¶ The vj fable is of the man and of the god of the wodes
F the euylle man ſom tyme prouffiteth ſōme other / he doth hit not by his good wylle / but by force / As reherceth to vs this fable / Of a man whiche had in his hows an ydolle the whiche oftyme he adoured as his god / to whome ofte he prayed that he wold gyue to hym moche good And the more that he prayed hym / the more he faylled / And became pouere / wherfore the man was wel wrothe ageynſt his ydolle / and took hit by the legges / and ſmote the hede of hit ſo ſtrongly ageynſt the walle / ſo that it brake in to many pyeces / Oute of the whiche ydolle yſſued a ryght grete treſoure / wherof the man was ful gladde and Joyous / And thenne the man ſayd to his ydolle / Now knowe I wel / that thow art wycked / euyl and peruers / For whanne I haue worſhipped the / thow haſt not holpen me / And now whanne I haue bete the / thow haſt moche done for me / ¶ And therfore the euylle man whanne he doth ony good / it is not of his good wylle / but by force