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MEn ouʒt not to deman̄de 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 so∣re / and wepynge sayd to the busshe / I am come as to my re∣fuge vnto the / and thow hast hurted me vnto the dethe / And thenne the busshe 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 ther fore men ought not to helpe them whiche ben acustomed to doo euylle / but men ought rather to lette them