How the wulf and the bere were a••estyd by the labour of reynart the foxe capitulo .xviiio.
ySegrym cam proudly ouer the felde to fore the kynge / and he thanked the quene •• and spack
This is the table of the historye of reynart the foxe
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- This is the table of the historye of reynart the foxe
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wyth afelle moed ylle wordes on the foxe / in suche wise that the kynge herde it / and was wroth and made the wulf and the bere anon to be arestyd / ye sawe neuer wood dogges do / more harme / than was don to them they were bothe fast bounden so sore that alle that nyght / they myght not stere hande ne foot / They myght scarsely rore ne meue ony Ioynte / Now here how the foxe forth dyde / he hated hem / he laboured so to the quene that he gate le∣ue for to haue as moche of the beres skyn vpon his ridge as a foote longe and a foot brode for to make hym therof a scryppe / thenne was the foxe redy yf he had foure stronge shoon / now here how he dyde for to gete these shoon / he said to the quene / madame I am youre pylgrym / here is myn eme sir Isegrym that hath .iiij. strong shoon whiche were good for me / yf he wolde late me haue two of them I wolde on the waye besyly thynke on your sowle / ffor it is right that a / pylgrym shold al∣way thynke and praye for them / that doo him good / Thus maye ye doo your sowle good yf ye will / And also yf ye myght gete of myn aunte dame eerswyn also two of her shoon to gyue me / she may wel doo it / ffor she gooth but lytil out / but abydeth alway at home / thenne sayde the quene-reynard yow behoueth wel suche shoes / ye may not be wythout them / they shal be good for you to kepe your feet hool for to passe with them many a sharpe montayn and stony roches / ye can fynde no better shoes for you / than suche as Isegrym and his wyf haue and were / they be good and stronge / though it sholde touche their lyf eche of them shal gyue you two sh••es for to
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accomplissh wyth your hye pilgremage /