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LIBER
¶ The xi fable is of the lyon and of the aſſe
F them whiche mocken other eſope
reherceth ſuch a fable Ther was
an aſſe which met with a lyon to
whom he ſaid my broder god
ſaue the & the lyon ſhaked his
hede and with grete payne he myght hold his
courage / to have forth with deuoured hym /
But the lyon ſayd to hym ſelf / It behoueth not
that teethe ſoo noble and ſo fayre as myn be
touchen not / ne byten ſuche a fowle beeſt / For
he that is wyſe muſt not hurte the foole ne take
hede to his wordes / but lete hym go for ſuche
as he is
