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# The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Liber Quartus/Fable 8

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Numbered 569 in the Perry Index. Translated from French by William Caxton and first published in 1484. An annotated version of this text is available.
N tyme passed men preysyd more the folke full of lesynges and falshede than the man full of trouthe / the whiche thynge regneth gretely vnto this daye / As we may see by this prelent fable / Of the man of trouthe and of the man lyar / whiche went to gyder thorugh the countrey / And so longe they wente to gyder by theyr journeyes / that they came in to the prouynce of the apes / And the kynge of thapes made them bothe to be taken and brought before hym And he beynge in his Royal mageste / where as he satte lyke an Emperour / and alle his Apes aboute hym / as the subgets ben aboute theyr lord / wold haue demaunded / and in dede he demaunded of the lyer / who am I / And the lesynge maker and flaterer sayd to hym / thow arte emperour and kynge / the fayrest creature that is on earthe / ¶ And after the kynge demaunded of hym ageyne / who ben these whiche ben al aboute me / And the lyar ansuerd / Syre they ben thy knyghtes & your subgettes for to ​kepe your persone / and your Royalme / And thenne the kynge sayd thow arte a good man / I wylle that thow be my grete styward of my houshold / and that euery one here to the honour and reuerence / And whan the man of trouthe herd alle this he sayd to hym self / yf this man for to haue made lesynges is soo gretely enhaunced / thenne by gretter rayson / I shalle be more worshipped and enhaunced / yf I saye trouthe /¶ And after the kynge wold aske the trewe man / and demaunded of hym / who am I / and alle that ben aboute me / And thenne the man of trouthe ansuerd thus to hym / thow arte an ape and a beste ryght abhomynable / And alle they whiche ben aboute the are lyke and semblable to the /¶ The kynge thenne commaunded that he shold be broken and toren with teeth and clawes and put alle in to pycees / And therfore it happeth ofte that the lyers and flaterers ben enhaunced / and the men of trouthe ben set alowe and put aback / For oftyme for to saye trouthe men lese theyre lyues / the whiche thynge is ageynst Iustyce and equyte
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# The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Liber Quintus

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From Vol. II of The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio.
* The Mulet, the Foxe and the Wulf
* The Bore and the Wulf
* The Foxe and the Cocke
* The Dragon and the Herte
* The Foxe and the Catte
* The Hegoot and the Wulf
* The Wulf and the Affe
* The Serpent and the Labourer
* The Foxe, the Wulf and the Lyon
* The Wulf whiche made a Fart
* The enuyous Dogge
* The Wulf and the hongry Dogge
* The Fader and his thre Children
* The Wulf the Foxe
* The Dogge, the Wulf and the Whether
* The Man, the Lyon and his Sone
* The Knyght and the Seruaunt whiche fond the Foxe
# The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Liber Quartus/Fable 3

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Numbered 22 in the Perry Index. Translated from French by William Caxton and first published in 1484. Click here to create an annotated version of this text.
¶ The thirde fable is of the wulf and of the sheepherd and of the hunter
Any folke shewe themself good by theyr wordes whiche are ful of grete fantasyes / As reherceth to vs thys fable of a wulf whiche fledde byfore the hunter/ and as he fledde he mette with a sheepherd / to whome he said my frende I praye the that thow telle not to hym that foloweth me whiche wey I am gone / & the sheep herd said to hym haue no drede ne fere nothynge / For I shalle not accuse the / For I shalle shewe to hym another way / And as the hunter came / he demaunded of the sheepherd yf he had sene the wulf passe / And the hunter both with the heed and of the eyen shewed to the hunter the place where the wulf was / & with the hand and the tongue shewed alle the contrarye / And incontynent the hunter vnderstood hym wel / But the wulf whiche perceyued wel all the fayned maners of the sheepherd fled awey / ¶ And within a lytyl whylle after the sheepherd encountred and mette with the wulf / to whome he sayd / paye me of that ​I haue kepte the secrete / ¶ And thenne the wulf ansuered to hym in this maner / I thanke thyn handes and thy tongue / and not thyn hede ne thyn eyen / For by them I shold haue ben betrayed / yf I had not fledde aweye / ¶ And therfore men must not truste in hym that hath two faces and two tongues / for suche folk is lyke and semblable to the scorpion / the whiche enoynteth with his tongue / and prycketh sore with his taylle
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# The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Liber Quartus/Fable 4

