¶ The viij fable is of the hares and of the frogges
En ſay conynly that after that the
tyme goth / ſo muſt folke go / For
yf thow makeſt deſtinction of the
tyme thow ſhalt wel accord the
Scryptures / wherof Eſope reherceth
to vs ſuche a fable / And ſayth thus / that
he whiche beholdeth the euylle of other / muſt
haue pacyence of the euyile that maye come
vpon hym / For ſomtyme as a hunter chaced
thurgh the feldes and woodes / the hares beganne
to flee for fere And as they ranne / they adreſſyd
them in to a medowe fulle of frogges / ¶ And
whanne the frogges herd the hares renne they
beganne alſo to flee and to renne faſt / And thenne
a hare whiche perceyued them ſo ferdfull ſayd
to alle his felawes / Lete us no more be dredeful
ne doubtuous / for we be not alone that haue had
drede / For alle the frogges ben in doubte / and
haue fere and drede as we haue / Therfore we
ought not to deſpayre / but haue truſt and hope
to lyue / And yf ſomme aduerſyte cometh vpon
us / we muſt here it pacyently / For ones the
