hurt thee. But I wonder how thou dareft once take vppon them to offend ſuch a mightie beaſt. He is wiſe, of great ſtrength, and hath great credit, beſides that he is in fauor, and doth what he liſt: and what he doth, the King doth. Maiſter Aſſe ſayde the Moyle, Nowe like a foole thou ſpeakeft. Thou knoweſt nothing if thou beleeue that the greateſt perſons onely can reuenge and none others. Seed thou not that ſometime the ſimple and ignorant doe not regard nor aſteeme the good and vertuous: and many times doe them ſhrewde turnes and diſpleaſures? The Commons robbe the Gentlemen. But what more? the little ſometime eateth vp the great: and the Coward killeth the valiant. And bicauſe I haue hearde thee a while, and haſt alledged many fables and examples: thou ſhalt now liſten to mine another while, and ſo wee will conſult what is to be done. Jeſu thou makeſt this Bull wonderfull great, and mee but a poore beaſt and of no account, but I pray thee heare me, being poore and little as I am.
Of the Eagle and Beetell, and what commeth of ʃelfe will.
In the cliftes of Mount Olympus there haunted a yong Leueret, feeding continually in that place: and an eagle ſpying, marked hir forme
