¶ The fourthe fable is of the catte and of the chyken
E whiche is fals of kynde / & hath
bcgonne to deceyue Ibme other/
euer he wyl uſe his craft / As it
appiereth by this preſent Fable
of a kat whiche ſomtyme toke a
chyken / the whiche he beganne ſtrongly to
blame / for to haue fonde ſomme cauſe that he
myght ete hit / and ſayd to hym in this manere /
Come hyther thou chyken / thow doſt none
other good but crye alle the nyght / thow
leteſt not the men ſlepe / And thenne the chyken
anſuerd to hym / I doo hit for theyre grete
prouffite / And ouer ageyne the catte ſayd to
hym / yet is there wel wors / For thow arte
an inceſte & lechour For thow knoweſt naturelly
both thy moder and thy doughter And
thenne the chyken ſayd to the cat / I doo hit
by cauſe that my mayſter maye haue egges for
his etynge / And that hys mayſter for his prouffyte
gaf to hym bothe the moder and the
doughter for to multyplye the egges / And
thenne the catte ſayd to hym / by my feythe
