¶ The xviij fable is of the wulf / of the foxe / and of the ape
E that ones falleth in to ſomme
euylle faytte or dede / he ſhalle
euer lyue with deſhonour and in
ſuſpecion / of the peple / ¶ And
how be it that by aduenture he
purpoſed to doo ſomme prouffitable thynge to
ſomme other / yet he ſhold not be truſted ne
byleued / wherof Eſope reherceth to vs ſuche a
fable / Of a wulf whiche maade the foxe to be
cyted before the Ape / ¶ And the wulf ſayd
that the foxe was but a theef and a payllart and
a knaue of poure folke / And the foxe ſayd that
he lyed / and that he was a good and trewe man /
And that he dyde moche good /
¶ And thenne the Ape whiche was ſette as a Juge / gaf ſuche a ſentence / and ſayd to the wulf / Come hyther / thow haſt not loſt al that whche thow demaundeſt / ¶ And thow Foxe I beleue wel that thow haſt vſurped and robbed ſom thynge / howe be it / that thow denyeſt hit in Juſtyce / But for as moche that pees may be bytwexe yow bothe / ye ſhalle parte to gyder
