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THE FABLES
¶ The xx fable was of the crowe whiche was a thurſt
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Etter is crafte and ſubtylyte than
force / As reherceth to vs this
fable / Of a crowe whiche vpon
a day came for to drynke oute
of a boket / and by cauſe that ſhe
myght not reche to the water / ſhe dyd fyll the
boket ful of ſmal ſtones / in ſoo moche that the
water came vpward / wherof ſhe dranke thenne
at her wylle / and playſyre / And therfore hit
appiereth wel / that wytte or ſapyence is a moche
fayr vertue For by ſapyence or wytte / thow ſhalt
mowe reſyſte to all faultes /