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¶ The v fable is of the Foxe and of the buſſhe.

MEn ouȝt not to demaude ne aſke help of them that ben more cuſtomed to lette than to do good or prouffit / as it appereth by this fable of a fox which for to ſcape the peril to be taken wente vpon a thorne buſſhe / whiche hurted hym ſore / And wepynge ſayd to the buſſhe / I am come as to my refuge vnto the / and thow haſt hurted me vnto the dethe / And thenne the buſhe ſayd to hym / thow haſt erred / and wel thou haſt begyled thy ſelf / For thow ſuppoſeſt to haue taken me as thow arte cuſtommed to take chekyns and hennes /  ¶ And therfore men ought not to helpe them whiche ben acuſtomed to doo euylle / but men ought rather to lette them.