¶ The xix fable is of the man and of the wesel
MEn ought wel to loke and behold the courage & tho∣ught of hym / whiche dothe good / and the ende / wherfor he dothe hit / wherof Esope reherceth suche a fable Of a man whiche tooke a wesell / the whiche chaced after the rattes wythynne his hows / ¶ And after whanne he had taken her / be wold haue kylled her / ¶ And whanne the poure weselle sawe the wrathe and fnrour of her mayster / she cryed to hym / mercy / sayenge thus / My lord I requyre and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 raye the / that thow wylt pardonne to me / And that thow wylt reward me of the grete seruyse whiche I haue done to the / For euer I ha∣ue chaced the rats oute of thy hows /
¶ And the man sayd to her / thow dydest not that for