The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Auian/Fable 21
¶ The xxj fable is of the vylayne and of the yonge bole /
E whiche is of euylle and shrewd
kynd / with grete payne he may
chasty hym self / as it appereth by
this fable / Of a vylayne / whiche
had a yonge bole / the whiche he
myght not bynd / by cause that euer he smote
with his hornes / wherfore the vylayne cutte of
his hornes / ¶ But yet whan he wold haue bound
hym / the bole casted his fute fro hym / in suche
wyse that he suffred noman to come nyghe hym /
And whan the vylayne perceyued the malyce of
the bole / he sayd to hym / I shalle chastyse the
wel / For I shalle take the in to the bouchers
handes / And thenne was the bole wel chastysed /
¶ And thus ought men to doo of the euylle /
cursyd & rebelles/ whiche doo no thynge but
playe with dees and cardes and to ruffule / Such
folke ought men to put in to the handes of the
boucher for to lede them to the galhows / For
better may no man chastyse them / For with
grete payne may he be chastysed / whiche fleeth
alle good werkes and[errata 1] alle good felauship