The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Other Aesop's/Fable 5
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¶ The v fable is of the Foxe and of the busshe.
En ouȝt not to demaude ne aske
help of them that ben more customed
to lette than to do good
or prouffit / as it appereth by this
fable of a fox which for to scape
the peril to be taken wente vpon a thorne
busshe / whiche hurted hym sore / And wepynge
sayd to the busshe / I am come as to my
refuge vnto the / and thow hast hurted me vnto
the dethe / And thenne the bushe sayd to hym /
thow hast erred / and wel thou hast begyled
thy self / For thow supposest to haue taken me
as thow arte custommed to take chekyns and
hennes / ¶ And therfore men ought not to
helpe them whiche ben acustomed to doo euylle /
but men ought rather to lette them.