came neare him, and tolde htm his whole miſhap, praying him to helpe him. This man that was more wiſe and ſubtill than a beaſt, tolde the horſe that hee alone coulde not doe this feate, and ſHewed him plainly that he muſt needes haue ſaddle, bridle, and rodde: to ſpeak of ſtirrops, ſtirrop leathers, and ſpurres, me think it no wordes of Grammer. For when the Latine tongue was onely vſed they had no ſuch termes, bicauſe they had no ſuch toyes. The beaſt to be reuenged of the other beaſt did beaſtly let himſelfe be ridden, and like a beaſt became priſoner to the man. Æſope recyteth alſo many of theſe pretie fables, being verie pleaſant, learned, ſharpe, profitable, and full of Moralitie, as you ſhal heare in this deceytfull framed practiſe deuiſed by a Moyle, betwene the Lion king of all beaſts and the Bull, which was neuer made and inuented by the wiſe Fathers to other ende, but to ſhadow and couer the life of man from the foule ſpottes of vice: as ſheweth you this preſent hyſtorie following.
In India, in thoſe worthy and iuft times adorned with vertue and wiſdome, euery one of thoſe royall princes (as Lordes of noble manners and behauiour) retayned with them in their princely Courtes men no leſſe learned than ver-
