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¶ The xx fable was of the crowe whiche was a thurſt

 

 

Etter is crafte and ſubtylyte than force / As reherceth to vs this fable / Of a crowe whiche vpon a day came for to drynke oute of a boket / and by cauſe that ſhe myght not reche to the water / ſhe dyd fyll the boket ful of ſmal ſtones / in ſoo moche that the water came vpward / wherof ſhe dranke thenne at her wylle / and playſyre / And therfore hit appiereth wel / that wytte or ſapyence is a moche fayr vertue For by ſapyence or wytte / thow ſhalt mowe reſyſte to all faultes /