thy waye to deale. Therefore I my ſelfe perſwade thee now to tarie, and bidde thee not to go. She ſayth true anſwereth the Moyle. But ſhall I telle thee brother Aſſe? A ſimpler beaſt in the worlde than thou, liueth not. Thou proceeded: ſimply like a good gooſe. Thou careſt for no more ſo thou haue three or fower thiſtels to gnaw vpon, and a little water to drinke ſerueth thy turne. I pray thee tell me: are there not in the Kinges Court many meaner in all conditions than I? if Fortune haue fauoured them why the goodyere ſhould ſhe not alſo fauour mee? if I had not manye times ſeene (ſayde the Aſſe) a little Aſſe eate a great bundell of ſtraw, I would yeelde to thee, and confirme thy opinion. But woteſt thou what? a little Axe ouerthroweth a great Oke. The arrowes for the moft part touch the heigthes, and he that clymeth vp to the tops of trees, falling hath the greater brooſe. But I ſee deare brother Moyle thou ſhakeſt thy heade at me, and that thou little forceſt my wordes: and ſure I were a great and monſterous beaſt to perſwade myſelfe to obtayne that, which our Mother coulde neuer reache vnto. But ſith it booteth not to perſwade thee, and that thou art ſelfe willed and bent to goe to the Court, (compelled thereto by a naturall inſtinct, which for the moſt part driueth euerie one headlonge for-
