy
made
after
the
lykenesse
of
a
dogge
/
and
his
taylle
was
wonder
grete
/
thycke
and
longe
withoute
comparyson
to
ony
other
¶
And
whanne
the
Cowe
sawe
that
she
hadde
maade
suche
a
byrthe
/
And
that
within
her
bely
she
had
borne
soo
ryght
horryble
a
beeste
/
she
was
al
ferdful
/
and
lyfte
her self
vp
/
and
supposed
to
haue
fledde
aweye
/
but
the
Serpent
with
his
wonder
longe
taylle
enlaced
her
two
hynder
legges
/
and
the
Serpent
thenne
beganne
to
souke
the
Cowe
/
And
in
dede
soo
moche
/
and
soo
longe
he
souked
tylle
that
he
fond
somme
mylke
/
¶
And
whanne
the
Cowe
myght
escape
fro
hym
/
she
fledde
vnto
the
other
kyne
/
¶
And
Incontynent
her
pappes
and
her
behynder
legges
and
all
that
the
Serpent
touched
was
all
black
a
grete
space
of
tyme
/
¶
And
soone
after
the
sayd
Cowe
maade
a
fayre
calf
/
The
whiche
merueylle
was
announced
or
sayd
to
the
sayd
〈◊〉
he
beynge
〈◊〉
Ferrare
/
¶
And
yet
ageyne
soone
after
that
/
ther
was
fond
within
a
grete
Ryuer
a
monstre
maryn
/
or
of
the
see
of
the
forme
or
lykenesse
whiche
foloweth
/
¶
Fyrste
he
hadde
from
the
nauylle
vpward
the
symylytude
or
lykenesse
of
a
man
/
And
fro
the
nauylle
dounward
/
he
had
the
fourme
or
makynge
of
a
Fysshe
/
the
whiche
parte
was
i●●melle
that
is
to
wete
double
/
¶
Secondly
he
hadde
a
grete
berd
/
and
he
hadde
two
wonder
grete
hornys
aboue
his
eres
/
¶
Also
he
hadde
grete
pappes
/
and
a
wonder
grete
and
horryble
mouthe
/
and
his
handes
retched
vnto
his
entraylles
or
bowellys
/
And
at
the
bothe
his
elbowes
he
hadde
wynges
ryght
brode
and
grete
of
fysshes
mayles
/
wherwith
he
swymmed
/
and
only
he
hadde
but
the
hede
oute
of
the
water
/
¶
It
happed
thenne
as
many
wymmen
bouked
and
wesshed
at
the
porte
or
hauen
of
the
sayde
Ryuer
/
that
thys
horryble
and
ferdful
beeste
was
/
for
lacke
and
defaulte
of
mete
came
swymmyng
toward
the
sayd
wymen
/
Of
the
which
he
toke
one
by
the
hand
/
and
supposed
to
haue
drawe
her
in
to
the
water
/
but
she
was
stronge
/
and
wel
auysed
and
resysted
ageynste
the
sayd
monstre
/
And
as
she
deffended
her self
/
she
beganne
to
crye
with
a
hy●●
wys
/
help
help
/
to
the
whiche
came
rennynge
fyue
wymmen
/
whiche
by
hurlynge
and
drawynge
of
stones
kyld
and
slewe
the
sayd
monstre
/
For
he
was
come
to
ferre
within
the
sonde
/
wherfore
he
myght
not
retorne
in
to
the
depe
water
/
And
after
whanne
he
rendryd
his
spyryte
/
he
made
a
ryght
lytyl
crye
/
sayenge
that
he
was
so
disformed
and
soo
moche
cruel
/
For
he
was
of
grete
corpulence
more
than
ony
mans
body
/
And
yet
sayth
●●oge
in
this
manere
/
that
he
bryng
at
Ferrare
he
sawe
the
sayd
monstre
/
And
saith
yet
/
that
the
yonge
children
were
customed
for
to
go
bathe
and
wesshe
them
within
the
sayd
Ryuer
/
but
they
came
not
all
ageyne
/
wherfor
the
wymen
wesshed
ne
bouked
