¶ The second Fable is of the egle and of the weſel
One for what ſo euer myght that
he haue / ought not to deſpreyſe
the other / As hit appiereth by
this preſent table of an Egle /
whiche chaced ſomtyme after an
hare And by cauſe that the hare myght not
reſyſte ne withſtande ageynſt the egle / he demaunded
ayde and helpe of the weſel / the whiche
tooke hym in her kepynge / And by cauſe that
the egle ſawe the weſel ſoo lytyl / he deſpreyſed
her / and before her toke the hare / wherof the
weſel was wrothe / And therfore the weſell wente /
and beheld the Egles neſt whiche was vpon a
hyghe tree / And whanne ſhe ſawe hit / the lytell
weſell clymmed vpon a tree / and toke and caſt
doune to the ground the yonge egles wherfore
they deyde / And for this cauſe was the Egle
moche wrothe and angry / and after wente to the
god Jupiter And prayd hym that lie wold fynde
hym a ſure place where as he niyght leye
his egges and his lytyl chykynes / And Jupiter
graunted hit and gaf hym ſuche a gyfte / that
