¶ The ix fable is of the labourer and of the pyelarge
E whiche is taken with the wicked
and euyll ouȜte to ſuffre payne
and punycyon as they / As it
appiereth by this fable / Of a labourer
whiche ſomtyme dreſſyd
and ſette his gynnes and nettes for to take the
ghees and the cranes / Whiche ete his corne / It
happed thenne that ones amonge a grete meyny
of ghees and cranes / he took a pyelarge / whiche
prayd the labourer in this maner / I praye the
lete me go / For I am neyther goos ne cranne
nor I am not come hyther for to do the ony
eyylle[errata 1] / The labourer beganne thenne to lawhe /
and ſayd to the pyelarge / yſ thow haddeſt not be
in theyr felauſhip / thow haddeſt not entryd in to
my nettes / ne haddeſt not be taken / And by
cauſe that thow arte founde and taken with them /
thow ſhialt be punyſſhed as they ſhalle be Therfore
none ought to hold companye with the euylle
with oute he wylle ſuffre the punycion of them
whiche ben punyſſhed