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Numbered 509 in the Perry Index. Translated from French by William Caxton and first published in 1484. Click here to create an annotated version of this text.
¶ The fourth fable is of Iuno the godesse and of the pecok and of the nyghtyngale
Very one oughte to be content of kynde / and of suche good as god hath sente vnto hym / wherof he must vse lustly / As reherceth this fable of a pecok whiche came to Iuno the goddesse / and sayd to her I am heuy and sorowful / by cause I can not synge as wel as the nyghtyngale For euery one mocketh and scorneth me / by cause I can not synge / And Iuno would comforte hym and sayd / thy fayre forme and beaute is fayrer and more worthy and of gretter preysynge than the songe of the nyghtyngale / For thy fethers and thy colour ben resplendysshyng as the precious Emerawd And theyr is no byrde lyke to thy fethers ne to thy beaute / ¶ And the pecok sayd thenne to Iuno / All this is nought / syth I can not synge / And thenne Iuno sayd ageyne thus to the pecok for to contente hym / This is in the desposycion of the goddes / whiche haue gyuen to eyther of yow one propyrte / and one vertue / suche as it pleasyd them / As to the ​they haue gyuen fayr fygure / to the egle haue they gyuen strengthe / and to the nyghtyngale fayr & playsaūt songe / And so to all other byrdes / wherfore euery one must be content of that that he hath For the myserable auarycious / the more goodes that they haue the more they desyre to haue
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# The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Liber Quartus/Fable 7

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Numbered 576 in the Perry Index. Translated from French by William Caxton and first published in 1484. Click here to create an annotated version of this text.
¶ The seuenth fable is of the fawkoner and of the byrdes
He wyse ought to kepe and obserue the good couceyll / And in no wyse they ought not to doo the contrarye / As reherceth to vs this fable / Of the byrdes whiche were Ioyeful and gladde / as the prymtemps came / by cause that theyr nestes were thenne al couerd with leues / And Incontynent they beheld and sawe a fawkoner whiche dressyd and leyd laces and nettes for to take them / ¶ And thenne they sayd al to gyder / Yonder man hath pyte of vs / For whanne he beholdeth vs he wepeth / ¶ And thenne the pertryche / whiche had experymented and assayed all the deceytes of the sayd Fawkoner / sayd to them / kepe yow alle wel fro that sayd man and flee hyghe in to the ayer / For he seketh nothynge / but the manere for to take yow / or to the markette he shalle bere yow for to be sold / And they that byleuyd his couceylle were saued / And they that byleuyed it not were taken and lost / ¶ And therfore they whiche byleue good councylle are delyuerd oute of theyr peryles / And they whiche byleue it not ben euer in grete daunger
# The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Liber Quartus/Fable 5

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Numbered 494 in the Perry Index. Translated from French by William Caxton and first published in 1484. Click here to create an annotated version of this text.
¶ The v fable maketh mencion of the panthire and of the vylayns
Very one ought to do wel to the straunger and forgyue to the myserable / As reherceth this fable of a panthere whiche fylle in to a pytte / And whan the vylaynes or chorles of the country sawe her / somme of them beganne to smyte on her / and the other sayd pardonne and forgyue her / for she hath hurted no body / and other were that gaf to her breed / And another sayd to the vylayns / beware ye well that ye slee her not / And by cause that they were al of dyuerse wyll / euerychone of them wente and retorned home ageyne wenynge that she shold deye within the sayd pytte / but lytyl and lytyl she clymmed vp / and wente to her hows ageyne / and made her to be wel medicyned / in so moche / that soone she was al hole / ¶ And within a whylle after she hauynge in her memorye the grete Iniurye that had be done to her came ageyne to the place where she had be hurte and sore bete / & began to kylle & slee al the bestes whiche were ​there about and put al the sheepherds and swyneherds & other whiche kepte beestes all to flyght / she brente the Corne & many other euyl and grete harme she dyd then aboute / And whanne the folke of the country sawe the grete dommage that she dyd to them / they came toward her / prayenge that she wold haue pyteon them / And to them she ansuerd in this manere / I am not come hyther to take vengeaunce on them whiche haue had pyte and myserycorde of me / but only on them that wold haue slayne me / And for the wycked and euyele folk I recyte this fable / to thende that they hurte no body / For yf alle the vylaynes hadde hadde pyte / the one as the other of the poure panthere or serpent whiche was straunger and myserable / as moche as she was fallen in to the pytte / the for sayd euylle and dommyge had not come to them
# The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Liber Quartus/Fable 6

