Lion, ſhewe me this bolde and daungerous beaſt, bringe mee to him where he is without any more adoe. The Foxe that knewe a Welle where they drue up water with ropes, that the beaſtes could not drink of it, brought him to the Welles ſyde, and ſayde. Sir, the Lion your enimie is within the Welle. He luſtily leaped vp ſtreight vpon the Curbe of the Welle, and ſeeing his ymage in the water he fierſeyle caſt himſelfe into the Well, ſuppoſing to haue encountered with the Lyon his enemie: by meanes whereof hee plunged himſelfe into the bottome, and drowned ſtreight. Which newes brought vnto the beaſts, auouched for troth, they ioyfully imbraced this craftie recouered Foxe. Therefore ſaid the Aſſe, thou thinkſt thou goeſt in clowdes, & handleſt thy matters in ſuch ſecret that they ſhal not be knowne. But if through thy ſpight and malice the Bull come to his death, what haſt thou done? To hurt him that is the bountie and goodneſſe of the world, it were to great a ſinne. Thinkeſt thou the heauens beholde thee not? Beleeueſt thou thy naughtyneſſe is hidden from Gods ſecrete knowledge? O maiſter Moyle, thou art deceyued, thou knoweſt not what thou doeſt.
Good brother Aſſe ſay what thou liſt, I am ſelfe willed in this I tell thee, and out of doubt I will
