William Caxton

“ And I say you sith that my lord the king hath do proclaimed his peace he never thought to hurt any man, for he eateth no more than once a day, he liveth as a recluse, he chastiseth his body and weareth a shirt of hair, it is more than a year that he hath eaten no flesh, as I yesterday heard say of them that came fro him he hath left and given over his castle Maleperduis ”

“ Male quesisti et male perdidisti, 'It is right that it be evil lost, that is evil won.' Who shall blame Reynard? If he have taken fro a thief stolen good it is reason who that understandeth the law can discern the right, and that he be of high birth as my eam Reynard is which knoweth well how he shall receive stolen good, yet all had he Curtise hanged when he found him with the mainor, he had not much misdone no trespassed ”

“ O ye lords think ye that this is good, yet is there more, he complaineth how that Reynard my eam hath much trespassed to him because of his wife; my eam hath lain by her but that is well seven year tofore, ere he wedded her, and if Reynard for love and courtesy did with her his will, what was that? She was soon healed thereof, hereof by right should be no complaint were Isegrim wise. He should have left that he doth to himself no worship thus to slander his wife; she plaineth not ”