nomore
theyr
clothes
at
the
said
porte
/
For
the
folke
presumed
and
supposed
that
the
monstre
kyld
the
yonge
children
/
whiche
were
drowned
/
¶
Item
also
within
a
lytyl
whyle
after
hit
befelle
aboute
the
marches
of
ytaly
that
a
child
of
fourme
humayne
whiche
hadde
two
hedes
and
two
Vysages
or
faces
beholdynge
one
vpon
the
other
/
&
the
armes
of
eche
other
embraced
the
body
/
the
whiche
body
fro
the
nauyl
vpward
was
Aoyned
sauf
the
two
hedes
/
and
from
the
nauyll
dounward
the
lymmes
were
al
separed
one
fro
other
in
suche
wyse
that
the
lymmes
of
generacion
were
shewed
manyfestly
/
Of
the
whiche
child
the
tydynges
came
vnto
the
persone
of
the
〈◊〉
of
Rome
¶
The
syxthe
fable
is
of
the
parsone
/
of
his
dogge
/
And
of
the
Bisshop
/
SYluer
dothe
and
causeth
alle
thynge
to
be
done
vnto
the
halowynge
ageyne
of
a
place
whiche
is
prophane
or
Interdicte
/
As
ye
shalle
mowe
here
by
thys
presente
Fable
/
¶
Of
a
●●reest
dwellynge
in
the
countrey
whiche
somtyme
had
a
dogge
/
whiche
he
boued
moche
/
the
whiche
preest
was
moche
ryche
/
The
sayd
dogge
by
processe
of
tyme
deyde
/
&
whan
he
was
dede
/
he
entered
and
buryed
hit
in
the
chirche
yerd
for
cause
of
the
grete
loue
whiche
he
loued
hym
/
it
hap●●ed
thenne
on
a
day
his
bisshop
knewe
hit
by
th
aduertysement
of
somme
other
/
wherfore
he
sen●●e
for
the
sayd
preest
/
and
supposed
to
haue
of
hym
a
grete
somme
of
gold
/
or
els
he
shold
make
hym
to
be
straytly
punysshed
/
And
thenne
he
wrote
a
lettre
vnto
the
sayd
preest
/
of
whiche
the
tenour
conteyned
only
that
he
shold
come
and
speke
with
hym
/
And
whan
the
prest
had
redde
the
lettres
/
he
Vnderstood
wel
alle
the
caas
/
and
presupposed
or
bethought
in
his
courage
/
that
he
wold
haue
of
hym
somme
syluer
/
For
he
knewe
wel
ynough
the
condycions
of
his
bisshop
/
&
forthwith
he
toke
his
breuyarye
/
&
an
C
crownes
with
hym
/
and
wente
for
to
speke
to
his
prelate
/
&
whan
he
came
before
hym
/
the
prelate
beganne
to
remembre
and
to
she
we
to
hym
the
enormyte
of
his
mysdede
/
And
to
hym
answerd
the
preest
whiche
was
ryght
wyse
sayenge
in
this
manere
/
O
my
ryght
reuerende
fader
/
yf
ye
knewe
the
souernyne
prudence
of
whiche
the
sayd
dogge
was
fylled
/
ye
shold
not
be
merueylled
yf
he
hath
wel
desernyd
for
to
be
buryed
honestly
and
worshipfully
amonge
the
men
/
he
was
al
sylled
thith
humayn
wytte
as
wel
in
his
lyf
/
as
in
th
artycle
of
the
dethe
/
And
thenne
the
bisshop
sayd
/
how
may
that
be
/
wherce
to
me
thenne
al
his
lyf
/
Certaynly
ryght
reuerende
fader
ye
ought
wel
to
knowe
/
that
whanne
he
was
atte
th
artycle
and
at
the
poynt
of
dethe
/
he
wold
make
his
testament
/
and
the
dogge
knowyng
your
grete
nede
and
Indygence
/
he
bequethed
to
yow
an
C
crownes
of
gold
/
the
whiche
I
brynge
now
vnto
yow
/
And
thenne
the
Bisshop