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Numbered 575 in the Perry Index. Translated from French by William Caxton and first published in 1484. Click here to create an annotated version of this text.
¶ The vi fable is of the bochers and of the whethers
Hanne a lygnage or kynred is indyfferent or indyuysyon / not lyghtly they shalle doo ony thynge to theyr salute / as reherceth to vs this fable / Of a bocher whiche entryd within a stable full of whethers / And after as the whethers sawe hym / none of them sayd one word / And the bocher toke the fyrst that he fonde / ¶ Thenne the whethers spake al to gyder and sayd / lete him doo what he wylle / And thus the bocher tooke him all one after another sauf one onely / And as he wold haue taken the last / the poure whether sayd to hym / Iustly I am worthy to be take / by cause I haue not holpen my felawes / For he that wylle not helpe ne comforte other / ought not to demaunde or aske helpe ne comforte / For vertue whiche is vnyed is better than vertue separate
# The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Liber Quartus/Fable 9

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Numbered 269 in the Perry Index. Translated from French by William Caxton and first published in 1484. Click here to create an annotated version of this text.
¶ The ix fable is of the hors / of the hunter and of the hert
One ought to put hym self in subiection for to auenge hym on other / For better is not to submytte hymself / than after to be submytted / As reherceth to vs this fable / Of an hors whiche had enuye ouer an herte / by cause the herte was fayrer than he / and the hors by enuye went vnto an hunter / to whome he sayd in this manere / yf thow wylt byleue me / we shalle this day take a good proye / Lepe vpon my bak / and take thy swerd / and we shalle chace the herte / and thow shalt hytte hym with thy swerd / and kylle hym / and shalt take hym / and thenne his flesshe thow mayst ete / and his skynne thow mayst selle /
¶ And thenne the hunter moued by auaryce / demaunded of the hors / thynkest thow by thy feythe that we may take the herte / of whomme thow speketh to me of / ¶ And the hors answerd thus / Suffyse the / For ther to I shalle put al my dylygence and alle my strengthe / lepe vpon me / and doo after my counceylle / ¶ And ​thenne the Hunter lepte forthwith vpon the hors backe / And the hors beganne to renne after the herte / And whanne the herte sawe / hym come he fled / And by cause that the hert ranne faster / than the hors did / he scaped fro them / and saued hym / ¶ And thenne when the hors sawe and felte hym moche wery / and that he myght no more renne / he sayd to the hunter in this manere / alyght fro my back / For I may bere the no more and haue myst of my proye / Thenne sayd the hunter to the hors Syth thow arte entryd in to my handes / yet shalt not thow escape thus fro me / thow hast the brydel in thy mouthe wherby thow mayest be kepte stylle and arrested / And thow wylt lepe / the fadell shalle saue me / And yf thow wylt caste thy feet fro the / I haue good spores for to constrayne and make the goo whether thow wylt or not where as I wylle haue the / And therfore kepe the wel / that thow shewest not thy self rebelle vnto me / ¶ Therfore it is not good to put and submytte hym self vnder the handes of other wenynge therby to be auenged of hym / ageynste whome men haue enuye / For who submytteth hym self vnder the myght of other / he byndeth hym self to hym
# The Walloping Window Blind

