alle folke be not lyke of condicionsNor lyke disposed of thought wyll and dedeFor whiche cause this fable that ye redeCōtriued was / that who hath the grettest parteOf vertuouse yeftes shuld with his frēde departeAs thus all vertues allone
and geyr / that is or detren¦chyd out / and vs / that is a coūceyl∣lour / He was a pylgrym in the sight of the World / and he was cutte and detrenched by the crowne of martirdom
for his vaylli∣ance Oon and other cam and welcomed hym he sente his sheepand moutons vnto the kynge Eristeus by phi¦lotes Philotes hym self tolde and recounted how hercu∣les had conquerd hem and hym also And how he had
adiousted and gaf to his vaynqueur hercules preysyng aboue preysyng and loenge and los aboue loos and honour aboue honour / For heeryng kynges and prynces. ladyes and damoyselles seeyng that hercules helde his pees wherof he oughte and myghte
/ And he cam to Ioseph in Ies¦sen / And anon Ioseph ascended his chare wente for to mete his fader and whan he sawe hym he enbraced hym me¦kely and wepte / And his fader re∣ceyuyd hym Ioyously and
and to the lady his wyfe· for them semed that they become a bore and a sowe / and were also horned / And that they wold not suffre the sheep to passe and goo to their pastu¦re /
to theym what lyfe he and his wyfe led∣den to gydre. Thenne Eucharystius in grete humylyte and reuerence sayd to theym. I am an herdeman and ke∣pe sheep / and soo see here my wyfe. And furthermore the holy men
scriptureThe blessid doctour Augustyn as I redeBe a man goostly fayre of figureOf a meke sheep thus he doth procedeCalled maria a mayde in thought and dedeBrought forth a lambe of most vertuThe lambe of grace whos name was thesuAugustyn
solempne a figureThis lambe was criste that lyneally camBy discnt conueyed de pee de greeFrom the patriark called abrahamBe ysaac and Iacob so doun to IesseWhiche be vertu of his humyliteListe to be called the blessid IhesuFor his mekenes the
harpe strynges his roppes serue echeoneOf whos hede boyled with wulle and alleTher cometh a gely and an oynement riallFor the ache of bones and also for brefureHit remedieth and deth ease blyueCauseth men of starke Ioyntes to recureDede senewes
stryuesAnd olde grucchyng with their hertes gladeVse these ghyftes and thyse prerogatiuesTo that ende / to whiche they were madeWare with presumpcion their backes be not ladeVndeuoyded in herte wyll and thoughtTo den her office as nature hath hem wroughtThe
/ and demaunded helpe of a frogge for to passe / and go ouer the water / And thenne the frogge bound the rats foote to her foote / and thus swymed vnto the myddes ouer the Ryuer / And
of the camel and of the flye¶ The xvij fable is of the Ante and of the sygalle¶ The xviij fable is of the pylgrym and of the swerd¶ T xix fable is of the sheepand of the rauen¶
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
¶Here begynneth a lytell treatyse ofthe horse / the sheep / and the ghoos.¶Contreuersyes / plees and dyscordes¶Bytwene persones were two or thre¶Sought out the groundes by recordes¶This was the custome of antyquyte¶Iuges were sette / that hadde auctoryte¶The caas
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lyon and of the shepeherd¶ The second fable is of the hors and of the lyon¶ The thyrd fable is of the horse / of the asse / and of theyr fortune¶ The fourthe fable is of the beestes and
/ And therfore hit is fayre and good for to saye euer the trouthe / and to be trewe bothe in speche and in dede / For a lyer is euer begyled / and his le∣synge is knowen and manyfested
lyke vnto the symple sheep. in whome al is good & prouffytable. the wulle the felle / the flessh. the mylke. and his dunge. and the sheep no thynge knoweth of hit. ne thynketh on it. and in this ma∣ner
well that often tyme ye haue h̄yely coūceylled me to myn honour and worship / And therfore yf ye know ony auenture or enterprise to be poursiewed and brought to the ende where in I mygh̄t employe my tyme /