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¶ The fourthe fable is of the asse / and of the ſkynne of the Lyon

NOne ought not to gloryfye hym ſelf of the goodes of other . as recyteth this fable of an aſſ whiche ſomtyme fond the ſkynne of a lyon / the whiche he dyd & wered on hym / but he coude neuer hyde his eres therwith / & when he was / as he ſuppoſed wel arayed with the ſayd ſkynne / he ranne in to the foreſt / And whanne the wyld beeſtes ſawe hym come / they were ſo ferdfull that they alle