The fables of Esope in Englysshe with all his lyfe and fortune, howe he was subtil, wyse, and borne in Grece, nat farre from Troye the greate in a towne named Amoneo, he was of all othermen most diffourmed and euyll shapen. For he had a greate heed, large visage, longe iawes, sharpe eyen, a shorte necke, crokebacked, greate belly, greate legges, large fete. And yet that whiche was worse, he was dombe and coulde nat speke: But nat withstandyng this he hadde a singuler wytte, and was greatly ingenious and subtill in cauillacions, and pleasant in wordes, after he came to his speche
von: Aesopus ca. v6. Jh
Veröffentlicht: (1551)