The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Liber Primus/Fable 14
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¶ The xiiij fable is of the Egle whiche bare a nutte in his becke and of the rauen
e that is sure and wel garnysshed yet
by fals counceyll may be betrayed /
wherof Esope telleth suche a fable /
¶ An Egle was somtyme vpon a
tree / whiche held with his bylle
a nutte / whiche he coulde not breke / the rauen
came to hym / and sayd / Thow shalt neuer
breke it / tylle thow fleest as hyghe as thow
mayst / and thenne late it falle vpon the stones /
And the Egle beganne to flyhe and lete fall his
proye / and thus he lost his notte / ¶ And thus
many one ben deceyued thorughe fals counceylle /
and by the fals tongue of other