Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/318

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THE FABLES OF POGE THE FLORENTYN.
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ſuppoſed to haue fledde aweye / but the Serpent with his wonder longe taylle enlaced her two hynder legges / And the Serpent thenne beganne to ſouke the Cow / And in dede ſoo moche / and ſoo longe he ſbuked tylle that he ſond ſomme mylke /  ¶ And whanne the Cowe myght eſcape fro hym / ſhe fledde vnto the other kyne /  ¶ And Incontynent her pappes and her behynder legges and all that the Serpent touched was all black a grete ſpace of tyme  ¶ And ſoone after the ſayd Cowe maade a fayre calf / The whiche merueylle was announced or ſayd to the ſayd Pope he beynge atte Ferrare /

¶ And yet ageyne ſoone after that / ther was fond within a grete Ryuer a monſtre maryn / or of the ſee of the forme or lykneſſe whiche foloweth /

¶ Fyrſte he hadde from the nauylle vpward the ſymplytude or lykeneſſe of a man / And fro the nauylle dounward / he had the fourme or makynge of a Fyſſhe / the whiche parte was iumelle that is to wete double /  ¶ Secondly he hadde a grete berd / and he hadde two wonder grete hornys aboue his eres /  ¶ Alſo he hadde grete pappes / and a wonder grete and horryble mouthe / and his handes retched unto his entraylles or bowellys / And at the bothe his elbowes he hadde wynges lyght brode and grete