runneth apace vnto this Lyon, and protrating him ſelfe at his feete, beganne to enlarge his olde and faythful ſeruice done heretofore to his auncient predeceſſors, and tolde him alſo how he was ſent Ambaffadour from the companie of the beaſtes to ſignifye to him a ſtraunge hapened caſe anew at that inſtant. And this it was. That the lot fell on a fatte Wether to come to paye his tribute, and by the way another ſtraunge Lion met him, and tooke him quite away, ſaying that hee was farre worthier to haue the Wether than you, and that (prowdely) hee woulde make you knowe it. If you meane to maintaine your honor, I will bring him to you, and there you ſhall determine it betweene you by the teeth and nayles. The Lyon madde at this, little ſuſpectinge the ſlye Foxes wiles and craftes, was ready to runne out of hys wittes, whan the Foxe beganne anewe. My Lorde he hath dared to ſaye (with ſuche arrogancie) that he will chaſten you well ynough, and let you knowe you doe not well, and that you ſhould do better and more honorably to goe into the fielde, and there to get praye, than to tarye by the fountayne, looking that other ſhoulde bring it vnto you, and as it were to put meate into your mouth. And at the laſt, he ſayde plainly you were but a ſlouch and ſluggardly beaſt. Come on, come on, ſayde the
