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¶ The xiiij fable is of the Egle whiche bare a nutte in his becke and of the rauen
e that is ſure and wel garnyſſhed yet
by fals counceyll may be betrayed /
wherof Eſope telleth ſuche a fable /
¶ An Egle was ſomtyme vpon a
tree / whiche held with his bylle
a nutte / whiche he coulde not breke / the rauen
came to hym / and ſayd / Thow ſhalt neuer
breke it / tylle thow fleeſt as hyghe as thow
mayſt / and thenne late it falle vpon the ſtones /
And the Egle beganne to flyhe and lete fall his
proye / and thus he loſt his notte / ¶ And thus
many one ben deceyued thorughe fals counceylle /
and by the fals tongue of other