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¶ The vj fable is of the hegoote and of the wulf
He feble ought not to arme hym ageynſt the ſtronge / As recyteth this preſent fable of a wulf / whiche ſome tyme ranne after a hegoot / and the hegoot for to ſaue hym lept vpon a rocke / and the wulf beſyeged hym / ¶ And after whan they had duelled there two or thre dayes / the wulf beganne to wexe hongry / and the hegoote to haue thurſt / And thus the wulf went for to ete / and the hegoot went for