Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope whiche were translated out of Frensshe in to Englysshe by wylliam Caxton at westmynstre in the yere of oure Lorde M. CCCC. lxxxiij
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- Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope whiche were translated out of Frensshe in to Englysshe by wylliam Caxton at westmynstre in the yere of oure Lorde M. CCCC. lxxxiij
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"Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope whiche were translated out of Frensshe in to Englysshe by wylliam Caxton at westmynstre in the yere of oure Lorde M. CCCC. lxxxiij." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07095.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.
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THe good and wyse fader ought to chastyse his chil∣dren in theyr yong age / and not in theyr old age / For thenne hit is moche dyffycyle to make them bowe As to vs r••••ateth this fable / Of a fader of famylle / whiche had a sone the whiche dyd no thynge that he oughte to haue done but euer was goynge and playeng in the toune / And the fa∣••••r for the cryme and mys••••wle of his sone brawled euer and bete his meyny / And sayd to them suche a fable / Of a plough man or labourer / whiche bond a bole by the hornes to an oxe The booll wold not be bound / and smo•••• strongly with his feet after the man / and launched his hornes at hym / ¶ And at the last whan he was bound / the labourer sayd to them / I haue ioyned and bound yow bothe to gyder / to thende that ye too somme labour / But I wyll that the lest of yow two / that is to wete the boole / be lerned and corryged of the moste / whi che is the oxe / For I must sayd the labourer to hym self bynde them thus to gyder / to thende that the bole / whiche is yong fyers and malyaous and strong / smyte ne hurte no body / wherof grete dommage myght come to me / But by cause that I wote well / that the oxe shalle teche and corryge hym wel / I haue