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This poem is an excerpt from Chapter VIII of the children’s book Davy and the Goblin (1885), but has become popular in its own right. Over the years the poem has undergone a “folk process,” by which some verses are dropped, other verses added, and some lines altered. This is the original version published in the book. This song is made famous by Tom Chapin who adapted the song from the album Mother Earth with collaborator John Forster.
A capital ship for an ocean trip Was “The Walloping Window Blind;” No wind that blew dismayed her crew Or troubled the captain’s mind. The man at the wheel was made to feel Contempt for the wildest blow, Though it oft appeared, when the gale had cleared, He’d been in his bunk below.
So, blow yee winds hi-ho, A-roving I will go! I'll stay no more on England's shore, So let the music play! I'm off for the morning train, I'll cross the raging main! I'm off for my love with the boxing glove Ten thousand miles away!
The bosun’s mate was very sedate, Yet fond of amusement, too; He played hopscotch with the starboard watch While the captain tickled the crew. The gunner we had was apparently mad, For he sat on the after-rail, And fired salutes with the captain’s boots, In the teeth of the booming gale.
So, blow yee winds hi-ho, A-roving I will go! I'll stay no more on England's shore, So let the music play! I'm off for the morning train, I'll cross the raging main! I'm off for my love with the boxing glove Ten thousand miles away!
The captain sat on the commodore’s hat, And dined at the Royal Way, Off pickles and figs and little roast pigs And gunnery bread, each day. The cook was Dutch, and behaved as such; For the diet he served the crew Was a couple of tons of hot-cross buns, Served up with sugar and glue.
Then we all fell ill as mariners will, On a diet that’s rough and crude; And we shivered and shook as we dipped the cook In a tub of his gluesome food. All nautical pride we cast aside, And we ran the vessel ashore On the Gulliby Isles, where the Poohpooh smiles, And the rubbily udbugs roar.
So, blow yee winds hi-ho, A-roving I will go! I'll stay no more on England's shore, So let the music play! I'm off for the morning train, I'll cross the raging main! I'm off for my love with the boxing glove Ten thousand miles away!
So, blow yee winds hi-ho, A-roving I will go! I'll stay no more on England's shore, So let the music play! I'm off for the morning train, I'll cross the raging main! I'm off for my love with the boxing glove Ten thousand miles away!
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# The red book of animal stories/'Princess'

‘PRINCESS’
She was not actually a king’s daughter, as far as I know, but she was so evidently high bred, and had such a superior, aristocratic air about her, that the name seemed perfectly appropriate.
There could be no question as to her high descent and pure blood. It was apparent in every one of her graceful movements, in the exquisite softness and delicacy of her grey coat, the thickness and fluffiness of the ruff she wore round her neck, and the size and bushiness of her superb tail. In a word Princess was a pure-bred Persian cat, and her happy owners, Mrs. and Miss H., took great pride in her possession, and much pleasure in her society.
Indeed, they declared that her understanding was quite beyond that of ordinary animals, and that she quite understood much of their conversation.
One day Miss H. went out to make some calls, and on her return sat down to tell her mother all about her visits. Princess jumped into her lap, and curled herself up cosily, as if to listen to her adventures.
Presently, Miss H. said: ‘You have no idea, mother, what a magnificent cat Mrs. Taylor has. It is immensely big, and has one of the most splendid tails I ever saw.’
In a moment, Princess rose, sprang from Miss H.’s lap, and walked to the door, demanding to be let out. It was clearly not for her to stay and hear one of her own mistresses praising the charms of a horrid rival.
Mrs. and Miss H. made acquaintance with a lady whom we will call Miss Gray, and to Miss Gray ​Princess took a curiously strong fancy at first sight. If Miss Gray happened to be calling at the house, and Princess chanced to see her parasol or umbrella in the hall, she would hurry off with every sign of delight in search of her dear friend. If several people were in the room, Miss H. would sometimes say, ‘Where is Miss
‘PRINCESS’ AND THE INVALID
Gray, Princess?’ and the cat would turn her head towards the lady and go up at once to rub against her.
‘Do you love me very much, Princess?’ asked Miss Gray, once. Princess replied by looking up affectionately at her, and uttering a most tender ‘miau.’
One sad day, Mrs. H. fell ill, and had to take to her bed. She grew worse, and her poor daughter was very ​unhappy indeed about her. Princess appeared quite to understand, and to enter into all the trouble and anxiety, and went about sad and drooping. The doctor was very anxious that his patient, who was extremely weak, should take plenty of nourishing food; but nothing seemed to tempt her fancy.
One thing after another was tried—soup, jelly, game—all of no use. The invalid declared she could touch none of them, and poor Miss H. felt in despair.
One morning, as she was sitting by her mother’s bedside, and trying to coax her to eat something, the door, which was slightly ajar, was pushed open, and Princess ran in quite gaily. She jumped on the bed, and, with an important air, laid down on her mistress’s coverlet a bird she had caught and brought her.
Both Mrs. and Miss H. declared afterwards that they were sure Princess thought she had found the very thing with which to tempt a sick appetite.
# The Wanderer (Burney)/Volume 5

