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THe Wolfe hauing much prouision of meat, liued at ease, to whome the Foxe came and demaunded the cause of his ease: the Wolfe perceiuing that he enuied his good fare, fained sicknesse to be the cause therof, and he prayed the Foxe, to beséeche the Gods for his healthe: The Foxe being grieued that his purpose woulde not prosper, went to a Shepeherd, and willed him to go to the Wolues den, where sodainly he might
take his enimie that liued void of care: the shep∣herde assaulted the Wolfe, & slue him, the Fox possessed his denne with al the good chéere, but he enioyed it no long time, for the same shepeherde caught him likewise.
MOR. Enuie is a lothseome thing, & hée that is ye cause thereof cōmonly maketh a rod for him selfe. Horace in his .1. boke of Epistles writeth.
The enuious man doth grudge to see his neighbors goodes arise, The Sicil tyrants coulde not vvell a greater plage deuise.
TWoo men made their prayer to Iupiter, a Couetous man and an enuious, who sent A∣pollo to them to satisfy their desires, he gaue thē free libertie to desire, vppon this condition, that what soeuer the one required, the other shoulde receiue duble. The couetous man was long in doute: bycause he thought nothing was ynough: at length he asked no smal thing, his companion receyued double so muche. The Enuious man requested one of his owne eyes to be put out, gretly reioycing that his fellow shuld lose both.
MOR. Couetousnesse neuer sayth ho: as for Enuie, nothing is more madde, which wisheth him selfe mischief to hurte an other withall.
THe Wolfe and the Asse were sawyers toge∣ther, but the Asse wrought aboue, & the wolf beneath, who sought occasion to slea his fellowe, wherfore he sayd: Ah wretched Asse, why doest y• cast dust into myne eyes? Forsooth (quod he) I do not, but rule it after my knowledge: if it please thee to sawe aboue, I wil beneath. Tushe (quoth the Wolfe) I sée what thou dost, if thou cast any more into my eys I wil plucke out thine: when he had thus said the Wolfe blew harde, that the dust might flie vp into his fellowes eyes, but the timber staying it, it fell into his owne: where∣with being sore troubled, he sware, that he wold ouerthrow the porters, but sodeynly it fell, and kylled the the Wolfe.
MOR. Mischief commonly lighteth vpon the pate of the Author.
THe Lyon béeing stricken in age fel sicke, and laye in his denne, all beastes saue onely the Fox came to visite their King: Wherevpon the Wolfe hauing oportunitie, accused the Fox vn∣to the Lion, as one that set naught by him being their Lorde, for whiche cause he came not to sée him. By chaunce the Foxe came in, and hearde the latter ende of the Wolues tale. Then the Lion roared against the Foxe, who incontinent crauing space to make answere, said: which of all those that are héere present, hathe done so muche
good as I, which haue trauailed farre and néere to séeke a remedie for thée of the Phisitian, which I haue learned: Then the Lion commaunding him foorthwith to tel the medicine, he sayde: The Wolues skin being yet aliue, to be plucked from his backe and put warme aboute thée, is the me∣dicine and only remedy. As the wolfe lay along, the Fox laughed at him, saying: It becommeth not thée to prouoke thy Lord to wrathe, but to fa∣uoure and good will.
MOR. He which continually diggeth pittes, at length turneth him selfe therein.