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¶ The xviij fable is of the pylgrym and ot the ſwerd
n euylle man maye be cauſe of the
perdycion or loſſe of many folke /
As reherceth to vs this preſent
Fable / Of a pylgrym / whiche
fond in his way a ſwerd ¶ And
aſked of the ſwerd / what is he that hath loſt
the / ¶ And the ſwerd anſwerd to the pylgrym /
A man alone hath loſt me / but many one I
haue loſt / And therfor an euyl man may wel
be loſt / but er he be loſt he may wel lette many
one / For by cauſe of an euylle man may come
in a Countrey many euyls