¶ The viij fable is of the wulf and of the crane

WHo so euer doth ony good to the euyll man he synneth as esope saith / for of ony good which is don to the euils cometh no prouffit / wherof Esope reherceth to vs suche a falle / A wulf ete & deuoured a sheep of whos bones he had one in his throte which he coude not haue out & sore it greued hym Thenne went the wulf & praid the crane that she wold draw oute of his throte the bone / & the crane put her nest in to his thro te & drewe out the bone wherby the wulf was hole /

¶ And the crane demaunded of hym to be payd of her sala∣ry / ¶ And the wulf answerd to her / Thow arte well Page  xxxv

vncōnyng & no good connyng / remembryng the good that I ha ue done to the / for whan thou haddest thy neck within my thro¦te / yf I had wold / I myght haue ete the / And thus it appiereth by the fable how no prouffite cometh of ony good whiche is do ne to the euyls