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almoſt he myght not ryſe vp ageyne / And thenne ſayd the lyon in hym ſelf / I am wel worthy to haue had this / For he that ſercheth euylle / euyll Cometh to hym / And by cauſe that I dyſſymyled and fayned my ſelf to be a medycyn / where as I ſhold haue ſhewed myſel a grete enemye / I therfore haue receyued good reward / and therfore euery body oughte to ſhewe hym ſelf ſuche as he is /