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¶ The xviij fable is of the pylgrym and ot the ſwerd

An 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