for
loue
of
the
money
he
assoylled
the
prest
And
also
graunted
the
sayd
sepulture
/
And
therfore
syluer
causeth
alle
thynge
to
be
graunted
or
done
¶
The
Vij
fable
is
of
the
Foxe
of
the
Cock
and
of
the
dogges
ALle
the
sallary
or
payment
of
them
that
mokken
other
is
for
to
be
mocaued
at
the
last
/
as
hit
appiereth
by
this
present
Fable
/
of
a
Cock
whiche
somtyme
sawe
a
foxe
comynge
toward
hym
sore
hongry
and
fainysshed
/
whiche
Cock
supposed
wel
that
he
came
not
toward
hym
/
but
for
to
ete
some
henne
/
for
whiche
cause
the
Cock
maade
al
his
hennes
to
flee
vpon
a
tree
/
And
when
the
foxe
beganne
tapproche
to
the
said
tree
/
he
began
to
crye
toward
the
cock
good
tydynges
good
tydynges
/
And
after
he
salewed
the
cost
ryght
reuerently
/
&
demaunded
of
hym
thus
/
O
godsep
/
what
dost
thow
there
soo
hyghe
/
And
thy
hennes
with
the
/
hast
not
thow
herd
the
good
tydynges
worthy
and
prouffitable
for
vs
/
¶
And
thenne
the
Cok
ful
of
malyce
ansuerd
to
hym
/
Nay
Veryly
godsep
/
but
I
praye
the
/
telle
and
reherce
them
vnto
vs
/
Thenne
sayd
the
foxe
to
the
cost
/
Certaynly
godsep
/
they
〈◊〉
the
best
that
euer
ye
herd
/
For
ye
may
goo
and
come
/
talke
&
commnnpque
emong
alle
leestes
withoute
ony
harme
or
dommage
/
And
they
shalle
doo
to
yow
bothe
pleasyr
and
alle
seruyse
to
them
possible
/
for
thus
it
is
concluded
and
accorded
/
and
also
confermed
by
the
grete
counceyll
of
all
bestes
/
And
yet
they
haue
made
commaundement
that
none
be
so
hardy
to
Vexe
ne
lette
in
no
wyse
ony
other
/
be
it
neuer
soo
lytyll
a
beest
/
For
the
whiche
good
tydynges
I
praye
the
/
that
thow
wylt
come
doune
/
to
th
ende
/
that
we
may
goo
and
synge
/
Te
deum
laudamus
/
for
Ioye
/
And
the
Cok
whiche
knewe
wel
the
fallaces
or
falshede
of
the
foxe
ansuerd
to
hym
in
this
manere
/
Certaynly
my
broder
and
my
good
Frend
thow
hast
brought
to
me
ryght
good
tydynges
/
wherof
more
than
C
tymes
I
shalle
thanke
the
/
And
sayenge
these
wordes
the
Cock
lyfte
vp
his
neck
/
and
his
feet
/
and
loked
ferre
fro
hym
/
And
the
foxe
sayd
to
hym
/
what
godsep
/
where
aboute
lokest
thow
/
And
the
Cok
ansuerd
to
hym
/
Certaynly
my
broder
I
see
two
dogges
strongly
and
lyghtly
rennynge
hytherward
with
open
mouthes
/
whiche
as
I
suppose
come
for
to
brynge
to
vs
the
tydynges
whiche
thou
hast
told
to
vs
/
And
thenne
the
Foxe
whiche
shoke
for
fere
of
the
two
dogges
sayd
to
the
Cock
/
god
be
with
yow
my
frend
/
It
is
tyme
that
I
departe
fro
hens
/
or
these
two
dogges
come
●●rer
/
And
sayenge
these
wordes
toke
his
waye
/
&
ranne
as
fast
as
he
myght
/
And
thenne
the
cock
demaunded
and
cryed
after
hym
/
godsep
/
why
rennest
thow
thus
/
yf
the
sayd
pac●●
is
accorded
/
thow
oughtest
not
to
doubte
no
thynge
Ha
a
godsep
sayd
the
Foxe
from
ferre
/
I
doubte
/
that
these
two
