¶ The tenth fable maketh mencyon of the yong man / and of the comyn woman
F the comyn and folyſſhe wymmen
Eſope reherceth to vs ſuche a
fable / Of a woman whiche had
to name Tahys / the whiche was
cauſe by her feyned loue of the
dethe and loſſ of many yonge men / to one of the
whiche ſhe had be bete ofte before that tyme /
ſhe ſayd to hym in this wſe / My ryght dere
loue and good frende / I ſuppoſe that of many
one I am wel byloued and deſpred / Neuertheles
I ſhall ſette my loue on thy ſelf alone / wherfore
I pray the that thow mayſt be myn / and I ſhalle
be thyn for alle thy goodes I retche not / but
only I deſyre thy ſwete body / And he that
knewe the feyntyſe and falſheed of the woman /
anſuered to her / ryght benyngly and ſwetely / thy
wyll and the myn ben both but one alone / For
thow arte ſhe whiche I mooſt deſyre / and the
whiche I ſhalle loue all the terme of my lyf / Yf
thow deceyue me nomore / For by cauſe that
thow haſt decyued me in tyme paſſed / I am
euer aferd of the / but notwithſtondynge this /
thow