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¶ The xiiij fable is of the wulf and of the dede mans hede
Any one ben whiche haue grete
worſhip and glorye / but noo prudence
/ ne noo Wyſedom they haue
in them wherof Eſope reherceth
ſuche a fable / Of a wulf which
found a mans hede / the whiche he torned
vp ſo doune with his foote / And ſayd / Ha a
how fayr haſt thow be and playſaunt / And now
thow haſt in the neyther wytte / ne beaute / &
yet thow arte withoute voys and withoute ony
thought / and therfore men ought not only to
behold the beautte and fayreneſſe of the body /
but only the goodnes of the courage / For ſomtyme
men gyuen glorye and worſhip to ſome /
whiche haue not deſeruyd to haue hit /