¶ The ix fable is of the wulf / of the labourer / of the foxe / & of the cheſe
Omtyme was a labourer wgiche[errata 1] vnnethe myght gouerne and lede his oxen by cauſe that they ſmote with theyr feet / wherfore the labourer ſayd to them / I pray to god that the wulf may ete yow / the whiche wordes the wulf herd / wherfore he hyd hym ſelf nyghe them vnto the nyght / And thenne came for to ete them / ¶ And whanne the nyght was come / the labourer vnbonde his oxen / and lete them goo to his hows / ¶ And thenne whanne the wulf ſawe them comynge homeward / he ſayd / O thow labourer many tymes on this day thow dydeſt gyue to me thyn oxen / and therfore hold thy promeſſe to me / ¶ And the labourer ſayd to the wulf / I promyſed to the nought at al / in the preſence of whome I am oblyged or bound / I ſwore not neyther to paye the / and the wulf anſuerd / I ſhalle not leue the goo / withoute that thow hold to me that / that thow promyſeſt and gaueſt to me / ¶ And as they had ſoo grete ſtryf and deſcencion to gyder / they remytted