nature beare it. And in the ende the worlde will hate ſuch wicked meanes, though for a whyle and at the beginning it ſeemeth to fauor them. That this horrible fact and miſchiefe was miſliked the world doth know it, teſtified by ſo many written authorities: ſhewing that hee which gaue himſelfe ouer in praye to vice, and ſhee for hir wicked fact, were both buried togithers in one graue. The whole Planets aſſembled themſelues togither to conſult vpon condigne and ſolemne puniſhment: bicauſe they would not ſuche wickedneſſe ſhoulde paſſe without memorie, teſtomie, and perpetual] record of eche others deede. And all ioyntly concurring togithers in conſent, agreed to frame a notable Monument, as now followeth. They turned the Louer into a Moyle, and the deade Woman continuallye rode vpon him through wild and ſauage countries, ſtill laying on him with a rodde without ceaſing. This holy man departed from his lodging, and the night following he came to ſuch another, in maner greater, or at leaſt the like. A yong maried wife intiſed by an olde Bawde fell to naughtineſſe, and ſtill as opportunitie ſerued the yong man hir Louer came into the gardein of hir pleaſures. The huſband being ware of hir trade, fayned to go forth, and ſaw all the becknings and promiſes: ſo vpon a ſodain he returned into hir houſe and
Page:The Fables of Bidpai (Panchatantra).djvu/204
108
THE SECONDE PART OF MORALL PHILOSOPHIE.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/The_Fables_of_Bidpai_%28Panchatantra%29.djvu/page204-1024px-The_Fables_of_Bidpai_%28Panchatantra%29.djvu.jpg)