The Wolf and the Fox

3.06. De lupo et vulpe
Caxton: Of the foxe and of the wulf
Fortune helpeth bothe the good and euyll folke / and to alle them / whiche she helpeth not she sendeth euylle to them / And they that setten alle theyr malyce ageynste fortune ben subuertysed and ouerthrawen by her / wherof Esope reherceth suche a fable / Of a wulf whiche had assembled to gyder a grete proye / or moche mete for to haue lyued more delyciously / wherof the foxe had grete enuye / and for to haue robbed somme of this good / he came vnto the cauerne or hole where as this proye or mete was in / and sayd to the wulf / My godsep the wulf / by cause hit is longe syth I sawe the / I am in grete heuynesse and sorowe / and also by cause we haue not ben in long tyme gone chaced and gone to gyder / And whan the wulf knewe the malyce of the foxe / he sayd to hym thow arte not come hyder for to see me / ne how I fare / but thou arte come for to robbe and rauysshe my good / For the whiche wordes the foxe was moche angry / and wente toward a sheepherd / to whome he sayd / yf thow wylt be auenged of the wulf whiche is enemy of thy heerd or parke / on this day I shalle put hym vnder thy handes / And the sheepherd ansuerde to the foxe in this manere / yf thow doo as thow sayst / I shall paye the wel / And thenne the foxe shewed to hym the hool / wherin the wulf was / And the sheepherd Incontynent wente toward the hole / and with a spere he kyld the wulf / And by this manere the foxe was wel fylled and refresshyd of the good of other / but as he retorned homeward / he was taken & deuoured by somme dogges / wherfore he seyd to hym self / by cause that ryght euylle I haue done / euylle cometh now to me /
For synne retorneth euer vpon his mayster / And he that lyueth but of rauyn and robberye shal at the last be knowen and robbed /
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The Wolf and the Fox

THE WOLF AND THE FOX. You will find the fable in English on this page; scroll to see if there are multiple English versions. [more info]

The Fox and the Wolf

167. THE FOX AND THE WOLF. The wolf, having laid in a store of provision, kept close at home, and made much of himself. The fox observed this, and thinking it something particular, went to visit him, the better to inform himself of the truth of the matter. The wolf excused himself from seeing him by pretending he was very much indisposed.
All this did but confirm the fox in his suspicions; so away he goes to a shepherd, and made discovery of the wolf, telling him he had nothing else to do but to come with a good weapon, and knock him on the head as he lay in his cave. The shepherd followed his directions, and killed the wolf.
The wicked fox enjoyed the cave and provisions to himself, but enjoyed them not long, for the same shepherd passing afterwards by the same hole, and seeing the fox there, dispatched him also. [more info]

The Fox and the Wolf

042. THE FOX AND THE WOLF. The wolf, having laid in a store of provision, kept close at home, and made much of himself. The fox observed this, and thinking it something particular, went to visit him, the better to inform himself of the truth of the matter. The wolf excused himself from seeing him by pretending he was very much indisposed.
All this did but confirm the fox in his suspicions; so away he goes to a shepherd, and made discovery of the wolf, telling him he had nothing else to do but to come with a good weapon, and knock him on the head as he lay in his cave. The shepherd followed his directions, and killed the wolf.
The wicked fox enjoyed the cave and provisions to himself, but enjoyed them not long, for the same shepherd passing afterwards by the same hole, and seeing the fox there, dispatched him also. [more info]

The Fox and Wolf

042. THE FOX AND WOLF.
An empty Fox did a gorg'd Wolfe accost
Which to himselfe the spoyles of flocks ingrost.
The Wolfe to null his hopes did him insure
That he then struggled with a Calenture.
The Fox resents his craft and vext does tell
The Neighbouring Swaynes, where was his bloody cell,
Who straight with Doggs the loaded Wolfe subdu'd.
And next the Fox with the same fate pursu'd
Who being both thus made by Iustice twins
In death, a dole is made of both theyr skinns.
Morall
Envy's owne poyson still it selfe does frett.
Who starves it selfe to see another eat.
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