¶ The xj fable is of the ante and of the columbe
One ought to be ſlowful of the good
whiche he receyueth of other / As
reherceth this fable of an Ante /
whiche came to a fontayne for
to drynke / and as ſhe wold haue
dronke ſhe felle within the fontayn / vpon the
whiche was a columbe or douue / whiche ſeyng
that the Ante ſhold haue ben drowned withoute
helpe / took a braunche of a tree / & caſt it to
her for to ſaue her ſelf / ¶ And the Ante wente
anone upon the braunche and ſaued her / ¶ And
anone after came a Fawkoner / whiche wold haue
take the douue / And thenne the Ante whiche
ſawe that the Fawkoner dreſſed his nettes came
to his foote / and ſoo faſt pryked hit / that ſhe
cauſed hym to ſmyte the erthe with his foote /
and therwithe made ſoo gret noyſe / that the douue
herd hit / wherfore ſhe flewhe aweye or the
gynne and nettes were al ſette / ¶ And therfore
none ought to forgete the benyfyce whiche he
hath receyued of ſome other / for ſlowfulneſſe is
a grete ſynne
