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¶ The vj fable is of the hegoote and of the wulf
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He feble ought not to arme hym
ageynſt the ſtronge / As recyteth
this preſent fable of a wulf / whiche
ſome tyme ranne after a hegoot /
and the hegoot for to ſaue hym
lept vpon a rocke / and the wulf beſyeged hym /
¶ And after whan they had duelled there two
or thre dayes / the wulf beganne to wexe hongry /
and the hegoote to haue thurſt / And thus the
wulf went for to ete / and the hegoot went for