A Schole of wise conceytes wherein as euery conceyte hath wit, so the most haue much mirth : set forth in common places by order of the alphabet / translated out of diuers Greeke and Latine wryters by Thomas Blage ...

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Title: A Schole of wise conceytes wherein as euery conceyte hath wit, so the most haue much mirth : set forth in common places by order of the alphabet / translated out of diuers Greeke and Latine wryters by Thomas Blage ...
Publication: Printed at London :: By Henrie Binneman,; 1572.
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Subject terms: Fables, Greek.; Fables, Latin.
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166 Of the Cock and the Capon.

A Cock & a Capon dwelled together in a poul∣try house, but the cock was lord of the Hens, and the Capon fed amongst them: It happened y^t a Foxe caught this Cock, and deuoured him, and his comb he touched not, but kept it safe & brou∣ght it to the Capon, saying: O brother capon, thy fellow is dead, wherfore I haue brought thée his combe euen for pure loue which I beare to thée, now if it please thée to come down, I wil crown thée, that thou mayst take the regiment of the hens as the cock did: the Capon being ambitious and gréedie of promotion, flew downe from hys roost, and came to the Fox, who reioycing therof, caught the Capon incontinent, and killed him.

MOR. Take hede howe thou credit al men.