Impossible promises.
189 Of the Owle and the Larke.
THe Larke came to the Owle and sayde: Deare sister, I praye thée beare me cōpanie to morowe at noone, for my louer desireth to sée me by Sunne light: Nowe if I be matched with thée, I shal seem more beutiful. The Owle promised to be ther, for he was ashamed to stick with hir for so smal a trifle. When day was vp & the Sun did shine very cleare, the Larke way∣ted for him, but the Owle durst not appeare by Sun light, bicause she could not sée, and therfore came not, wherwith the larke being offended, al∣wayes after abhorred & pursued hir: wherefore the Owle flieth not by day for feare of the lark, but séeketh his meate by nyght.
MOR. None ought to promise that which he