THE
WANDERER;
OR,
FEMALE DIFFICULTIES.
BY
THE AUTHOR OF
EVELINA; CECILIA; and CAMILLA.
IN FIVE VOLUMES. VOL. V.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER–ROW.
1814.
Book IX
* Chapter LXXVII.
* Chapter LXXVIII.
* Chapter LXXIX.
* Chapter LXXX.
* Chapter LXXXI.
* Chapter LXXXII.
* Chapter LXXXIII.
* Chapter LXXXIV.
* Chapter LXXXV.
Book X
* Chapter LXXXVI.
* Chapter LXXXVII.
* Chapter LXXXVIII.
* Chapter LXXXIX.
* Chapter XC.
* Chapter XCI.
* Chapter XCII.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/de Vere, Robert Stephen Vere

​DE VERE, Robert Stephen Vere, B.A., LL.B. (Cantab.), J.P., Co. Limerick; Barrister Inner Temple, 1898. Educ.: Charterhouse; Trinity College, Cambridge. Served in Paget's Horse, South African War (Queen's Medal); District Commissioner, Gold Coast, 1903-5; Legal Adviser and Acting Chief Justice, Seychelles, 1906-8; received Commission in 5th Batt. Royal Sussex Regt., Feb. 1915: Military Censor, British Expeditionary Force, Aug., 1915 . Pubns.: Articles in Nineteenth Century and Law Quarterly. Recns.: hunting, sailing. Eldest son of late Major Aubrey Stephen Vere O'Brien. 60th Rifles, b. 1872; m. 1906, Isabel Catherine, dau. of late Rt. Rev. H. C. Moule, Bishop of Durham; assumed name of De Vere instead of O'Brien, 1899. Res.: Curragh Chase, Adare, Co. Limerick. Clubs: Wellington, London; County, Limerick.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/de Vesci, Viscount

​DE VESCI, Viscount, 1776: Baron Knapton, 1750 (Irld.), and a Bart., 1698, Yvo Richard Vesey, 5th Viscount; Major, S. R. Irish Gds. Elected a Representative Peer for Ireland (1909); D.L. and J.P., Queen's Co.; eldest son of the Hon ​Eustace Vesey (d. 1886) (who was 2nd son of Thomas, 3rd Viscount), and the Hon. Constance (who m. 2nd, 1892, Hon. Edward W. B. Portman), dau. of the 2nd Baron Wenlock; b. 15th Dec, 1881; s. his uncle, 6th July, 1903; m. 1st, 24th April, 1906, Georgiana (mar. dis., 1919), only dau. of Gerald E. Wellesley; 2nd, 1920, Frances Lois, dau. of Cecil Edmund Lister-Kaye, and widow of 5th Earl of Rosse. Res.: Abbeyleix, Ireland. Clubs: Guards', London; kildare Street, Dublin.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/de la Poer, Captain William Gervase

​DE LA POER, Captain William Gervase, late 63th Regt., J.P. for Co; Waterford; b. 1843; second son of John Power, of Gurteen-le-Poer; contested E. Division of Co. Waterford as a Conservative, 1885; m. 1879, Mary, dau. of Edmond Power-Lalor, J P., D.L., of Long Orchard, Co. Tipperary. Res.: Glen Poer, Kilsheelan, Waterford.