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¶ The xix fable is of the sheep and of the Crowe
En ought not to iniurye ne deſprayſe
the poure Innocentes ne
the ſymple folke As reherceth
this fable / Of a Crowe / whiche
ſette her ſelf vpon the back of a
ſheep / And whan the ſheep had born her a
grete whyle ſhe ſayd to her / thow ſhalt kepe
thy ſelf wel to ſette vpon a dogge / ¶ And
thenne the crowe ſayd to the ſheep / Thynke
thow poure Innocent that I wote wel with
whome I playe / For I am old and malycious /
and my kynde is to lette all Innocents/ and to
be frende vnto the euyls / ¶ A[n]d therfore this
fable wylle telle and ſaye / how ther be folke
of ſuche kynde / that they wyl doo no good
werk / but only to lette euer the Innocents and
ſymple folke