dogges
haue
not
herd
the
decre●●
of
the
pees
/
And
thus
whanne
a
begyler
is
begyled
/
he
receyued
the
sallary
or
payement
/
whiche
he
ought
to
haue
/
wherfore
lete
euery
man
kepe
hym self
ther
fro
POgius
reherceth
that
there
were
two
wymmen
in
Rome
/
whiche
he
knewe
of
dyuerse
age
and
forme
/
which
came
to
a
Curteyzan
by
cause
to
haue
and
wynne
som
what
wyth
theyr
bodyes
/
whome
he
receyued
and
happed
that
be
knewe
the
fayrest
of
bothe
twyes
/
and
that
other
ones
/
and
soo
departed
/
And
afterward
whanne
they
shold
departe
/
he
gaf
to
them
a
pyece
of
lynen
clothe
/
not
decernynge
how
moche
eche
of
them
shold
haue
to
her
parte
and
porcion
/
And
in
the
partynge
of
the
sayd
clothe
fylle
bitwene
the
wymmen
a
stryf
by
cause
one
of
them
demaunded
two
partes
after
th
exygence
of
her
werke
/
And
that
other
the
half
after
theyre
persones
/
eche
of
them
shewynge
dyuersly
theyr
resons
/
that
one
sayeng
that
she
hadde
suffred
hym
twyes
to
doo
his
pleasyr
/
and
that
other
pretended
/
that
she
was
redy
and
in
her
was
no
defawte
And
soo
fro
wordes
they
came
to
strokes
and
cratchyng
with
naylys
/
and
drawynge
theyr
here
/
in
so
moche
that
theyr
neyghbours
came
to
this
batayll
for
to
departe
them
/
And
also
their
owne
and
propre
husbondes
/
not
knowynge
the
cause
of
theyr
stryf
and
debate
/
eche
of
them
defendynge
his
wyues
cause
/
And
fro
the
fyghtynge
of
the
wymmen
hit
aroos
and
came
to
theyr
husbondes
with
buffettis
and
castynge
of
stones
/
soo
longe
that
men
ranne
bytwene
them
/
And
after
the
customme
of
Rome
bothe
the
husbondes
were
brought
to
pryson
berynge
enemyte
eche
to
other
/
&
knowe
no
thynge
the
cause
wherfore
/
The
sayd
cloth
is
sette
in
the
handes
of
the
wymen
secretely
yet
not
departed
/
but
is
secretely
argued
amonge
the
wymmen
in
what
wyse
that
this
mater
shal
be
deuyded
/
And
I
demaunde
of
doctours
what
the
lawe
is
of
it
¶
He
sayth
also
that
a
Marchaunt
of
Florence
bonght
an
hors
of
a
man
/
and
made
his
couenaunt
with
the
sellar
for
xxv
ducattes
for
to
paye
forthwith
in
hande
xv
ducattes
/
And
as
for
the
rest
he
shold
abyde
dettour
and
owe
/
And
the
sellar
was
content
/
and
therupon
delyuerd
the
hors
and
receyued
the
xv
ducattes
/
After
this
a
certayne
terme
the
sellar
demaunded
of
the
byar
the
resydue
/
And
he
denyed
the
payment
/
&
had
hym
hold
his
couenaunt
/
For
the
byer
sayd
we
were
accorded
that
I
shold
be
thy
debtour
/
And
yf
I
shold
satysfye
&
paye
the
I
shold
nomore
be
thy
dettour
/
et
〈◊〉
/
and
soo
he
abode
dettour
HE
telleth
also
that
ther
was
a
carryk
of
Iene
hyred
in
to
fraunce
for
to
make
warre
ayenst
englissħmen
/
of
the
whiche
●●arrik
the
patrone
bare
in
his
sheld
painted
an
oxe
hede
/
whiche
a
noble
man
of
fraunce
beheld
&
sawe
/
&
sayd
he
wold
auenge
hym
on
hym
that
bare
