¶ The fourth fable is of the dogge and the ſheep
f the men chalengynge / whiche ever
be seeking occaſion to doo ſome
harme and dommage to the good /
ſaith Eſope ſuche a fable / Somtyme
was a dogge / whiche demaunded
of a ſheep a loof of brede that ſhe had
borowed of hym / And the ſheep anſuerd that
neuer ſhe had none of hym / The dogge made
her to come before the Juge / And by cauſe the
ſheep denyed the dette / the dogge provyſed and
broughte with hym fals wytnes / that is to wete
the wulf / the mylan & the ſpaehawk / And
whanne theſe wytnes ſhold be examyned and
herd / the wulf ſayd to the Juge / I am certayne
& me remembreth wel / that the dogge lend to
her a loof of brede/ And the myllan went and
ſayd / ſhe receyued hit preſente my perſone /
And the ſperowhawk ſaid to the ſheep / come
hyder why denyeſt thow that whiche thow haſt
take and recyued / And thus was the poure ſheep
vaynquyſſhed¶ And thenne the Juge commaunded
to her that ſhe ſhold paye the dogge /
