and ſetting them downe on the ground he eate them al at his pleaſure. This manner of fiſhing continued a while bicauſe it went forward day by day as he beganne, ſtill filling his bellie. But the ſhe Crabbe that was rather malicious than not imagined that thys Fowle had wrought ſome deceite, and euen then there was a Tenche that ſhe loued well ready to goe wyth the Fowle as the reaſt had done before, and this Tenche was ſo plumme and fatte that ſhee might well ſerue him for a good meale. In the ende the Crabbe ſayde. O Fowle my deare brother, I would thou wouldeſt carye me to the place where the other fiſhies are: and hee was contented. So he gate vp on horſebacke as it were, and with hir feete claſped the Fowle about the necke, and he ſtreight mounted into the ſkyes, as one that ment in deede to let the Crabbe fall and breake in peeces: and euen then hee eſpyed for the purpoſe a heape of ſtones where he thought to woorke thys feate to let hir fall. The Crabbe beholdinge the garbage and offal of thoſe deade fiſhes, ſeeing the ymminent daunger me was in, ſtreight opened his mouth and ſeaſed on the neck of the Fowle, holding as hard as ſhee could for hir life: and ſhee kept hir holde fo well, that ſtreight ſhee ſtrangled him, and the Fowle fell downe deade, the Crabbe on his backe aliue