tho
armes
/
wherupon
aroos
an
altercacion
so
moche
/
that
the
frensshman
prouoked
the
Ia●●eye
to
bataylle
and
fyght
therfore
/
The
Ianuey
acceptyd
the
prouocacion
/
&
came
at
the
day
assigned
in
to
the
felde
withoute
ony
araye
or
habyllements
of
warre
/
And
that
other
frensshe
man
came
in
moche
noble
apparayll
in
to
the
feld
that
was
ordeyned
/
&
thenne
the
patrone
of
the
carrik
said
wher
fore
i●●
it
that
we
two
shold
this
day
fyght
&
make
bataill
fore
I
saye
said
that
other
that
thyn
armes
ben
myn
/
&
bylonged
to
me
to fore
that
thow
haddest
them
/
Thenne
the
Ianuey
said
It
is
no
nede
to
make
ony
bataylle
therfore
/
For
the
armes
that
I
bere
is
not
the
hede
of
an
oxe
but
it
is
the
hede
of
a
cowe
whiche
thynge
so
spoken
the
noble
Frensshe
man
was
abasshed
and
so
departed
half
mocqued
ALso
he
saith
that
ther
was
a
phisycyen
dwellyng
in
a
Cyte
/
whiche
was
a
grete
&
a
connyng
man
in
that
sey
en●●
/
&
he
had
a
seruaunt
a
yong
man
whiche
made
pyl
les
after
a
certayne
forme
that
he
shewed
to
hym
/
&
whan
this
yong
man
had
dwellid
long
with
hym
/
&
coude
parfghtly
make
the
pyllys
/
he
departed
fro
his
mayster
/
and
went
in
to
straūge
countre
where
as
he
was
knowen
/
and
lete
men
there
to
Vnderstonde
that
he
was
a
connynge
phisycyen
/
and
coude
gyue
medycynes
for
al
maner
maladyes
ond
sekenesses
/
and
mynystred
alwey
his
pylles
to
euery
man
that
came
to
hym
for
ony
remedy
/
And
hit
was
soo
that
a
poure
man
of
that
place
where
he
was
came
to
hym
/
and
complayned
how
he
had
loste
his
asse
/
and
prayd
hym
to
gyue
to
hym
a
medycyne
for
to
fynde
his
asse
ageyne
/
And
he
gaf
to
hym
the
sayd
pyllys
/
&
●●dde
hym
to
receyue
and
take
them
/
And
he
shold
fynde
ħis
asse
/
And
this
poure
man
dyd
soo
/
and
after
wente
in
to
the
feldes
and
pastures
to
seke
and
loke
after
his
asse
/
and
soo
doynge
the
pyllys
wronght
soo
in
his
bely
/
that
he
must
nedes
go
purge
hym
/
and
went
amonge
the
reed
and
there
easyd
hym
/
And
anone
there
he
fonde
his
asse
/
wherof
he
beyng
moche
Ioyeful
ranne
in
to
the
toune
/
and
told
and
proclamed
/
that
by
the
medecyn
that
he
had
receyued
of
the
phisycyen
he
had
found
his
asse
/
whiche
thynge
knowen
alle
the
symple
peple
reputed
hym
for
a
moche
connynge
man
/
whiche
coude
no
thynge
doo
but
make
pyllys
/
And
thus
many
fooles
are
ofte
taken
for
wyse
and
connynge
/
Fo●●
he
was
reputed
to
hele
all
maner
sekenesses
/
and
also
to
fynde
asses
THere
was
in
a
certayne
towne
a
wydower
wowed
a
wydowe
for
to
haue
and
wedde
her
to
his
wyf
/
and
at
the
last
they
were
agreed
and
sured
to
gyder
/
¶
And
whan
a
yonge
woman
beynge
seruaunt
with
the
wydowe
herd
therof
/
she
came
to
her
maystresse
/
and
sayd
to
her
/
Allas
maystresse
what
haue
ye
doo
/
why
sayd
she
/
I
haue
herd
say
sayd
the
mayde
/
that
ye
be
