The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Liber Quartus/Fable 18
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¶ The xviij fable is of the pylgrym and ot the swerd
n euylle man maye be cause of the
perdycion or losse of many folke /
As reherceth to vs this present
Fable / Of a pylgrym / whiche
fond in his way a swerd ¶ And
asked of the swerd / what is he that hath lost
the / ¶ And the swerd answerd to the pylgrym /
A man alone hath lost me / but many one I
haue lost / And therfor an euyl man may wel
be lost / but er he be lost he may wel lette many
one / For by cause of an euylle man may come
in a Countrey many euyls