¶ The xij fable is of the foxe / and of the lyon
Ayre doctryne taketh he in hym ſelf / that chaſtyſeth hym by the perylle of other / As to vs reherceth this prefent fable / Of a lyon whiche ſomtyme faygned hym ſelf ſeke / ¶ And whanne the beetles knewe that the lyon was ſeke / they wold goo alle to vyſyte and ſee hym as theyr kynge / ¶ And Incontynent as the beeſtes entryd in to his hows for to ſee and comforte hym / he deuoured and ete them / ¶ And whan the foxes were come to the yate for to haue vyſyded[errata 1] the lyon / they knewe wel the fallace and falſhede of the lyon and ſalewed hym at the entre of the yate / And entryd not within / ¶ And whan the lyon ſawe that they wold not entre in to his hows / he demanded of them / why they wold not come within / And one of the foxes ſayd to hym / we knowe wel by thy traces / that alle the beeſtes whiche haue entryd in to thy hows came not oute ageyne / And alſo yf we entryd within / nomore ſhold we come ageyne ¶ And therfor he is wel happy that taketh enſample