assured
and
shalle
wedde
suche
a
man
/
And
what
thenne
sayd
the
wydowe
/
Allas
sayd
the
mayde
I
am
sory
foryow
/
by
cause
I
haue
herd
saye
that
he
is
a
peryllous
man
/
For
he
laye
so
ofte
and
knewe
so
moch
his
other
wyf
that
she
deyde
therof
/
And
I
am
sory
therof
/
that
yf
ye
shold
falle
in
lyke
caas
/
to
whome
the
wydowe
answerd
and
sayd
/
Forsothe
I
wold
be
dede
/
For
ther
is
but
sorowe
and
care
in
this
world
/
This
was
a
curteys
excuse
of
a
wydowe
NOw
thenne
I
wylle
fynysshe
alle
these
fables
wyth
this
tale
that
foloweth
whiche
a
worsħipful
preest
and
a
parsone
told
me
late
/
he
sayd
/
that
there
were
duellynge
in
Oxenford
two
prestes
bothe
maystres
of
arte
/
of
who
me
that
one
was
quyck
and
coude
putte
hym self
forth
/
And
that
other
was
a
good
symple
preest
/
And
soo
it
happed
that
the
mayster
that
was
perte
and
quyck
was
anone
promoted
to
a
benefyce
or
tweyne
/
and
after
to
prebendys
/
and
for
to
be
a
Dene
of
a
grete
prynces
chappel
/
supposynge
and
wenynge
that
his
felaw
the
symple
preest
shold
neuer
haue
be
promoted
but
be
alwey
an
Annuel
/
or
at
the
most
a
parysshe
preest
/
So
after
longe
tyme
that
this
worshipful
man
this
dene
came
rydynge
in
to
a
good
paryssh
with
a
x
or
xij
horses
/
lyke
a
prelate
/
and
came
in
to
the
chirche
of
the
sayd
parysshe
/
and
fond
there
this
good
symple
man
somtyme
his
felawe
/
whiche
ca●●
and
welcomed
hym
lowely
/
And
that
other
badde
hym
good
morowe
mayster
Iohan
/
and
toke
hym
sleyghtly
by
the
hand
and
axyd
hym
where
he
dwellyd
/
And
the
good
man
sayd
/
in
this
paryssh
/
how
sayd
he
/
are
ye
here
a
sowle
preest
or
a
paryssh
preste
/
nay
syr
said
he
/
for
lack
of
a
better
though
I
be
not
able
ne
worthy
I
am
parson
and
curate
of
this
parysshe
/
and
thenne
that
other
aualed
his
bonet
and
said
mayster
parson
I
praye
yow
to
be
not
displeasyd
/
I
had
supposed
ye
had
not
●●e
bene
fyeed
/
But
mayster
sayd
he
/
I
pray
yow
what
is
this
benefyce
worth
to
yow
a
yere
/
Forsothe
sayd
the
good
symple
man
/
I
wote
neuer
/
for
I
make
neuer
accomptes
therof
/
how
wel
I
haue
had
hit
four
or
fyue
yere
/
And
knowe
ye
not
sa
id
he
what
it
is
worth
/
it
shold
seme
a
good
benefyce
/
No
forsothe
sayd
he
/
but
I
wote
wel
what
it
shalle
be
worth
to
me
/
why
sayd
he
/
what
shalle
hit
be
worth
/
Forsothe
sayd
he
/
yf
I
doo
my
trewe
dylygence
in
the
cure
of
my
parysshens
in
prechyng
and
techynge
/
and
doo
my
parte
longynge
to
my
cure
/
I
shalle
haue
heuen
therfore
/
And
yf
theyre
sowles
ben
lost
or
ony
of
them
by
my
defawte
/
I
shall
be
punysshed
therfore
/
And
herof
am
I
sure
/
And
with
that
word
the
ryche
dene
was
abussded
And
thought
he
shold
be
the
better
/
and
take
more
hede
to
his
●●res
and
benefyces
than
he
had
done
/
This
was
a
good
answere
of
a
good
preest
and
an
honest
/