The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Auian/Fable 20

by Avianus

¶ The xx fable was of the crowe whiche was a thurst

 

 

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 /